Unalloyed happiness

[mrissa]

There are down sides to being possessed of a few social graces.

For example: I knew I couldn't call down to my parents' house at 5:50 a.m. when they've got a houseful of guests just to say, "Daddaddaddaddad! Dad! Hey, Dad! Dad! Guess where I just sold a short story?"

So he will have to wait to be excited to find out that it's to the Futures department of Nature.

The story is "Alloy." It was slightly longer than their narrow margin of word count originally, but I looked at it and thought, "Don't reject yourself for them. You can shave a few words off this." So I did, and they liked it, and yay! Story!

Comments

[rosefox]

Sweet! Congrats!

[buymeaclue.livejournal.com]

Hey! Awwwwwesome. Good fer you. :)

[pabba.livejournal.com]

Yay, congrats! :)

[mmerriam.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the sale!

[apis-mellifera.livejournal.com]

Hurray! :)

[nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com]

Good one!

[diatryma.livejournal.com]

I am much impressed. Also excited. Many congratulations!

[ellameena.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[ksumnersmith.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's awesome!! Congrats!

[mkille.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[rysmiel.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. That really is awesome. *hug* Well done, dear.

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! (And I speak as one who was been rejected from that very slot - and look, no gritted teeth, no envy, just the uncomplicated glee. That's one reason why I love this job, it's not a zero-sum business...)

[dendrophilous.livejournal.com]

Cool! Congratulations!

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Awesome!

[raecarson.livejournal.com]

That completely rocks. Congrats, u!

[buttonlass.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Hurray for story buying!

[sculpin.livejournal.com]

Wow! Nature! Congratulations!

[scottjames.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[dd-b.livejournal.com]

You rock! That's entirely excellent.

[dancingwriter.livejournal.com]

That's fantastic! Congratulations!

[the-flea-king.livejournal.com]

I are jealous nerd. Congrats!

[ckd]

My first reaction, somewhat lacking in both eloquence and elegance, is "OMG oo oo oo so so cool yay yay woohoo". I suppose it makes up for that lack with extra sincerity and intensity, though.

Congratulations!!

[eposia.livejournal.com]

ooh exciting! congratulations.

[songwind.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[papersky.livejournal.com]

What a hard science fiction writer you are! Wow! Congratulations.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Huzzah!

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

Freakin' AWESOME.

[kythiaranos.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[numinicious.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

But, I have to wonder... it is not this Nature (http://www.nature.com/index.html), is it? Because if it was, that would be fantastically amazingly awesome.

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

Yes. That Nature.

[numinicious.livejournal.com]

I had no idea Nature was so amazingly awesome! Holy crap, Mris, this is unbelievably cool! I'm so glad I get this now! Do you know what issue it is?

[mrissa.livejournal.com]

I don't know yet. They'll tell me soon, I expect. I just had to send the contracts in via snail mail today.

[brooksmoses]

What you do find out, let me know too -- being that Nature, the campus library subscription lets me go read it.

Though ... it may not have a print date until after I graduate and my access to all the shinies goes away. Sad.

[sraun]

Dancing Rodents!

[stillsostrange.livejournal.com]

Woohoo!

[rezendi.livejournal.com]

(applause)

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

You totally rock the house down.

[wshaffer.livejournal.com]

That's awesome! Wheeeee!

[dsgood.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!!

[cissa.livejournal.com]

That's fabulous! Congratulations!

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

Nature! Sweet!

[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

Yay, yay, yay! ::confetti::

[fredcritter.livejournal.com]

Yay!!

[redbird]

Yay you!

[tewok.livejournal.com]

Woohoo!!!!! Congratulations!

[desayunoencama.livejournal.com]

Mazel tov!