# I sold a story!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sold-a-story/334503
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [December 7, 2005, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sold-a-story/334503 "2005-12-07T14:59:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bren_Cameron_1)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2005, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sold-a-story/334503/1 "2005-12-07T14:59:11Z")
I did! After two years of sending out manuscripts I finally got not a rejection letter but a “we’re buying your story” letter!!!
It’s the spring 2006 issue of Subterranean Magazine.
[http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/003897.html](http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/003897.html)
Scrolling down one finds:
> [@](#):
>
> And here’s something exciting: among the established names in the lineup I’m very pleased to say we have four writers making their publishing debut in Subterranean, with stories that are meditations on totalitarianism, tales of a Barsoom-esque Mars, a twisty Silicon Valley mystery, and a look at the human side of being a war machine.
That “tales of a Barsoom-esque Mars” is mine!!! My story will appear in print for other people to read, and I’m getting paid for it!! Woohoo!
Now I just need to sell another one. I hope it doesn’t take another two years.
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### Author:  [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2005, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sold-a-story/334503/2 "2005-12-07T15:02:31Z")
So that would make you a professional writer.
Congratulations.
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### Author:  [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2005, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sold-a-story/334503/3 "2005-12-07T16:16:43Z")
Today sir, you ROCK!
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### Author:  [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2005, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sold-a-story/334503/4 "2005-12-07T16:30:54Z")
Congrats!
[Buys **Bren\_Cameron** a beer]
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sold-a-story/334503/5 "2005-12-07T16:56:28Z")
Very impressive. Definitely a sale to be proud of, and a good place to start your pro writing career.
Congratulations.
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### Author:  [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sold-a-story/334503/6 "2005-12-07T17:30:26Z")
Congratulations, **Bren\_Cameron**! I’m very excited for you!
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### Author:  [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sold-a-story/334503/7 "2005-12-07T17:35:14Z")
Congratulations, mate! _also buys you a drink, with the intent of getting extraordinarily drunk_ 😉
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### Author:  [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sold-a-story/334503/8 "2005-12-07T17:43:14Z")
Congrats!
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### Author:  [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2005, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sold-a-story/334503/9 "2005-12-07T17:53:50Z")
Congratulations and well-done, sir!
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### Author:  [@MRirian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MRirian)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sold-a-story/334503/10 "2005-12-07T19:29:45Z")
Can I have your autograph?
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### Author:  [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sold-a-story/334503/11 "2005-12-07T19:31:09Z")
Congrats!!! That’s a great accomplishment.
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sold-a-story/334503/12 "2005-12-07T22:18:11Z")
Congratulations, enjoy your victory! 🙂
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### Author:  [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sold-a-story/334503/13 "2005-12-07T23:19:06Z")
congratulations! Here’s to your continued success! _clinks glass_
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### Author:  [@Bren\_Cameron\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bren_Cameron_1)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2005, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sold-a-story/334503/14 "2005-12-08T00:25:57Z")
Thanks, everybody!! I’m still bouncing. I let out a big “Oh, my God!” when I realized it wasn’t another rejection.
**Chuck** , I have to admit I’ve been thinking that it’s a nice first sale. I mean, I’d be thrilled to have sold anywhere, but this is awfully cool.
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### Author:  [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sold-a-story/334503/15 "2005-12-08T01:12:18Z")
Rock on.
–Cliffy
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### Author:  [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-sold-a-story/334503/16 "2005-12-08T02:27:10Z")
\*\*Congratulations! \*\*
Acceptances are wonderful. A hundred happy smiles for you.