In a recent Instagram Live with Mindy Quigley, short-story writer Smita Harish Jain traded cringey stories about early forays in publishing…and offered some constructive tips:

1. Read the submission guidelines and the published issues of the magazines.
2. Understand how the process of getting your story to publication works.
3. Know that your work doesn’t end when your story is accepted.
4. Work with the best editors you can.
5. Read and deconstruct great short stories.

Watch the full Instagram Live here:

youtube.com/watch?v=YEWdBc7sW3M&feature=youtu.be

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