It comes a time in my life that I have to look at things from another standpoint, and where as I have always wanted to be a novelist novel writing is hard, hit or miss, and time consuming.
So it came to me that so long as I was hammering away on the latest draft of a novel I should try to market the parts that fail to fit as short stories.
Short story writing is only lucrative if you write a great volume of publishable work. I think if your work is really something it may get further publication, but this is an area of publishing I have yet to explore.
If this piece sells I will make about one hundred and thirty dollars. Not enough to make it minimum wage.
27th October 2011
Dear Editors at (Science Fiction Magazine),
I am an unpublished author in any paying market, but I did place a few poems in my High School publication back in the day.
My story is called ‘Live or Die’ and runs 2,427 words. It is science fiction in that it is set on an alien world and involves alien monsters.
You can probably guess that there is more from this universe and with this character, but I felt this to be a good point to start.
Thank you for your time
Richard Leland Neal
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