My First Short Story Has Been Published!
Happy Saturday!
With everything that's happened this week - my first short story publication (!), family visiting from out of town, contractors in and out of the house as we prepare for a much needed remodel, Sam the puppy finally healing from his hernia surgery - I needed to take a step back from blogging for a few days.
But now, I'm back and ready to go!
Carolina Crimes: 21 Tales of Need, Greed, and Dirty Deeds was released on Monday (7/31/17), featuring my story "Set Them Free, If Need Be". Those of you who stick with me on Instagram will have already seen me gushing about my first publication!
My friends, family, and the husband have been so supportive of my during this entire process. From submitting my story for consideration for the anthology, to going through edits and galleys, and the waiting game that is publication.
Now, here we are! I can actually hold the book in my hands, flip to page 117 (*hint hint*) and read my own writing in print.
How amazing is that?
Pretty amazing.
In other (random) news, I had to share this pretty cool thing my mom brought me this week.
Not long ago, I was given (among other things) a portion of my grandparents' record collection and all of the letters they wrote to each other while they were dating. (We'll talk about the letters soon, they are too wonderful!) Unfortunately, the only record player I own is a 1930's era Victrola that can only handle gramophone records and these are all 33 and 45 LP's. My mom said she had a record player at her house I could have, so I thought: Great! Wonder what kind it is?
Turns out, it's a 1970's Fisher Price "kid's version" record player! I'm assuming it was made for a specific brand of record, but it's playing these just fine!
I really can't wait to share more about the letters here on the blog. But first I need to read all of them, there's two shoe boxes full to go through!
Wish me luck!
With everything that's happened this week - my first short story publication (!), family visiting from out of town, contractors in and out of the house as we prepare for a much needed remodel, Sam the puppy finally healing from his hernia surgery - I needed to take a step back from blogging for a few days.
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| It's so pretty! |
Carolina Crimes: 21 Tales of Need, Greed, and Dirty Deeds was released on Monday (7/31/17), featuring my story "Set Them Free, If Need Be". Those of you who stick with me on Instagram will have already seen me gushing about my first publication!
My friends, family, and the husband have been so supportive of my during this entire process. From submitting my story for consideration for the anthology, to going through edits and galleys, and the waiting game that is publication.
Now, here we are! I can actually hold the book in my hands, flip to page 117 (*hint hint*) and read my own writing in print.
How amazing is that?
Pretty amazing.
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| A single Elvis 45 on a groovy kid's player! |
Not long ago, I was given (among other things) a portion of my grandparents' record collection and all of the letters they wrote to each other while they were dating. (We'll talk about the letters soon, they are too wonderful!) Unfortunately, the only record player I own is a 1930's era Victrola that can only handle gramophone records and these are all 33 and 45 LP's. My mom said she had a record player at her house I could have, so I thought: Great! Wonder what kind it is?
Turns out, it's a 1970's Fisher Price "kid's version" record player! I'm assuming it was made for a specific brand of record, but it's playing these just fine!
I really can't wait to share more about the letters here on the blog. But first I need to read all of them, there's two shoe boxes full to go through!
Wish me luck!
Wow!
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