Re: I'M DONE! Now what do I do?

GIGO, innit. "Ken" <kc7rad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> fed this in:

Yes, I'm a newbie author so please forgive any sins I may unknowingly
commit! :-)

I have several works-in-progress but last Saturday, I just made up my
mind that I would start and finish a piece, from inception to
completion. And I did it! It is an interesting first-person
speculative fiction piece, weighing in at about 1400 words. I managed
to work in apathy, drugs, politics, employment, education, altruism,
Ray Bradbury and Ayn Rand. (whew)

I walked through the Writer's Guide, checked websites and identified
about five places which may be interested. When the university presses

open in the fall, I could submit to almost 25 different places.

Now, do I send letters off to the five places I have identified? Wait
for the university presses to open? Find a critique website and submit

it there?

Suggestions, anyone???

TIA!
Ken Linder
(hope no one minds the cross-post to alt.writing)

Save yourself a lot of pain and just bin it.
--

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