So if I e-published anything I would be unable to market it, so it wouldn't sell, so it would be wasted effort.

Dear Dorothy,

I left the house this afternoon having replied to all comments and did not expect to return to the author herself. Thank you very much for taking the time to create an LJ account and comment. I really appreciate the information.

Would you be comfortable with me making some suggestions for publication that would not require you to be the only person stumping for your work? If not, I will repeat only that the Cynthia stories are some of my favorite short fiction about the ancient world and I am a classicist by training, so I care very much about this sort of thing.

My mother used to give copies of Children of the Atom to the parents of smart children, to explain what it was like. I read it as a child myself.

Thank you again for coming here!