February 24th, 2012 at 11:00PM
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brynnely asked: Neil, did you ever take classes on social media and networking, or how to sell your writing around to publishers? Or did you have to stumble around blindly to figure out how to break into writing for a living?

They do classes on this stuff? I thought it was just a way to kill time when I ought to be writing.

I don’t ever remember stumbling about blindly. I’ve written for a living all my life. It’s how I’ve fed myself and my family, paid my rent, bought shoes, all that, since I was a 22 year old journalist. And no, I never took any classes, although I did buy a copy of THE WRITER AND ARTISTS’ YEARBOOK. 

  1. brynnely reblogged this from neil-gaiman and added:
    Well, Jenna, I guess...answers our question. A few days ago, Jenna and
  2. alexmuninn reblogged this from neil-gaiman and added:
    neil-gaiman answered:...understand why someone would ask Mr. G. this; he is remarkably...
  3. wilhelm-showalter said: Which brings to mind, shouldn’t you be writing and not be on Tumblr? #politelykeepingontrack
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