I tried to expand my comments below in a Shortform post, but couldn't trim it to 150. So I did it on my own feed https://janiceharayda.medium.com/what-should-you-do-if-a-publication-wants-to-run-your-article-for-free-44abe38014f0 Thanks again for raising a question that all writers ought to consider before they have to make a hasty decision.