If you ever read John Scalzi's story on how he got to where he is (mid-list author??), he frequently says that he got lucky. He posted his _Old Man's War_ story

If you ever read John Scalzi's story on how he got to where he is (mid-list author??), he frequently says that he got lucky. He posted his _Old Man's War_ story on his blog, and an editor saw it and threw money at him. By the time he made his big sale, he'd been writing for years. If you have six minutes to blow, go to his Audible page for his latest[1], scroll down to the video John Scalzi: My Story, and he talks about it. That said, he also says he likes to pay it forward by pushing budding authors when he can to spread the luck. -- [1] https://www.audible.com/pd/Travel-by-Bullet-Audiobook/B0B8387XQX https://www.audible.com/pd/Travel-by-Bullet-Audiobook/B0B838...