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[Comma]

I know this forum is riddled with writers, and thought it'd be nice to have a writing thread.

I have written a bunch of non-fiction, a published short story and one that is submitted, a mystery that went under the bed and a YA that is in the works, and a couple of children's books that are also submitted.

And you?

[primalrob]

i used to want to be a writer, and i still might explore that avenue a bit. creative nonfiction is easily my strongest genre, but i play around with fiction and poetry here and there. i haven't submitted a piece of work to be published in a while...maybe that should be a new goal for me.

[Paleobird]

I have two novels in the works which may or may not ever get published. I just enjoy the process.

[Comma]

Me too. The best.

[Kelmar]

I have 5 nonfiction children's books published with Kidhaven Press, as well as many magazine articles and poems. It would be nice if I could support myself writing. However, the books are in the educational market so I was paid a flat fee for each one. And children's magazines don't pay all that much, I did sell one article to Highlights and that was the highest paying. Very fun and rewarding though, I love learning new things so nonfiction is a real pleasure to me.

[Comma]

Very cool, Kelmar! I have to think about non-fiction for kids, might as well get some fun out of my PhD...

[Dr. Bork Bork]

I've been writing novels since I was very young. My first short story was published in the local paper when I was 12 (funny story how it got there, too) and went on to win several local awards. Wrote an entire young adult series as a teenager, and then completely lost my mojo. Thanks to NaNoWriMo the last few years, I've gotten some of it back. I have a nearly polished piece almost ready for agents. I actually sent the prologue to one on my list and got a personal response back (not just standard reject) that she didn't feel like she was the right agent for it, but to definitely keep sending it around.
Okay, sorry, that was my ego running away. I don't mean to be a braggart, but I'm totally awesome.
You probably knew that already.

[Mr.Perfidy]

I am a poet but I kind of don't know what it even means in real life to pursue publishing, because I literally know not a single person who spends a dollar on written words, so I think that it must be a scam? lol

[Mr.Perfidy]

(unless you count Harry Potter or 50 shades of gray and other cued-by-advertising-spending) Never heard of anyone buying a poetry anything though.

[Comma]

@ Dr. Bork Bork: way to go!! I just got a 'higher tier' rejection from One Story and am way proud, hehe. So, is that your first kid on the way? Or when do you write?

@ Mr P: yep, that sounds about right! There must be just about no money in poetry these days. That said, you can still submit, publish and share with the world. I think it was Amelia Peabody that said art cannot exist in a vacuum.