Dec 02, 2008 11:09
* Age when I decided I wanted to be a writer: I always wanted to do something with writing... or creating something in general- so it shifted from music to movies to books- then then parental influence on business and hotel management and that short period of insanity when i wanted to become a lady pastor... then it went back to writing...
it keeps me sane ^________^
* Age when I “wrote” my first story: ugh i think it was... 6th grade? yea 6th grade- so i was what... 9? 10? somewhere there...
* Age when I got my hands on a typewriter: i used one for my 7th grade short story project- i had to use the three state of matter and make it into a short story... i made it like the X files so i called it the M files- (matter files) lame but it was fun!
* Age when I wrote my first novel: 19... since i am starting to write one now...
* Novels written between age 4 and age 34: well i am still 19- got plenty of time
* Age when I first submitted a short story to a magazine: hopefully some time this year!
* Thickness of file of rejection slips prior to first story sale: not yet- but plenty in store for me
* Age when I sold my first short story: not yet, but i am starting on it.
* Age when I first came close to selling a novel: not yet... but probably some time soon
* Age when I killed my first market: what does that mean... killed my first market?
* Age when I was first told I had no talent (by an editor): not yet...
* Age I was first told I had no talent (by a reader): havent heard that i had no talent... head that i need grammar work pleanty of times though (when i first started to write)
* Age when I first sold a non-fiction book: ... none
* Age when I first sold a poem: sold... none- featured 18
* Age when I next wrote a saleable novel: Gawds NONE!!! NONE NONE NONE!!
* Age when that novel was published: Y__________Y NONE!
* Age when the second saleable novel finally sold: ;______; none...
* Age when a work was first shortlisted for a Hugo, Nebula etc...: none... god i am such a noob!
* Age when the second saleable novel came out: none out yet
* Age when the third saleable novel came out: ... this meme makes me look bad...
* Age when the fourth saleable novel came out: ... still working on it!
* Age when I first won a Hugo award: hugo award? what?
* Age when I finally shut down the day-job and became a full-time novelist: not yet, but i hope at least when i am 30 and married to Jensen Ackles
* Age when the money coming in matched/exceeded my previous employment: ugh not yet- and probably never...
* Age when I returned to the day-job because of economic implosion: still have a day job... writing is my night job
* Age now: 19!
* Number of books sold: none... cause i havent published any yet... wow this meme makes me look bad...
* Number of titles in print: none- still in school... (I AM WORKING ON IT THOUGH!)
* Number of titles fallen out of print: none... havent printed anything yet!
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