New here - it never occurred to me to see if there was a writer's

[kestrel91316]

group on DU, lol!

I guess I can legitimately join. I am officially published! And paid!

Last winter I wrote a piece for Bird Watcher's Digest (unsolicited) and it got accepted for publication. There were some delays, but it appeared in the Sep/Oct issue, which they just mailed to me along with my FIRST CHECK FOR WRITING!!

BTW, this is only the second nonfiction piece (I don't "do" fiction) I have ever submitted, and it got accepted by the first place I sent it to. I also did a small piece for a medical newsletter last fall that also got immediately accepted, though it has not appeared in print and I don't get the measly honorarium until it does. I am batting 1.000 so far............

Is this typical? I always thought people had to write and write and write and submit and submit and submit, for years sometimes, before getting into print.....

I'm really proud and excited, but I feel weird, too. What if this is "it", and nobody ever accepts anything else I write?

[bridgit]

1. yep, reckon there sure is...

:hi:

[GOPFighter]

2. Congrats!

Anyone who bats 1.000 from the gitgo is not going to strike out the rest of the way. Probably not going to bat 1.000 the rest of the way either, so enjoy your success and keep those fingers securely crossed.

[kestrel91316]

3. Thanks! My success has already spurred me to write another piece,

this one about an interesting feline dermatology case I have been puzzling over for weeks, that the owner helped solve when his wife got bug bites. They had rats in the attic and everybody got rat mite bites...........

Now, to figure out who wants to buy this sort of tale.............

[petgoat]

4. who wants to buy this sort of tale.

DVM News

Veterinary Medicine

Veterinary Practice News

Veterinary Economics Magazine


And congratulations on your publishing credits!

[kestrel91316]

5. You forgot Veterinary Forum, the best bet for this. But they have their

own stables of vets and I'm not so sure about breaking in.

I am actually seeking a wider market than just vets.

[fasttense]

6. I thought the same thing when I found this forum.

I never expected a writer's group on DU. I'm new to this forum too, but not to DU.

I once took a class with a popular editor of horror. He had been published in numerous nonfiction markets and said he hit a brick wall when he tried to publish fiction. He had a real difficult time getting his horror stories published. I've never published nonfiction so I'm not sure if his experiences were typical, but he claimed they were.

[petgoat]

7. I've heard that horror is real difficult to publish, unless you're

Stephen King or Clive Barker.

[fasttense]

8. Really? More so than other types of fiction?

My first love is Science Fiction and I'm working on a very slow novel right now. Are other genres as difficult?