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Yay! I received news this morning that The Protector has been sold to a publisher in Estonia! The Hunter in Croatian/Serbian and The Protector in Estonian--how cool is that?! Maybe Sleeping *** will be sold to Bosnia!
Yesterday I was cleaning out one of my drawers and I found a complimentary copy of a book that I've forgotten about....
It was one of those "oh!" moments. Flip to the contents page:
If you click on the pic, it will show up in an enlarged size, but can you see on the right hand side...Short Story #9, page 88, the name of the author? ;-D This book was "published" in 1982 in Malaysia. All the authors were winners in the Her World Short Story contest from the past few years and I was in high school when I entered, probably around 1979.
I think I was the youngest winner, and the prize was $20 and being in a published anthology of Malaysian stories.
So, anyway, I had totally forgotten about this till I saw the book, hidden among all my journals! The book didn't come out immediately, as you can see. I remember getting it in the mail from Malaysia while I was in college and showing it off to my English major boyfriend, with a "Nyah, nyah, look at this, Mr. Shakespeare lover, I'm published before you!" Hmm. The look on his face was worth it, heh.
1982. Well, actually, 1979. Yoikes. That was 27 years ago. ***shriek*** I was an ambitious kid even then, LOL.
I remember holding that book in my hand and thinking, "Wow! (Actually, in Malaysia, we say "Cheeeyea!" which was the corrupted version of Che-bah!) I'm published!"
Now, fast forward twenty years to 2002 and holding Into Danger in my hands. And yeah, I said the exact same thing: "Wow! (Actually, I went, Wow! Wow! WOWWWWW!) I'm published!!!)" Same feeling from years ago, multiplied a thousandfold. I had the biggest smile on my face all day too!
My dream of being a writer started a long, long time ago. What was yours? You never know.
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2 comments:
Jenna, that's awesome! It's great that you had so much ambition and pursued what you want because now you're not only published but global! You go girl!
Once I figure out what I want, I'll let you know but I think a fireman would be at the top of my list, LOL.
A fireman? Done ;-). I'll scan you a fireman, baby!
and I like that new name...instead of GLow, I'm GLowbal! Heheh.
It took me a long time before my dream came true. Life, you know--debts, work, etc--tends to make one forget about Da Dream. That's why it's important for me to remind everyone that we all have dreams, and they do come true.
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