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Anni313 Posts: 1,790 Joined: 2004/03/04	2004/04/29, 10:54 PM I've had the most exciting thing happen and wanted to share it with you. One of my fiction stories was selected to be in my university's annual literary offering, so I'm a real published author now. I'm so very pleased and I wanted to tell you! Tonight was the reading, I took my kids and they are so proud of me, that is the coolest feeling. I realize that it is a small thing, but when I started to school 3 years ago I had no idea that something like this could happen to me. I'm just really proud of myself. The book containing my work will be back from the publisher within 2 weeks and I will see my work in print for the first time. Thanks for listening!:love: -------------- Anni ******* Have you hugged your EFAs today?
yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2004/04/29, 11:06 PM Pretty darn cool! Congrats on that! Will there be more? t -------------- Tim "I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self." Aristotle TimDay@freetrainers.com
mmaibohm Posts: 1,621 Joined: 2003/09/30	2004/04/29, 11:25 PM congrats
Ogun Posts: 559 Joined: 2002/08/11	2004/04/30, 01:15 AM You rock! Hook me up with an agent, there, superstar ;) -------------- --There are no versions of the truth.-- Jeff Goldblum, Jurassic Park II
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2004/04/30, 08:44 AM Very cool, anni! What is the story about? Can we read it somewhere online? Keep it up! Soon you will be on the Oprah Bookclub list:surprised: -------------- If you fall down seven times, get up eight.
Anni313 Posts: 1,790 Joined: 2004/03/04	2004/04/30, 09:15 AM The current story is a fiction piece about a woman whose baby dies in childbirth. It's a bit like looking through a window, we just observe her from a distance. It's not online and the university owns it for a while yet so I can't put it online. I have a non-fiction piece which is online, the address is http://www.washburn.edu/current/essays/past/Annette_L.html If you just copy and paste that, it should take you right to it. I hope you enjoy reading it. I don't know if there will be more but this has certainly been an experience worth having. It is fuel for my dream of graduation, I will be the first college graduate in my family, ever. -------------- Anni ******* Have you hugged your EFAs today?
Datdanigirl Posts: 452 Joined: 2004/02/11	2004/04/30, 09:53 AM The pinwheels of all things, brought tears to my eyes... a very touching and visually stimulating narrative. Most sincere congratulations on your achievement; when do you anticipate graduating??
My_Sunshine64 Posts: 48 Joined: 2004/04/29	2004/04/30, 09:56 AM congrats.
howdiekat Posts: 1,345 Joined: 2003/05/22	2004/04/30, 10:26 AM anni - you are truly a gifted writer. your descriptions are some of the most vivid i have ever seen put into words. the ability to capture emotion effectively is a rare talent, and you certainly possess it. congratulations on your publishing - i hope that we read many more of your stories in the years to come! -------------- success comes before work only in the dictionary. that's right.
Anni313 Posts: 1,790 Joined: 2004/03/04	2004/04/30, 10:32 AM Thank you very much Datdanigirl, I'm so pleased that you like it. I've always been very nudgy about sharing my work, so your reaction is very encouraging. It looks like I will graduate with my BA in Psychology in about 4 semesters. After that, hoping to be accepted to graduate school at the University of Florida, I wanna be a Gaitor! That and it's a real easy drive to either coast, I love the beaches and the ocean is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. -------------- Anni ******* Have you hugged your EFAs today?
Anni313 Posts: 1,790 Joined: 2004/03/04	2004/04/30, 10:37 AM howdiekat I cannot tell you how much it pleases me that people take the time to read my work, and that they are moved by it. All your kind words bring me to tears, it is SO very humbling. -------------- Anni ******* Have you hugged your EFAs today?
CristalBelle Posts: 1,389 Joined: 2003/06/27	2004/04/30, 11:45 AM anni, I am a published writer too..mines poetry, but still it feels great doesn't it?!
Datdanigirl Posts: 452 Joined: 2004/02/11	2004/04/30, 02:42 PM Outstanding.. what an accomplishment that will be. And your praise is well-deserved Anni... ..go for the fist pump when you feel those tears coming on:dumbbell::) My college days were cut short ahead of schedule by, well, life.. but it is something I think about more and more lately. Hearing of your success is motivating.. do keep us updated!
yadmit Posts: 4,670 Joined: 2003/10/05	2004/04/30, 03:15 PM Wow... I will never look at one the same again... each one has hundreds of stories... very cool.... -------------- Tim "I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self." Aristotle TimDay@freetrainers.com
goodoldtex Posts: 564 Joined: 2004/01/25	2004/04/30, 04:22 PM Jeeze girl...wow. many congrats
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2004/04/30, 08:20 PM Bih Congrats to you Anni!! So when does the movie come out?:big_smile: -------------- "A will finds a way, failure is not an option" Ivan carivan@freetrainers.com Montreal Canada