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   William Vetter to Michelle Bottorff   
   Re: Duotrope ????   
   13 Sep 14 20:13:46   
   
   From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, September 13, 2014 8:29:54 PM UTC-4, Michelle Bottorff wrote:   
   > Bill Swears  wrote:   
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   > > I did send return postage envelopes with manuscripts at first, but about   
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   > > half the publishers and agents didn't send back the MS anyway, so I only   
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   > > enclose a #10 and return postage.   
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   > ::blink::   
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   > Really?   
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   > My recollection was that if they responded at all, I got the ms back.   
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   I don't know if he was talking about short fiction or not.  I always sent the   
   return envelope and got the mss. back for short fiction.  I did the postcard   
   thing for a while.  Maybe once nobody mailed it.   
      
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