Comments on: 25 Years Ago Today: Well-Known Writer and Blogger Jenny Milchman

By: jenny milchman

jenny milchman — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:40:01 +0000

Oh, Garry, it is a tough, tough business. How wonderful you’ve achieved such success from journalism. Fiction is a whole other skill set and it sounds like you’re working to master it. I hope you’ll stop by my blog, where there are lots of other emerging writers, all of us engaged in the same struggle. Plus more than a little inspiration from writers who have made it!

By: Garry L McLaughlin

Garry L McLaughlin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:27:28 +0000

My writing had been magazine articles for hunting, trapping and fishing and poetry. By 25 years ago I would have sold about 90 articles and several pieces of poetry. I started writing and selling articles in 1970.

My first novel I wrote earlier this year and working on the second. I am finding there is no similarity between writing articles and writing a novel. I can certainly make more money by spending my time writing articles. I wrote 3 articles one weekend and sold had all 3 sold by the next Tuesday. While my novel rejection slips keep piling up.

By: jenny milchman

jenny milchman — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:29:50 +0000

Thanks, John. Sometimes I feel like I keep knocking…and knocking…and knocking and not hearing the, Please go away On my blog in the ‘backstory’ column I talk about how close I’ve come, which kind of keeps me in the game, you know? Anyway, I appreciate all those who see p for perseverance instead of pathetic!

Stacy, that’s a great idea!

By: Savannah Thorne

Savannah Thorne — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:21:19 +0000

All my earliest writings are in landfills. Thank god.

By: Stacy Juba

Stacy Juba — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:55:24 +0000

If anybody still has their childhood or high school excerpts, email me through the web site and we can feature them in my Blast From The Past blog category. (see right sidebar) I’ve been typing up some short excerpts from my old stories to feature, but would love to feature early work from other authors also!

By: John Lindermuth

John Lindermuth — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:45:22 +0000

Jenny, your career might have been different had Morrow accepted that first novel. The important thing is the rejection didn’t deter you and your story demonstrates the importance of persistence.

By: jenny milchman

jenny milchman — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:29:12 +0000

Someone should publish some of these firsts! Donna, a novel in 5 pages is probably loads harder to write than one that takes 300

By: Donna Fletcher Crow

Donna Fletcher Crow — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:04:48 +0000

Jenny, how lucky you were to discover your passion so early! I actually wrote my first “novel” in the 6th grade–but it was only 5 pages long, including illustrations.