I found a market that publishes Western stories with a science fiction element, so I'm working on a story to send to them.
Most of the time, I have ideas for stories bouncing around in my head, and I write them only to find they are too long to submit or they don't fit current publishers needs. So, I'm going to try finding the markets first, then create a story that fits their needs.
This market is pretty professional looking, they publish once a year in .pdf format, so I'm writing a story that should find a home with them if they choose to publish it.
Good luck! Writing to fit the market should work just fine, instead of searching for a market afterward. I find the western markets in the mainstream are fairly rare for western novels in the U.S., unless you have an agent, and I assume the short story market is about the same.
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