Yesterday I wrote about what writing short stories does for a writer's style. Today I'll focus on what it does for her career.
The word is EXPOSURE. I've written short stories in a dozen different places, and each one brings my name before readers. Readers can't decide they like your work until they hear of you. Hardly anyone goes into a bookstore and says, "I think I'll look for a book by someone I've never heard of."
So I put a short story on my website. I submitted some stories to ezines li…
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