Well, I can only speak as a *non*-expert, having 2 whole stories in zines, 2 short pieces on Judith's website and the usual number of semi-finished burbles scattered all over my hard drive ...
The buzz from seeing the first story - 'Christmas Canto' - in Star 4 was absolutely wonderful, I wouldn't have traded it for anything. The second time (for the Blake zine) was just as wonderful, since - not being a last-minute addition - that story got illustrated with Pat Fenech's gorgeous photo-montages :-) It was great fun seeing the shorter pieces up on the web, and I thoroughly enjoy posting fiction to Freedom City and getting immediate feedback, but I would like to have more in print eventually (not that I'm all that sure where to send them, since both of my printed stories were basically by request) just for that buzz.
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