How Editors No Longer Represent the Voice of the Readers
Don’t forget to tip! I appreciate you all!At 16, I sent off my first story to a paying market. I’d yet to sell a short story, but I’d had articles accepted for publication in both paying and nonpaying markets. For this one, I decided to pull out all the stops. I went down to the dime store and bought some fancy stationery that resembled a marble slab. I thought that added gravitas. Finally, I printed out the story in a squiggly font.By the time I was done, my submission looked like a reproduction of the Ten Commandments. Surely the editor would be amazed to open the envelope and behold pages…
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