"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Back in my impetchus yoot, when I sold my first short story to Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, my sister clipped a cartoon out of the paper for me.
It was a young man sitting on a curb with a tin cup full of pencils and a sign reading "Sold One Story and Excitedly Quit My Job."
That's why you should just write what comes naturally to you, and not concentrate on some ephemeral "market" (although if you're out to make money, you can't completely ignore that). If it sells, great, if not, then you had the satisfaction of writing something that meant something to you.
I used to write stories for a select group of amateurs like myself, and I loved it, and some of my stories were quite entertaining if I do say so. But the voices in my head would never let me try it professionally. Don't listen to the voices in your head. They dine on self-confidence.
Back in my impetchus yoot, when I sold my first short story to Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, my sister clipped a cartoon out of the paper for me.
ReplyDeleteIt was a young man sitting on a curb with a tin cup full of pencils and a sign reading "Sold One Story and Excitedly Quit My Job."
I hope I have more sense than that (I'm going to wait until I sell my second story).
ReplyDeleteSometimes it just turns into a dark and stormy night where the worst of times supersedes the best of times.
ReplyDeleteThat's why you should just write what comes naturally to you, and not concentrate on some ephemeral "market" (although if you're out to make money, you can't completely ignore that). If it sells, great, if not, then you had the satisfaction of writing something that meant something to you.
ReplyDeleteI used to write stories for a select group of amateurs like myself, and I loved it, and some of my stories were quite entertaining if I do say so. But the voices in my head would never let me try it professionally. Don't listen to the voices in your head. They dine on self-confidence.
Writers are always making things up … then they write it down.
ReplyDeleteCheers