Eek!
I've been published!! For the very first time!! That's right, in bars and liquor stores and Hy-Vees across Mankato is my little piece of flash fiction.
The boy called me from the bar, forty minutes after his projected return time. "Sorry I'm late, but I have something really great for you," he tells me. Uh-huh.
I'm already in bed when he gets home. He tells me to turn on the light and throws a Static, open to page 22, on the bed. My name. My title. My silly story. I was shocked, to say the least. I sent this in almost two months ago and hadn't heard back from the editor. I figured it wasn't even worth his time to respond. So really, I had no idea it would be the flash fiction piece for the June edition. It fits perfectly with the theme: The Illegal Issue--Going against the laws of art, commerce, health and decency. My story falls under that health and decency part.
In my blurb I'm labeled a recent MFA grad. This happened at graduation, too. Dr. J thought it a sign that I should enter the program. I think it was because I was sandwiched between a bunch of MFAers.
I still have a stupid grin on my face. From the sheer surprise of the whole thing. For really, this little thing has given me validation. It has made me want to write more. To try harder. I remember giving Xtina a cheerleading trophy with a cardboard plaque and a Sharpied "Published!!" covering the real placement when she had a poem published in some fabulous magazine (the name escapes me). I feel like that little statuette, pom-poms in hand, so pleased with myself.
The boy called me from the bar, forty minutes after his projected return time. "Sorry I'm late, but I have something really great for you," he tells me. Uh-huh.
I'm already in bed when he gets home. He tells me to turn on the light and throws a Static, open to page 22, on the bed. My name. My title. My silly story. I was shocked, to say the least. I sent this in almost two months ago and hadn't heard back from the editor. I figured it wasn't even worth his time to respond. So really, I had no idea it would be the flash fiction piece for the June edition. It fits perfectly with the theme: The Illegal Issue--Going against the laws of art, commerce, health and decency. My story falls under that health and decency part.
In my blurb I'm labeled a recent MFA grad. This happened at graduation, too. Dr. J thought it a sign that I should enter the program. I think it was because I was sandwiched between a bunch of MFAers.
I still have a stupid grin on my face. From the sheer surprise of the whole thing. For really, this little thing has given me validation. It has made me want to write more. To try harder. I remember giving Xtina a cheerleading trophy with a cardboard plaque and a Sharpied "Published!!" covering the real placement when she had a poem published in some fabulous magazine (the name escapes me). I feel like that little statuette, pom-poms in hand, so pleased with myself.
posted by KC in Katoland at 9:52 AM
2 Comments:
I saw it a couple of days ago and recognized the story from Writer's Bloc. Between graduation, your publication, and Dr. J's prompts, maybe you should enter the program, especially if you still can't find a job.
Congratulations!!!!!!
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