I am very, greatly, extremely, utterly, and all sorts of other adverbs excited to announce that I’m having another short story published! (I’m reigning in the urge to use a ton more exclamation points. Fight it, Shannon… Fight it… ! …… !! …… !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! aw dang it)
I’m even happier to say that the magazine is Jersey Devil Press. This mag is GREAT! I’ve read so many good stories published here. If you’ve been wondering, “How can I dramatically improve my life, social status, career, and lovemaking abilities, all while never leaving my chair,” the answer is Be a JDP Reader. 100000 cool points for you.
The issue containing my piece will be out in October, at which time I will definitely post a link. I WILL POST A LINK SO HARD YOUR COMPUTERS WILL SHAKE AT THE FORCE OF IT.
This is my second publication in almost a year of submitting. It’s a long, hard process, but persistence pays off. (Now if I can finally publish the one that’s been wandering since November, that’d be swell!)
It’s funny, just before receiving the acceptance letter I’d been joking on Twitter about personifying my unpublished stories as vagrants looking for a home. Hobo stories! I wrote a short fun thing about this concept, which I’ll post next time. Stay tuned 🙂
(And in the meantime, if you want to read my first publication ever, about a sentient, overdramatic houseplant, you can do that here.)
Congratulations! 🙂
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Thank you!
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Congrats! Great news 🙂
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Thanks Nik!
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Well,. woot and yay! Well deserved.
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Thanks Jon! Woot and yay and hurrah and wheee!
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I am a vulgar, sordid person for mentioning it, but … was there any renumeration?
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Just the sweet glow of victory. 🙂
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Fantastic! I look forward to reading it! Yay for success!
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Thanks so much Christine!
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That is an amazing feeling. Congrats. And thanks for sharing the houseplant story.
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Thank you!
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Hurray! High Five to you!
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Thanks Sarah!
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I AM TUNED IN AND READY.
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HELL YEAH
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Congrats on your second pub credit! That’s gotta be an extra gust of wind in your sails 🙂
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Thank you! It definitely gives me hope for the future 🙂
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Congrats. You deserve to celebrate!
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Oh I did! Went to my favorite used bookstore and treated myself 😉
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*ten high fives*
*FIFTY FIVE*
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Haha!
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Congratulations, Shannon! That’s fantastic. I’m looking forward to reading it. (Just got back from a month long vacation, hence the late response.)
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Thanks Tristram! How was the vacation? Where did you go?
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Oh no! Just saw this reply. I keep forgetting to click the notify me box when I comment! The vacation was amazing! We went to the British Isles. It was epic. We saw a ton of amazing natural landscapes, castles – so many castles -, great theatre in Edinburgh and London, met nice people, consumed great food, beer, whiskey and whisky. We didn’t want to come home. And when we did, it was to awful, hot L.A. weather and smog. Yuck. Oh for the highlands of Scotland! I can’t wait to go back.
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That sounds wonderful! I love traveling, it makes life so much fuller. Glad you had a good time. I can imagine what a bummer it was coming home to LA – I used to live there so I understand!
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