tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post3260697081149859418..comments2024-03-19T05:28:00.356-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Great Short Stories RevisitedLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-67808278102738459032017-02-13T17:02:21.861-05:002017-02-13T17:02:21.861-05:00Thanks for this, Jan! I had my first "sales&q...Thanks for this, Jan! I had my first "sales" (no money, just copies)around 1999. A year or two later I had a story read on the radio. Then it was almost ten years before I placed, let alone sold, anything else! Like a buddy of mine (also a writer) used to say, we "keep on plugging away!" Rick, thanks for the heads-up on the new short-story market, and thanks for bringing a new market into the world (and print besides!)Jeff Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316081079528920123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-2825983680323864392017-02-13T15:02:02.824-05:002017-02-13T15:02:02.824-05:00I hope the short story form isn't too dead--th...I hope the short story form isn't too dead--this summer we're launching a new digest-sized magazine called DOWN & OUT: The Magazine. The first issue features a new Moe Prager story by Reed Farrel Coleman and the second a new Sheriff Dan Rhodes story by Bill Crider (I very much hope). I'm (Rick Ollerman) editing the thing and we should have a press release and a website out and up by the end of the month.<br /><br />Good news for our community, I hope....Rick Ollermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02068917523381664001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-87361281512149049742017-02-13T14:33:00.602-05:002017-02-13T14:33:00.602-05:00Interesting look back, Jan--thanks. It's a sha...Interesting look back, Jan--thanks. It's a shame more magazines don't publish mystery stories, but it seems to me that short story anthologies are very popular these days. (Unfortunately, too many of those don't pay, or don't pay much.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17673578800047888317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-65332905660498022602017-02-13T09:33:37.627-05:002017-02-13T09:33:37.627-05:00I have copies of my first sale, too - which was a ...I have copies of my first sale, too - which was a humorous short story to "South Dakota Outdoors"! Great post, brings back lots of memories.Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-54780550047329528812017-02-13T08:51:42.643-05:002017-02-13T08:51:42.643-05:00Great post, Jan. I miss the old days.Great post, Jan. I miss the old days.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-86017521681849647252017-02-13T08:47:17.496-05:002017-02-13T08:47:17.496-05:00I lost much of my earliest (unpublished) writing t...I lost much of my earliest (unpublished) writing to a flood many, many years ago that destroyed everything in the basement. Luckily, copies of my published work (the little there was at the time) was all on the second floor.<br /><br />When I married about 15 months ago, I had the daunting task of moving six filing cabinets filled with published short stories and another two shelves filled with books and anthologies containing my short stories. I don't think I lost anything in the move, but I'm not looking forward to moving again anytime in the near future. And I'm not sure I could ever downsize!<br /><br />I still have copies of my first pro sale. (I spent more on extra copies than I earned for the story.) As a gift, my wife had the story framed. It now hangs above my desk, reminding me every day of the long journey from then until now.Michael Brackenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01072019804281421944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-29414756818283748972017-02-13T08:30:35.596-05:002017-02-13T08:30:35.596-05:00Thanks for sharing this, Jan. Really enjoyed your ...Thanks for sharing this, Jan. Really enjoyed your story of that first publication--though sorry you don't have it in hand still! Art Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409008167752619352noreply@blogger.com