I’ve spoken about a few things when I’ve written about tracking. I’ve frequently keep my writing brain pointed forward, directed toward the goal I want to reach. Every once in a while, however, it’s fun to look back and find where you’ve been, see how things have changed.
For that fun, I thought I’d list a few of my firsts.
Not going to bother with first words written, because I couldn’t narrow it down enough to be useful.
First completed fan fiction - Silly quest story I did for 10th grade english. Don’t think I still have a copy, but it was an homage to Piers Anthony’s Xanth series.
First completed story - 1995 - “Called Home” - a story of death and loss. It showed a bit of a spiritual side which hasn’t appeared in my writing of late.
First Rejection - 1996 - For “Called Home,” from the magazine Story, which is no longer being published. After receiving this reject, I waited years before I got the guts to start sending out again. Comments that I wrote Star Trek fan fiction didn’t help my confidence much either.
First 200K words - 2006
First 500K words - 2009
First acceptance - 2011 - “The Sinking of Gustav” was published by Connections Magazine, which is published by a local community college. No pay, but recognition.
First completed novel - Um, yeah, not reached that milestone yet. I’m about 20k words left to reach this milestone.
So what firsts have you reached?
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