I'm thrilled to officially announce my FIRST SALE EVER!
"Mudlarks" is a 9100-word historical fantasy and is scheduled to appear in the January issue of the Intergalactic Medicine Show (aka any day now....)
Posted by Meredith (Member # 8368) on :
WOW! Huge Congratulations!
Posted by ScardeyDog (Member # 8707) on :
Congratulations! Glad to see your hard work paying off Posted by satate (Member # 8082) on :
Congratulations!!
Posted by tchernabyelo (Member # 2651) on :
Heh! My first sale ever was to IGMS as well. It's an awesome feeling, isn't it? Congratulations!
Posted by LlessurNire (Member # 8781) on :
congratulations!
Posted by MAP (Member # 8631) on :
Awesome, congrats.
Posted by snapper (Member # 7299) on :
Wow! First hit is a homerun. Very nice.
Posted by aspirit (Member # 7974) on :
Way to go, Kitti!
Posted by Dark Warrior (Member # 8822) on :
Congrats...and what a great place to break in!
Posted by philocinemas (Member # 8108) on :
Congrats, Kitti - looks like the Boot Camp paid off!
Chuck
Posted by Kitti (Member # 7277) on :
Thanks all!
Chuck - that's actually a really funny story. This is my story from boot camp. After everyone finished telling me all the things I'd done wrong and tearing it to pieces, OSC looked at me and said something like, "Here's proof that even a publishable story doesn't have to be perfect. Any editor would be an idiot not to snap this up if it crossed his desk."
I didn't think he was serious, so he kept going: "No really, I was talking to Edmund about this over breakfast. We want it for IGMS. But you can send it somewhere else first, like WotF and I won't be offended."
Um, hello?? I said yes on the spot. (And then I sat on the news for six months because I still didn't quite believe it was happening until the check came in the mail! :-P )
Posted by Dark Warrior (Member # 8822) on :
Now get a story into Q02 WOTF and rep Hatrack with a winner. IGMS pub will look sweet on your author bio.
Posted by BenM (Member # 8329) on :
Great market, great work! Congrats!
Posted by InarticulateBabbler (Member # 4849) on :
A late, but heart-felt Congratulations!!!
Posted by JenniferHicks (Member # 8201) on :
Congrats on such a great first sale. May there be many more to come.
Posted by philocinemas (Member # 8108) on :
Did you write it there, from start to finish, or was it something you had been working on?
Posted by Kitti (Member # 7277) on :
I brainstormed the idea there during the workshop phase. Bringing in preconceived story ideas sort of defeats the purpose of the boot camp experience. But I did rewrite the ending after boot camp - my original ending was written at 2 A.M. after I'd been writing for pretty much 24 straight hours. Um, nuff said, really.
Posted by genevive42 (Member # 8714) on :
Absolutely fantastic first sale!
Posted by Brad R Torgersen (Member # 8211) on :
Kitti, I meant to pass on my congratulations earlier.
I've not gotten any interested nibbles from IGMS, as of yet.
Of course, I've never read an issue either, so I am shooting in the dark with that market.
Posted by Dark Warrior (Member # 8822) on :
WOOOHOOOO
Posted by Dark Warrior (Member # 8822) on :
Just saw that issue 16 with your story is available on IGMS now.
Posted by WBSchmidt (Member # 8533) on :
Another belated congrats, Kitti.
-- William
Posted by Bent Tree (Member # 7777) on :
Way to go. I am going to go update my subscription so I can read it now.
Posted by Bent Tree (Member # 7777) on :
Great story!
Posted by Kitti (Member # 7277) on :
Thanks. Glad you liked it. :-)
Posted by honu (Member # 8277) on :
Neat, Kitti!
Posted by Kathleen Dalton Woodbury (Member # 59) on :
Nice little review of Kitti's story on the regular Hatrack forum.
