What is my writing worth?

The first check I received for writing fiction amounted to $5. I didn’t cash it. It’s in a frame. Look! I got paid! I was so proud of that first check. My wife and I went out to dinner to celebrate. A sale!

Since then, I’ve published a number of short stories in a number of anthologies and online. I’ve got a number more on the way that I’ll announce as soon as I’m able. At the beginning of this process, I was thrilled to get $5. I mean, I’m getting paid for plunking down words on a page? Someone thinks my writing is worth something? Sweet!

Now, I still get a kick out of getting paid for creating worlds. That said, I’ve found that I’m pickier about where I send my stories. When a story gets bought, I’m happy, but we don’t go out for dinner to celebrate too often anymore. Am I a snob? Or am I finding my feet and figuring out my worth?

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A Celebration of Storytelling

Dance with a story.

Crash-land on a desolate planet with a madman.

Beware people at country fairs asking for your story.

Investigate the murder of a story.

This is the gathering. This is the celebration of stories.

Today is the first day you can preorder the ebook of A Celebration of Storytelling, an anthology of stories about celebrations. The book will also be available in physical form. If you want to read my writing, this is a great way to do it — I have four stories in it!

Click the link for more info!

(All four of these stories were previously available in other anthologies that had limited print runs and are now out of print.)