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	<title>David J. Williams &#187; vital stats</title>
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		<title>Vital stats</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Williams]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This has been making the rounds on the SF blogosphere, and as you guys know, I&#8217;m all about bandwagons. Age when I decided I wanted to be a writer: 29 Age when I wrote my first short story: 31 Age when I first got my hands on a good word processor: 28 Age when I [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This has been making the rounds on the SF blogosphere, and as you guys know, I&#8217;m all about bandwagons.</p>
<p>Age when I decided I wanted to be a writer: 29<br />
Age when I wrote my first short story: 31<br />
Age when I first got my hands on a good word processor: 28<br />
Age when I first submitted a short story to a magazine: 31<br />
Rejections prior to first short story sale: Never made a short story sale.<br />
Age when I sold my first short story:  See above. You trying to rub it in?<br />
Age when I killed my first market:  Can someone tell me what this means?<br />
Approximate number of short stories sold:  Approximately zero.<br />
Age when I first sold a poem: A what?<br />
Poems sold: If I admitted to anything here, I&#8217;d destroy myself with my ultratough battle-crazy constituency.<br />
Age when I wrote my first novel: 29-35<br />
Age when I first sold a novel: 36<br />
Novels written between age 23 and age 37: 2<br />
Age when I wrote the first novel I sold: 29-35<br />
Number of novels written before that: 0<br />
Age when that novel was published: 36<br />
Total number of novels written: 2<br />
Books sold:  3<br />
Books published or delivered and in the pipeline: 2<br />
Number of titles in print: 1<br />
Age when I was a Writers of the Future winner:  I met one once.<br />
Age when I became a full-time novelist: 36 (courtesy of <a href="http://www.executiveboard.com/" target="_blank">these guys)</a><br />
Age now:  37</p>
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