Dear Gotham,
I had been unsuccessfully trying to get my stories published for longer than I care to admit. I was ready to give up my dream, but decided to give it one more shot and enrolled in the Gotham Writers Mystery Writing I class. My instructor, Carole Bugge, taught me how to fix the things I was doing wrong and by the end of the class I had a story that she felt was ready for publication.
I am happy to report that that story was published in Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine. I then got a flash fiction story published in Wicked East Press’ anthology Short Sips: Coffee House Flash Fiction Vol. II. I have another story due out with Sherlock Holmes, and just this past month my first novel, Chasing the Woodstock Baby, was published by Second Wind Press.
I owe all my success to Gotham Writers and my wonderful instructor Carole Bugge. Thank you for helping to make my dream of becoming a published writer come true.
Steve Hagood