Pearl #38 – I Hate The French

January 3, 2008 in pearl literary zine, short fiction, writing | 11 comments

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So I’m (finally) officially published.  Yea!  This piece I Hate The French is the first piece I ever submitted (in July of 2006 – why oh why does this stuff take so long!) and it is truly wonderful to see my words in print that doesn’t belong to my home computer. 

It IS a pretty great start to the new year.  Let’s hope there is much more of this to come.  In case you are intersted in supporting a great literary magazine, and of course reading the first stepping stone on what I’m sure will be the wild unabashed success of yours truly (of course, right?), then go here: Pearl #38 and click on order to buy thousands of issues… :)

11 comments

  1. Paul’s avatar

    Paul on January 3, 2008 at 7:35 pm

    Hey, big congrats on your first baby heading out into the world! It’s a great feeling. Even though publishing is about the SLOWEST business ever, it can be so gratifying.

    I like the title, but do not agree with its statement! J’adore le Francais!

  2. 1979semifinalist’s avatar

    1979semifinalist on January 3, 2008 at 7:50 pm

    Thanks Paul! It is SO slow. I was shocked that it took more than a year for my piece to get published. I submitted I think in April of 2006, heard from them on acceptance in July of 2006 and then here it is published Winter 2008. Whew. Anyway, glad to be in print.

    As for the title…trust me, the French woman in question really did earn her hate :)

  3. theyetiinside’s avatar

    theyetiinside on January 3, 2008 at 9:07 pm

    Congrats sis. I will order a copy presently. Still waiting for the other item by the by.

  4. 1979semifinalist’s avatar

    1979semifinalist on January 3, 2008 at 9:11 pm

    yeah, yeah, i know. will send tonight. a lot going on this first week back in the real world…

    and thanks!

  5. Holly’s avatar

    Holly on January 4, 2008 at 4:06 am

    Congrats! Congrats!

    Very much an accomplishment, and I’m so proud of you!

  6. 1979semifinalist’s avatar

    1979semifinalist on January 4, 2008 at 2:55 pm

    Holly: thanks! it feels nice. i think it was good to get right away in 2008 and it took the sting out of my McSweeney’s rejection. :)

  7. kfugrip’s avatar

    kfugrip on January 4, 2008 at 4:34 pm

    It’s a great story. I hope all your blog readers order copies for themselves.

  8. Rebecca Hahn’s avatar

    Rebecca Hahn on January 4, 2008 at 4:37 pm

    YEa! Kelly, I am so happy for you! You deserve this so much! I am so proud that you have pushed through all the other “no’s” to get to a “yes”. It’s not easy but that’s what gettiing to the top takes!

  9. 1979semifinalist’s avatar

    1979semifinalist on January 4, 2008 at 5:38 pm

    that would be great…but i certainly wouldn’t expect people to buy copies…

    thanks bec – thanks for the support. hopefully there are many more happy acceptances to come. it’s only the beginning…of both rejection AND acceptance.

    also…let’s not get crazy now with “all the other no’s” 😉 it’s only 7 so far, and only once for each piece…this was never submitted elsewhere…just setting the record straight :)

  10. anis’s avatar

    anis on January 8, 2008 at 10:35 pm

    yay! awesome. congratualtions kelly

  11. 1979semifinalist’s avatar

    1979semifinalist on January 8, 2008 at 10:51 pm

    thanks anis! and thanks for stopping by!

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