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Apparently all you have to do to get an all-elusive “yes letter” from a magazine is to blog about how you’ve always gotten nothing but rejection letters. About how you’ve resigned yourself to a life of constant no’s and suppressed bitterness. You just have to mock yourself and strut around shouting insults at yourself in a semi-humorous, self-deprecating manner.
The writing gods love that belittling stuff. They eat it up. They eat it up after they slather it with gravy. And then — apparently — they wipe their messy mouths and take a small moment to smile down on you.
Tada!
A submission agreement! Someone is purchasing my crap… err, I mean, quality story! It is a good story (I’m not saying the writing is stellar, but the story is a good one). It’s based on the time Jachin sold a bunch of his toys to raise money for his preschool classmate who had cancer. And yes, that’s a true story. (See picture below.) Back before Jachin became obsessed with video games, he sold his own toys for charity. Or maybe that’s why he got into video games, because he had sold all of his toys. Well, whatever… the point is: yay!
And now, since it is NaNoWriMo, I appeal once more the writing gods… are you guys listening?? I’m crap. My stuff is crap! Hear me? Garbage! Listen to me being snarky and self-deprecating! I stink, yo! Now, if you could help me finish my novel this month and push it through to a fast publish (in twenty languages… that would be cool), I would totally owe you one. Also, if you could help me out with a National Book Award, I’d go brunette or something.
Seriously though, internets, if you want to watch my word counter over there on the right and crack the whip at me every few days, that would be helpful. And if you shout insults at me while you crack the whip, that may help even more. Or it could just make me cry. We’ll have to see.
Before video games and lost teeth:
keep smiling…
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YES YES YES!!! AWESOME. Congratulations!!!
GIT ON THAT THAR NOVEL GIRRL, I WANNA READ IT!
sorry for the all caps, I’m excited!
Comment by Nerak — November 6, 2009 @ 3:45 pm
EXCELLENT!!!!! Suz!! This is incredible!!!!! Yaya for persistence and children as fodder for the written word ! Word.
Comment by ShayLo — November 6, 2009 @ 4:58 pm
So is it gonna be in the Friend? Do you know what issue? I’m so freakin’ happy for you.
Comment by Jenna — November 6, 2009 @ 8:51 pm
That is Awesome!
Comment by january — November 7, 2009 @ 5:41 am
Congrats!!! Please pass on your luck to Devin. He needs some motivation. Maybe seeing your stuff published will help him. Actually, he just needs more time to work on his stuff. And then the guts to put it out there. That is the scary part. I am so happy for you! Please let us know when it comes out.
Comment by Krista Hansen — November 7, 2009 @ 6:09 am
Yay! Awesome! I am so envious! Congratulations! Be sure to let us know when and where we can see your published work, you Writer, you. And good luck with NaNoWriMo. You can do it!!!
Comment by Leslie — November 7, 2009 @ 10:19 am
You totally suck, and so does your crap! Ouch, that’s harsh, and hard to do. Do you have tears? Oh no, now I feel guilt, which means a pumpkin pie with redi whip and mucho diet coke. But GEEZ no one else was responding to your request of insults, so I guess I’m your only real friend. And, where is this being published? You do know I really am your biggest fan right?
Comment by shahara — November 7, 2009 @ 5:02 pm