His experience in the Yukon had convinced him he had stories he could tell. In 1899, he began publishing stories in the Overland Monthly. The experience of writing and getting published greatly disciplined London as a writer. From that time forward, London made it a practice to write at least a thousand words a day. He also learned how to sell himself. He sent out dozens of manuscripts, sometimes as many as ten a week. Some publishers rejected his work twice before finally accepting it. But London didn't give up; he continued sending out material until he succeeded in selling a story. In addition to writing articles and short stories, London worked as a journalist for several newspapers including the Daily News and the Evening Mail. This allowed him to learn about writing styles and trends in journalism and use this knowledge in his own work. But above all, London's influence can be seen in the nature of the modern adventure story. His is a hard-boiled style of fiction that uses realistic characters and situations to show the difficulty and danger of life in modern society. Jack London became a famous author because of his ability to describe the harsh reality of life in the gold fields of Alaska while still maintaining a degree of excitement and romance around these events. His books are still read by people around the world who want to get away from it all and live out their own private versions of the Klondike Gold Rush.