Comments | chrisconlon: 30 Years Old, Sold But Never Seen!

chrisconlon

30 Years Old, Sold But Never Seen!

Aug 08, 2013 13:43

A couple of years ago-May 11, 2011 to be exact-I posted a unique tidbit from my early writing life: my very first published story. Written in the summer of 1985 and entitled “Consummation,” it appeared in the Winter 1986 issue of one of the better horror small-press magazines of the period, 2AM, and I was paid the munificent sum of $15.50 for it. ( Read more... )

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That's really not SO awful... marktlancaster August 8 2013, 19:20:02 UTC

Nice story about the stories history and almost-publication. The story itself is not half-bad. Thanks for this peek into Conlon history!

Re: That's really not SO awful... marktlancaster August 8 2013, 19:20:48 UTC

I mean the story's history... man, I need an editor!

Re: That's really not SO awful... chrisconlon August 8 2013, 19:27:12 UTC

So did I, obviously!

My story is somewhat the same bev_vincent August 9 2013, 10:22:00 UTC

I started writing in 1999 and my goal was to get something accepted for publication by the end of 2000. I was surprised to have one of my first submissions accepted in late '99 by a new Australian magazine called Winedark Sea. It was to go into issue 2 but issue 1 was the only one that ever saw the light of day.

I did meet my goal otherwise, and the story intended for Winedark did appear elsewhere ultimately.

Re: My story is somewhat the same chrisconlon August 9 2013, 11:47:58 UTC

Maybe it's good that these things happen at the beginnings of writers' careers--they set us up for all the other disappointments publishers will unleash on us in the ensuing decades!

Re: My story is somewhat the same bev_vincent August 9 2013, 14:10:09 UTC

Agreed!