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Just Keep Swimming

  • Jun. 8th, 2009 at 10:06 AM
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Well, I received two pieces of good news this last weekend.  First, my story Troll Whisperer tied for first in the ConScription short story competition judged by Robbie Matthews, senior editor of Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, and other ASIM crew. 

Mary Jones' story A Conjunction of Interests was the other winner.  I believe there were only about nine entrants in total but Robbie invited Mary and I to submit our stories to ASIM.  According to him they were of a standard well above ASIM's typical slush, so that is encouraging. 

And I sold Rites of Passage, a fantasy flash piece, to A Fly in Amber.  It will be coming out in the July 2009 issue.  That is a new market for me and means I'll have two flash pieces out simultaneously in July (the other a magical realism piece in Reflection's Edge). 

All this is helping distact me from the fact that our house is being put up for Auction on Thursday and if it doesn't sell, things get sticky.  Of course, if it does sell, things get sticky. 

I feel like Dory from "Finding Nemo" singing, "Just keep swimming.  Just keep swimming.  Just keep writing.  Writing, writing." 

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[info]kmarkhoover wrote:
Jun. 7th, 2009 11:21 pm (UTC)
This is really great news. I'm very happy for you!
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[info]rippatton wrote:
Jun. 7th, 2009 11:35 pm (UTC)
Thanks Mark:)
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[info]zeemverse wrote:
Jun. 8th, 2009 02:19 am (UTC)
Congratulations!!! That's so awesome.

And congrats on the Fly in Amber piece! !
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[info]rippatton wrote:
Jun. 9th, 2009 02:12 am (UTC)
Thanks zeem!
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[info]ysabetwordsmith wrote:
Jun. 8th, 2009 05:55 am (UTC)
Congratulations!
That's good work on the story front.

I hope the house situation works out for the best.
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[info]jongibbs wrote:
Jun. 8th, 2009 12:15 pm (UTC)
Congrats on the win and the sale :)

Good luck with the auction. I hope it works out the way you want.
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[info]kerrynangell wrote:
Jun. 12th, 2009 04:27 pm (UTC)
That is my own secret writing motto: just keep writing, just keep writing. It's great. :)

And congrats on your short story successes!
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[info]rippatton wrote:
Jun. 15th, 2009 07:54 am (UTC)
hey we have the same motto.

And thanks for the congrats:)
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