Editing Eric Flint (section)

== Career ==
After winning the fourth quarter of 1993 [[Writers and Illustrators of the Future|Writers of the Future]] contest,<ref>{{cite web|title=Volume 09 – 1993 – Winners – Writers & Illustrators of the Future|url=https://www.writersofthefuture.com/the-anthology/anthology-volume-09-1993-winners/}}</ref> he published his first novel in 1997 and moved to full-time writing in 1999.

Shortly afterwards, he became the first librarian of the [[Baen Free Library]] and a prominent anti–copy protection activist.<ref name="PrimePalaver-1">{{cite web|title=Introducing the Baen Free Library (and other columns in the collection)|url=http://www.baen.com/library/home.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060503163244/http://baen.com/library/home.htm|archive-date=May 3, 2006}}</ref><ref name="JBU1">{{cite web|url=http://baens-universe.com/articles/editoroct |title=The Editor's Page October 2006 |access-date=October 18, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012025900/http://www.baens-universe.com/articles/editoroct |archive-date=October 12, 2007 }}</ref> He has edited the works of several classic science fiction authors, repackaging their short stories into collections and fix-up novels. This project met commercial success and returned several out-of-print authors to print.

In 2004, he was faced with a persistent drain on his time<ref name="GG01preface">{{cite book |editor1-last= Flint |editor1-first= Eric |title= [[The Grantville Gazette]] |chapter-url= http://www.webscription.net/chapters/0743488601/0743488601.htm |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071017225617/http://webscription.net/chapters/0743488601/0743488601.htm |archive-date= October 17, 2007 |access-date= October 17, 2007 |edition= 1st, (pb) ([[e-book]] reprint plus additional content) |series= [[1632 series]] aka ''Ring of Fire series'' |date= November 1, 2004 |publisher= [[Baen Books]] |location= Riverdale, NY |isbn= 0-7434-8860-1 |page= 2 |chapter= Preface |quote= Once I realized how many stories...of publishable quality [were being written,] I raised with Jim Baen the idea of producing an online magazine which would pay for fiction and factual articles set in the 1632 universe and...Jim was willing to try it... }}</ref> by [[fan fiction]] authors seeking comment on the four-year-old [[1632 Tech Manual]] web forum focused on his [[1632 series]]. In the same year, he suggested<ref name="GG01preface"/> to [[Jim Baen]] the experimental serialized fan fiction e-zine ''[[The Grantville Gazettes|The Grantville Gazette]]'', which also found commercial success.<ref name="GG01preface"/> Four of the ''Gazette'' magazine editions were collated into anthology formats, bought by Jim Baen and brought out in hardcover, paperback, or both formats. The last one purchased<ref name="GG03pf">{{cite book | title =Grantville Gazette III | others = [[Thomas Kidd (illustrator)|Thomas Kidd]] (cover art) | isbn = 978-1-4165-0941-7 | publisher = [[Baen Books]] | last = Flint, Eric and various others |chapter=Preface| date = December 26, 2006 |pages= 1–2|quote=Jim Baen died a month ago. I suppose... All things considered, I'm glad the last book I ever sold my friend and publisher [[Jim Baen]] was one of these.}}</ref> remains unpublished. Subsequently, Flint became editor of the new ''[[Jim Baen's Universe]]'' science-fiction e-zine while concurrently remaining a creative writer bringing out three to five titles annually. After the death of Jim Baen due to a stroke and completing the contract for the tenth ''Grantville Gazette'', Flint founded a new website, grantvillegazette.com,<ref>{{cite web |title=Grantville Gazette on line / going Pro / going bi-monthly |url=http://www.ericflint.net/index.php/2007/04/29/grantville-gazette-on-line-going-pro-going-bi-monthly/#more-317 |first=Eric |last=Flint |date=April 29, 2007 |access-date=October 17, 2007 |archive-date=July 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220717220547/https://ericflint.net/information/grantville-gazette-on-line-going-pro-going-bi-monthly/%23more-317 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> which was modeled on the JBU e-zine. It continued to bring out ''[[The Grantville Gazettes]]'' and increased the publishing rate from four annually to bimonthly, which paid better than standard magazine pay rates.

He lived with his wife Lucille (also an ex-labor organizer) in [[East Chicago, Indiana]].

In 2008, he donated his archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at [[Northern Illinois University]].<ref>[http://www.ulib.niu.edu/rarebooks/sciencefiction.cfm Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Collection] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603071546/http://www.ulib.niu.edu/rarebooks/sciencefiction.cfm |date=June 3, 2012 }}, Northern Illinois University</ref>

Flint was the author guest of honor for the 2010 [[North American Science Fiction Convention|NASFiC]], [[ReConStruction]].<ref>{{Cite web | last = Silver | first = Steven | author-link = Steven H Silver | title = Worldcon 2009, NASFiC 2010, Worldcon 2011 | work = SF Site News | publisher = SF Site.com | date = August 11, 2009 | url = http://www.sfsite.com/news/2009/08/11/worldcon-2009-nasfic-2010-worldcon-2011/ | access-date = June 26, 2010 | archive-date = September 27, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170927053000/https://www.sfsite.com/news/2009/08/11/worldcon-2009-nasfic-2010-worldcon-2011/ | url-status = live }}</ref>

He also participated in The Stellar Guild series published by Phoenix Pick. The series pairs bestselling authors with lesser known authors in science fiction and fantasy to help provide additional visibility to them.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}