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From the Raymond Chandler website:

"Chandler switched to Dime Detective, the leading mystery pulp behind Black Mask. Its editor, Kenneth White, paid higher rates to popular authorsmdash;up to a nickel a wordmdash;and was more open to accepting humorous or parodying stories than Shaw had been (such as Chandlerrsquo;s "Pearls Are a Nuisance", which burlesques hard-boiled conventions). Chandler sold seven stories to Dime Detective between 1937 and 1939."



From the SFWA website:

"To become an Active member of SFWA, applicants must demonstrate either:

�� 1. Three Paid Sales of prose fiction (such as short stories) to Qualifying Professional Markets, with each paid at the rate of 5c/word or higher (3c/word before 1/1/2004), for a cumulative total of $250, minimum $50 apiece; or

�� 2. One Paid Sale of a prose fiction book to a Qualifying Professional Market, for which the author has been paid $2000 or more; or

�� 3. One professionally produced full length dramatic script, with credits acceptable to the Membership Committee."



5c/word was pretty good -- in 1937.�

Anybody know how $250 (in short story sales) = $2000 (for a novel)?

Notice how they donapos;t put a dollar amount on a professionally produced full length dramatic script.� Canapos;t tell you what they donapos;t know.�

Why would� Big Shot scriptwriter want to join their penny-ante "professional" organization, anyway?

You schmooze, you lose.

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