words on each than it is to read a few pages with lots of words on each. When an editor reads your story, he or she will be turning pages more rapidly, and your story will feel as if it reads quickly. This will give your manuscript a real advantage. Place your name, address, and telephone number in the upper-left corner of the first page of your manuscript. If you belong to a professional writing organization, you may list your membership beneath this information if it is relevant. If you belong to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, for instance, you would want to mention that when submitting to Science Fiction Age or Century Magazine, but it probably wouldn't cut much ice with the editors at Atlantic Monthly or Home and Gardens. In the upper-right corner of the first page of your manuscript, you should place an approximate word count. If your manuscript is between one and 1,500 words long, round your word count to the nearest 100 words. For manuscripts of between 1,500 and 10,000 words, round to the nearest 500. For 10,000 to 25,000 words, round to the nearest 1,000. For 25,000 or more words, round to the nearest 5,000. (This manuscript, for example, is 2,176 words in length, which rounds to 2,000.) You won't get paid any more for a 6,200-word manuscript than you will for a 6,000-word manuscript. If the editor sees "about 6,200 words" on your manuscript, he or she will round down to 6,000 words before calculating your payment. Conversely, he or she will round a 5,800-word count up to 6,000, so there is really