In which I apologize....

[j_cheney]

I'm sorry that I haven't had a chance to catch on my flists' posts, and it will be a couple of days until I do so. I hope exotically fascinating things are happening in your lives....without my watching. ;o)

Various notes, and a time table:

1) I did sell a story while there, to the Wolfsongs Anthology.

I'm particularly pleased to sell this story, because I actually trunked the story about a year ago after 4 rejections. Something didn't work, and I knew it. When I read the guidelines for the anthology (edited by the wonderful shadowhelm) I thought "Hmmm, 'The Bear Girl' would fit right in...."

I dragged the story out of the trunk and tried to figure out how to fix the plot-line problem...and finally got it right. It required quite a bit of rewriting to get the structure how I wanted it, so I'm really pleased it was accepted. ;o)

2) I have disgusting con crud augmented by clogged ears. I'm in a fishbowl with Snap Crackle and Pop. It's annoying.

3) I will post about the WOTF workshop over the next few days, not in a chronological order, but a topical one. I think that my posts will be:
a)Travel and Lodging
b)Meeting People
c)The 24-hour Story

4) This week I received payment from WOTF, Fantasy Magazine, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies, which means I'm depositing $1111 in my bank account tomorrow. This number seems auspicious to me. ;o)

Comments

[melissajm.livejournal.com]

Welcome back, Congratulations!, sorry about the crud, and WHOA on #4. I think that's double my lifetime total.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Aw, con crud is inevitable. It set on so quickly that I would suspect flu--except that I don't have a fever. My big concern is that I must have infected half of the rest of the group....

#4, the timing was merely fortuitous. I'm mostly intrigued by the number--and wonder what our friends in Asia would think of it. ;o)

[theladywolf.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, I love numbers. My angels appear to me in numerical form, ya know. :) Anyway, congrats on the sale.The cover looks gorgeous and it's always lovely to pull a story out of the trunk.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Thanks.
I always liked this story, I just knew it had a problem before, so I'm excessively please I got the knots worked out and found my baby a home ;o).

[(Anonymous)]

WOW!! $1111 is definitely auspicious! Congrats :-)

(on a side note, I see combinations of 11, 111, 1111 ALL the time, so personally I agree that it is auspicious!! :-D)

[sonyamsipes.livejournal.com]

That was me. Darned login.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Yep, I do that too ;o)

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Thanks ;o)

[raebryant.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the sale! See, just goes to show that even genius needs a little time to marinate. :) Sweet sale.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Evil genius? Bwahahaha!

[raebryant.livejournal.com]

Is there any other kind? ;)

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Hmmm....an interesting question...

[kelly-swails.livejournal.com]

1. Nice!
2. Blech. Cold-eeze drops, clear fluids, and sleep.
3. Can't wait.
4. Whoa! You're the woman!

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Thanks ;o)

[countesslovlace.livejournal.com]

$1111-- ooooo, shiny.

Sorry about the con crud.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Thaags ::sniffs::

[jess-ka.livejournal.com]

Hey, congrats! Swanky! And welcome home!

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Yeah, I'll probably never see that much omony at once ever again. But I can hope ;o)

[jmeadows.livejournal.com]

Woo hooo!!!

Boo crud.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Thanks...

Yeah, the crud seems inevitable.

[satimaflavell.livejournal.com]

Very auspicious indeed! Congratulations:-)

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

;o)

[stinabat.livejournal.com]

*insert kermit the frog dance here* yaAaaAAaaaaAaAAAay!

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Thank ye!!

[therinth.livejournal.com]

Ha! Awesome Jeanette :D -- thanks again for all the hard coordination work ahead of time -- i think it helped make the experience super super awesome for all of us :D

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It was so great to meet you in person ;o)

[displacedtexan.livejournal.com]

I'm glad this one found a home, finally. It seemed you had a lot of emotion invested in it.

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

I did....