So close now I can smell it....

Gotta Have It is so close to arriving at my doorstep... and causing me moments of pure excitement! I can't wait.

I got my first writing pay last week and how exciting was that! It gave me the "I'm gonna make it" feel - sadly it didn't last too long because it came moments before a contest failure. But at least I had a fantastic moment there.

No one said this journey would be easy... everyone warns how hard it is... you just don't believe them!

Anyway, when the book arrives, I'll post a photo of it lying in my hands. You'll probably see the beaming smile lighting up the page!

Gotta Have It

I'm in! My short story has been chosen for an anthology - Gotta Have It: 69 stories of sudden sex edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel. Yippee!!! Published. Or will be, in about March 2011.

Unbelievable.

This is the first thing ever to be selected and printed. I can't wait to see it. It'll probably cost me a fortune buying copies to gloat!!! :-)

Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWO

I'm in a book.... more details to come.... wowowowowowowowo....

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Do you ever hear something said that has an immediate crushing effect, so much so that your brain freezes and you are unable to think of a comeback - for days!! The other day it happened to me. My cousin said, "I'm sick of hearing about your slutty stories." I had never spoken about them. I didn't even know he had heard of them (I found out there had been chatter amongst the older generation). And I was not speaking about them at the time of the comment - his mother was. So why direct the comment/anger/antagonism at me? Was it a jealousy thing? Did he want to be able to write freely but felt unable to express himself? I wish I had have been able to converse about it, rather than stand in mute shock and let them all walk away.