I believe my choices are hunt down mags that take shorts or look into that Amazon thing? I had a little trouble finding the information on Amazon for shorts. It looks like they sell for like 49 cents.
I write for the Trues (True Confession, True Story) and they pay about $150 a story depending on word count. These stories are easy to write and the response time to get accepted or rejected is fairly quick. And you can do it via email which I like.
So now I wonder if I can make more money on Amazon. My second issue is not everything I write is a fit for the Trues. Some is a bit darker. Trues are uplifting, happy stories. Murder and scary stuff don't fit.
So, tell me...what do you do with your shorts?
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I subscribe to Duotrope.com, which has a calendar of open submissions and contests for magazines and anthologies ($5/month or $50/year). I don't tend to write a lot of shorts just for fun, but I'm starting to build up a base that I can apply to a lot of the things on there.
Thanks Tobi! I'll check that out. I'm hoping to generate enough income so I don't need a real job. Scary.
I usually send them out to magazines first. On occassion I will self pub a new piece but not usually. Those are mostly reprints.
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