tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296074798930256483.post4016854029365504881..comments2024-02-16T14:43:22.685-05:00Comments on Louis Shalako: When art butts heads with commerce.Louis Shalakohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17535102837963410061noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296074798930256483.post-52083145302143191212013-02-11T20:52:07.380-05:002013-02-11T20:52:07.380-05:00If you can bring your story in at 3,000 to 5,000 w...If you can bring your story in at 3,000 to 5,000 words, there are definitely more markets for it, rather than 17,000 words. After haunting the listings for a while you sort of get a feel for the markets. Mystery writing is all right, but there are a limited number of paying markets. If I had more ideas, I would write the stories and just keep submitting...there is something to be said for persistence. I've only written a few mystery stories. The key to getting better would be to write a lot of them.Louis Shalakohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17535102837963410061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5296074798930256483.post-36274994017111918072013-02-11T18:43:12.747-05:002013-02-11T18:43:12.747-05:00Hey, if it was easy everybody would be doing it. ...Hey, if it was easy everybody would be doing it. Oh wait - everybody is doing it!<br />It's tough to get published. I often thought it might be easier to find the market, check out the submission criteria, and THEN write the story.Phyllis Humbyhttp://phyllishumby.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com