Thanks for always giving us insights Mike! I feel exactly the same way as you do-- granted I'm at 25 published stories! LOL ---But I'm getting too impatient after 18 of waiting on a publisher, and as you well said, I need to plan ahead. I'm loving the publications that I can count on 12-18 hours of getting the decision and it being published; 24 hours I end up pulling it away. One publication I want to try and have been accepted as a writer says they can take up to a week -- and just for that reason I haven't tried. Once I get 100 articles published and feel I have a ritual/routine/groove, I feel I can spread out and see what else is out there.

But am definitedly headed over to the articles on your suggested publications! Thanks in advance!