Jun 17 2008
First!
I just had a lovely mood booster arrive in my email; you may recall me mentioning some time ago about my flash fiction story “The Reap Assessors” being accepted for publication in the “Taking Flight” anthology from the Triangulation anthology series. Tonight I received this after a sweaty and stinky few hours cleaning out a freezer that Steve lost electricity on with meat still inside and fixing up the utility room right purty-like:
Oh, and I like to open my anthologies with something short, punchy, and
fun — something that a reader will read fast and hopefully entice them
into reading some more. This year, that’d be you; you’re batting lead-off.
You might imagine a reaction of delighted laughter and exultation, and you would be correct. You might even add in some bouncing and waving about of exuberant hands, and also be correct. Now I’m off to wake my mom at 1:30 in the morning to tell her, since I was convinced by my roomies that it was the sort of thing a mom would want to be awakened for.
My heartfelt congratulations!
KICK ASS!!!! You rock! and it is good to see some other folks recognizing that…*smug smile* _I_ of course, have always known….
Awesome!!! Way cool, and I think we should so totally make brag books at some point. With, like, all the really cool rejections, and the sweet acceptances, and the things like you got about being first! And then, when we’re old, we can go to cons and show all the newbies.
lol!
Way to go! Pete was right to put your story first. It was a great start to the anthology. Happy to have met you while I was at the Nebulas in Austin–didn’t realize the connection at the time. (I started the Triangulation series in 2003.) Good job. Best of luck with all your other writing.
re: Diane, Thank you! I remember meeting you, I had a very nice time chatting with you at the Nebulas. I’m very glad you enjoyed the story, I look forward to our paths crossing again!