Writerly meme
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desperanceLifted from Charlie ab initio, via Bear and suricattus and others:
* Age when I decided I wanted to be a writer: 5.
* Age when I got my hands on a typewriter and taught myself to use it: 13.
* Age when I wrote my first novel: 22 (for values of "wrote" that include "finished").
* Novels written between age 15 and age 22: uncounted. Unfinished.
* Age when I first submitted a short story to a magazine: 15.
* Thickness of file of rejection slips prior to first story sale: not very.
* Age when I sold my first short story: 18.
* Age when I first came close to selling a novel: n/a (due to unfinishedness).
* Age when I first sold a novel: 22 (a commission).
* Age when I next wrote a saleable novel: 28.
* Age when a short story was first shortlisted for a significant award: 32.
* Age when I first won a significant award: 39.
* Age now: 49.
* Number of books sold: a couple of dozen. Depends how you count.
* Number of titles in print: not so many.
* Number of titles fallen out of print: quite a few.
Consider this an LJ-meme: if you write professionally, feel free to post your own equivalent of this list. (Obviously you'll need to customize it to track your career path -- but you get the idea.)
* Age when I decided I wanted to be a writer: 5.
* Age when I got my hands on a typewriter and taught myself to use it: 13.
* Age when I wrote my first novel: 22 (for values of "wrote" that include "finished").
* Novels written between age 15 and age 22: uncounted. Unfinished.
* Age when I first submitted a short story to a magazine: 15.
* Thickness of file of rejection slips prior to first story sale: not very.
* Age when I sold my first short story: 18.
* Age when I first came close to selling a novel: n/a (due to unfinishedness).
* Age when I first sold a novel: 22 (a commission).
* Age when I next wrote a saleable novel: 28.
* Age when a short story was first shortlisted for a significant award: 32.
* Age when I first won a significant award: 39.
* Age now: 49.
* Number of books sold: a couple of dozen. Depends how you count.
* Number of titles in print: not so many.
* Number of titles fallen out of print: quite a few.
Consider this an LJ-meme: if you write professionally, feel free to post your own equivalent of this list. (Obviously you'll need to customize it to track your career path -- but you get the idea.)