Query Shark

[riay-night.livejournal.com]

Hello, fellow writers! I'm brand new (as in like five-seconds new) to this community. It looks like a great place to share work and ask questions, which leads me to my next point...

Question: Has anyone here submitted to Query Shark and gotten their query letter posted? If so, how long did it take? I received a confirmation e-mail from Janet Reid, but my letter was nowhere to be found in her most recent post :( I've been trying to research online how long it generally takes, but my hunt hasn't yielded any results.

Thanks to anyone that can help!

Question for you

[jayphoenix.livejournal.com]

As a writer, when you are looking for places/sites to submit your work to, what do you look for?

Is it name value; is it an actual printed publication as opposed to electronic only; is it something else?

In terms of payment do you only look for sites that pay you for your work and, if so, is there a minimum that you would accept (for example I know sites that make a ‘token’ payment of $1) or are you happy with the ‘prestige’ of your work being chosen in the first place? Would recompense that isn’t financial (so, a piece of art, for example) count as payment?

Do you look for open submission sites or do you prefer ones that focus on a specific genre or theme – or even sites that run different genres/themes regularly?

Thanks in advance for helping me by answering these questions!

Jay