Persevere!

After the good news of my first sale, I told the the Web-editor she had made my day/week with that wonderful news. She wrote back I was to persevere, and are going to start selling regularly. "Trust me," she said, "I'm not just saying nice things to you.:)"

My First Sale!

The E-Newsletter from Long Ridge has lots of interesting and helpful articles for writers, but I noticed a gap in the market - there were no articles about health and writing. So, I gave it a try, and wrote an article about the dangers of computer related injuries. Lo and behold - this was the reply:
"Lovely article, dear! Here's the contract! I'll be posting it at the end of July/early August. Thanks! Mary."
My first sale! Wow!

A diploma!

The promised diploma from the Long Ridge Writers group arrived in the mail. Wow!

"In recognition of successful completion of the requisite Course of Study BREAKING INTO PRINT, a professional program of instruction in writing articles and short stories for publication and on nomination by its Faculty
Petra C. van der Zande is hereby awarded this Diploma."

This course was worth seven College Credits, which I don't need, but still nice to know!

And... as a P.S. was written that Mary (my teacher) has recommended me for the new advanced NOVEL writing program. They will let me know within the coming three months if I'm accepted.