And another has been launched.

[joegoda]

In keeping with my desire to get published, I have sent City of Tears to the Penguin Publishing group... *gulp* These are big guys, but I've read some of their published book before, and they are just as large as TOR books! And they do online submissions, and in fact, TIM, request that submissions be done that way. So, TIM, you might consider sending your Cannibal story to them. The worst that can happen is nothing, the least is a rejection, and the most is you get published, make a million or two from the movie rights and I get to sponge off you for the rest of my life.

Fingers crossed for the Penguin folks!

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[persimmontart.livejournal.com]

Perhaps, when I have something better than the short stories I wrote in high school, I'll send something out. Once, for the Future Problem Solving Program Scenario Writing, I wrote this short story on freedom; it was limited to 15,000 words, so some things were left unexplained.... *sheepish* I got published, if only in the FPSP book for that year; *more sheepish* I won first place international. I don't really like to tell people... and the trophy's in my closet in Atchison. But that was almost ten years ago....

[joegoda.livejournal.com]

It's fairly easy to do, really. I start simply, just one word at a time. I find I'm a bit of a freak though. 2700 words in 2 hours last night. Then again, I've been known to write only about 1000 in a week, depending on how the muse is running.

As for your trophy, darlin, it's something to be proud of. Not necessarily to be bragged about. Big difference. I'd put it on my bookshelf... to remind you that you CAN do it, because you HAVE done it. Hiding your light under a bushel just attacks the things that come to the dark places. Bring it out, if you can get it, polish it up, and be proud of your accomplishments!

[persimmontart.livejournal.com]

I'll think about dusting it off and driving it home with me sometime this weekend. I've got to run to Atchison tomorrow and Friday night for family and car stuff anyway. When I did have it on display in my room, my mom used to joke that it was so large I could use it to catch clothes.

[joegoda.livejournal.com]

That was your mom's way of showing her pride, I would imagine. If she did not feel so, she would have either not have mentioned it, or she would have asked you when you were going to throw it out. As the most I've ever done with my writing was to inflict it on other people, I am proud to know someone in my circle that has actually been recognized for their achievement.