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Victory is Mine!
Jul. 19th, 2009 09:53 pmWords Written This Weekend: None
Words Written YTD (since May 1): 86,905
Stories in Circulation: 7
Rejections: 4
Stories Accepted: ONE!
That's right, boys and girls. I received a contract offer to publish a short story! Go me!
So, two weeks ago (on July 4th to be precise) I received an email from an editor at Cobblestone Press. She was thinking, she wrote, about offering a contract for my story and wanted to make sure it was still available. It was, of course, because I don't send out simultaneous submissions. I emailed her back immediately (literally, about four minutes after I received her email--I happened to be sitting at my computer when it popped into my in-box) to say that it was still available.
And...I heard nothing for two interminable weeks. Argh! I was on pins and needles for the last couple of weeks, anxiously awaiting an email or a letter or--something! But nothing arrived.
Until tonight. My email may have been literally the last thing she did before she left the office--on vacation. She wrote back tonight to confirm the offer. I received the contract by email and I'll be sending it back shortly.
The story will be published online, though it'll probably be several months before that happens. But that's not the point. The point is: I've sold one!
(Cue Janine from Ghostbusters: Phone rings. She answers. "Ghostbusters. Yes, they're totally serious. You do? You have? Oh yes, they'll be totally discreet." Hangs up the phone and slaps the alarm button. Alarm bells ring throughout Ghostbusters HQ. "We've GOT ONE!")
Words Written YTD (since May 1): 86,905
Stories in Circulation: 7
Rejections: 4
Stories Accepted: ONE!
That's right, boys and girls. I received a contract offer to publish a short story! Go me!
So, two weeks ago (on July 4th to be precise) I received an email from an editor at Cobblestone Press. She was thinking, she wrote, about offering a contract for my story and wanted to make sure it was still available. It was, of course, because I don't send out simultaneous submissions. I emailed her back immediately (literally, about four minutes after I received her email--I happened to be sitting at my computer when it popped into my in-box) to say that it was still available.
And...I heard nothing for two interminable weeks. Argh! I was on pins and needles for the last couple of weeks, anxiously awaiting an email or a letter or--something! But nothing arrived.
Until tonight. My email may have been literally the last thing she did before she left the office--on vacation. She wrote back tonight to confirm the offer. I received the contract by email and I'll be sending it back shortly.
The story will be published online, though it'll probably be several months before that happens. But that's not the point. The point is: I've sold one!
(Cue Janine from Ghostbusters: Phone rings. She answers. "Ghostbusters. Yes, they're totally serious. You do? You have? Oh yes, they'll be totally discreet." Hangs up the phone and slaps the alarm button. Alarm bells ring throughout Ghostbusters HQ. "We've GOT ONE!")