Twenty years ago today, I posted about making my first fiction sale, which took place on December 27, 1976. You can read all about it here. Now, 48 years have gone by since that semi-momentous day, and half a century in this business is barreling at me. Will I make it? Who knows?
Meanwhile, here's a picture of a dog at a typewriter. Reminds me a little of me in those long-ago days. That would be a pile of rejected manuscripts behind the typewriter.
But to be serious for just a moment, to all the editors who have bought my work over the years, to all the folks who have laid down their hard-earned money to read it, to those who love it and those who hate it, and especially to Livia, Shayna, and Joanna, the biggest thank you I can muster. You've kept me going, and God willing, I'll putter along a while longer.
3 comments:
Keep puttering along James. My morning coffee wouldn't be the same without your blog
love it
I just read your story from 20 years ago, and it was a wonderful look into the writing world of our youth (which as changed a lot over the years). I truly hope you keep writing at least until your 50th anniversary; so many people love your creativity. My own first sale was in 1973 and was thanks to my college professor, Gary Goss (a great writer himself), who secretly submitted a story I wrote for his class to a magazine in Buffalo, NY. I received a check for $75, which was so amazing to me. I'm still in touch with Gary and owe him a great debt of thanks.
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