It all started with a blog. Seriously. And not even my blog. That was part of the process.

Nor did it hurt that I knew I could write. I knew that because a bit over a decade ago I sold more than enough sf/fantasy short stories to qualify for SFWA, and one had even sold a second time as a reprint. I had also sold a couple of articles on journal-keeping, and even one on e-learning

However, knowing how to write and knowing how to get work writing are two entirely different skills. In fact, the largest reason I didn’t get to find out I could cut it as a writer until shortly after my 40th birthday was that I had no idea about how to sell my work. I didn’t find out how to do that until I became friendly, through a now-defunct chat room, with some sf/fantasy writers, and they mentored me through my first few sales.

I learned a lot from them that still works for me as a writer, by the way. Gordon Dixon’s dictum about short story writing holds just as true for articles and blog posts:

Fan to Dixon: “What makes a short story work?”

Dixon to fan: “The time bomb you have set to go off on the last page.”

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