Sale to Baen's Universe I just received word from Baen's Universe editor Eric Flint that he wants to buy my story "A Date with Patti Pleezmi."
It's a good sale -- Baen pays well -- but one of the best things about this is the fact that I wrote the story 12 years ago. It's been rejected by 15 editors in 14 markets (two editors at Fantasy and Science Fiction). Seven of the markets are out of business, one for over a decade.
I sent it off without much hope, actually, but I wanted to get something to Baen and figured it couldn't hurt. Obviously, it didn't. And it just goes to show -- in writing, keep at it. This is the third time I've sold stories I never expected to sell, and all to good markets.
So I guess I can give the advice to any aspiring writer: don't give up.
Current Mood: 
happy 
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