In 1996 I co-founded the
Blackwood Writers Group, a collection of dedicated writers,
most of whom are now successful in their own write and instrumental in
my early success.
One BWG member, with a little help from his friends
went into publishing. I co-edited a couple and designed a few
covers.
Then an Honorable mention for my first submission to L. Ron Hubbard's Writer's of the Future Contest went to my head and I decided it was time to write that novel.
The novel became a trilogy (The Restoration Legends) that over a couple of decades took over the writing. Now the first draft of the whole trilogy is finished and Book 1 seriously edited edited, ready to submit to an agent if I can find one.
In between I managed to have some flash fiction (about 500 word each) published with AntipodeanSF and a few short stories anthologised in australian small press.
Post trilogy I went back to writing and submitting short stories to L. Ron Hubbard's Writer's of the Future Contest . Again my first submission in the new millenium, 20 years to the quarter after my first submision in the last, earned an Honourable Mention. I can now add few more HM's and a Semi-Finalist certificate to my awards