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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 3404263, member: 57463"]Rule Number One in Sales: Never say "No" for the customer.</p><p>I stopped counting articles I placed at 300 over 20 years ago. I started in 1972 by taking the advice of Robert Heinlein:</p><p>1. Once you are satisfied with a work, send it out. (Yes, an editor who wants it may ask for changes, but that means it is sold. Sale closed.)</p><p>2. Keep sending it out until it is sold. Everything written can be placed somewhere. (Yes, some works are total garbage, but you would be surprised at the markets for garbage...)</p><p><br /></p><p>Numismatic News and Coin World are just two publications. CoinAge and Coins are still being published.</p><p><br /></p><p>You have no idea what the real markets are for numismatic writing. One reason that I maintain my MSNS membership is that <i>The Mich-Matist</i> pays for articles. They pay 10 cents per word up to $100. That puts a nice 1000-word limit on most articles. Having been the editor, I found that very convenient for layout. The ANA pays more, maybe 20 cents or higher. Here's the thing: that's not much compared to Cosmopolitan, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, etc., but at the Armadillo-Con science fiction conventions, the published authors there were somewhat jealous because pulp pays 5 cents a word, maybe 8 on a good day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, here's another thing: I renewed my Texas Numismatic Association membership so that I can submit a version of the Texian Navy Warrants that I wrote about here. The TNA does not pay -- which is why I had no membership... But, when they do accept the work and publish it, it goes on my CV with everything else because no one knows or needs to know how much you get paid for a professional placement. <i>CoinWeek</i> is one of the highly visible outlets that does not like to pay. So, I placed just one with them as a favor to another author whose book I reviewed. But it is in the bibliography of my CV.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, you crafted a good feature article and it deserves to be submitted for publication.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 3404263, member: 57463"]Rule Number One in Sales: Never say "No" for the customer. I stopped counting articles I placed at 300 over 20 years ago. I started in 1972 by taking the advice of Robert Heinlein: 1. Once you are satisfied with a work, send it out. (Yes, an editor who wants it may ask for changes, but that means it is sold. Sale closed.) 2. Keep sending it out until it is sold. Everything written can be placed somewhere. (Yes, some works are total garbage, but you would be surprised at the markets for garbage...) Numismatic News and Coin World are just two publications. CoinAge and Coins are still being published. You have no idea what the real markets are for numismatic writing. One reason that I maintain my MSNS membership is that [I]The Mich-Matist[/I] pays for articles. They pay 10 cents per word up to $100. That puts a nice 1000-word limit on most articles. Having been the editor, I found that very convenient for layout. The ANA pays more, maybe 20 cents or higher. Here's the thing: that's not much compared to Cosmopolitan, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, etc., but at the Armadillo-Con science fiction conventions, the published authors there were somewhat jealous because pulp pays 5 cents a word, maybe 8 on a good day. Now, here's another thing: I renewed my Texas Numismatic Association membership so that I can submit a version of the Texian Navy Warrants that I wrote about here. The TNA does not pay -- which is why I had no membership... But, when they do accept the work and publish it, it goes on my CV with everything else because no one knows or needs to know how much you get paid for a professional placement. [I]CoinWeek[/I] is one of the highly visible outlets that does not like to pay. So, I placed just one with them as a favor to another author whose book I reviewed. But it is in the bibliography of my CV. So, you crafted a good feature article and it deserves to be submitted for publication.[/QUOTE]
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