I’m very excited (and a bit nervous) to let you know that one of my short stories has been published in a journal called Full of Crow.
I have been submitting my stories to journals for just over a year now, so I was thrilled when I heard that my fictional story Tiki Bar had been accepted for publication in Full of Crow’s winter issue.
Full of Crow is an online literary journal that publishes fiction, flash fiction and poetry. You can read all about them here, or find them on Duotrope (the database of journals for writers).
One of the best parts of being published with an online journal is that content is often shareable. If you would like to read Tiki Bar, feel free to check it out here.
While you’re there, take a peek at some of the other stories in this quarter’s issue (which you can view here: Full of Crow Quarterly Fiction – January 2012 – “Precautions”). I very much enjoyed Walt’s Yellow Shirt by Richard Fulco, although the others are wonderful as well.
And in other news, I received a rejection today (albeit a gentle one). Ahhh…the life of a writer!
Happy writing!
Congratulations Carrie! I am off to read your story!
Thank you! I hope you enjoy it :)
Congrats, Carrie! On both the acceptance and the rejection. :) I am stoked for you.
Darlene
Thanks Darlene! Rejections do feel like progress after you get used to them, don’t they.
YEEEEAAAAH!!!
WOW, it’s such a shame that you cannot write in big, bold letters here …
I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!
Of course I read the short story – and I really, really like the protagonist! She reminds me of someone I once knew – I like her telling the story so calmly, and yet, you can see all the big emotions she doesn’t allow herself to feel and to bubble up inside her.
So great! To tell the truth, I was a bit nervous – I have often wondered how you write, whether I would like to read your stories – but I totally do!
You also managed to put very specific images into my mind (the bar, the couple (although no faces, but some little details, which is alright, since she wants to stay anonymous – does she have brown, or dark hair?)), and I always love when this happens. You can even hear the sounds at the bar. And I love the fact she is wearing high heels in sand just because he said once he loved that, and that she is angry because the sand gets in …
My favourite sentence (or sentences, rather) is this one: “I wonder if anyone else is there to be dumped. Maybe this bar is some sort of famous dumping zone that I don’t know about, since I’m so out of the loop these days. Maybe the girls at the office would have laughed and shaken their heads knowingly if I’d told them where he’d asked me to go.”
Especially the first sentence – that’s just plain great.
I am very sorry that another story of yours got rejected. But you can do it!
You write very well, and I’d love to read more.
Wish you all the best!!! And I can’t wait for your next publication.
Julia :D
Julia, thanks so much for making such a thorough read of the story! I really appreciate your comments!
It’s funny you mention being a bit nervous about reading my writing – it’s one of the reasons I haven’t posted any before; I was always worried that it might turn readers off if it wasn’t their ‘cup of tea’. But I realized that I don’t always read the fiction writing of the bloggers I follow, so I took the chance :)
Congratulations Carrie!! So exciting – can’t wait to read it :)
Congratulations!
I read the story and you really deserved to be chosen!
:)
Thanks so much for reading Gabriel!
Like! Like! Like! Like! Like! Like! Like!
Congratulations! Your hard work paid off. Enjoy your success.
Thank you! I am enjoying it … as I work on my next short story.
Congratulations, Carrie. Enjoyed reading your story.
Congratulations! Well done!
Congratulations, Carrie. I look forward to reading your story – thanks for the link.
Congratulations Carrie, I enjoyed reading your story and I look forward to following your blog, I am new to this world and working with Susan Toy towards publishing some of my poetry, I am overwhelmed and in awe of the talented people out there.
Good luck to you in the future and here’s to a new and exciting year… :)
BawB
Hi BawB,
Nice to meet you! Thanks very much for reading my story. Here’s to an exciting new year for both of us :)
Hi. I’ve chosen you for the Versatile Blogger Award. I was chosen (http://writeorrevisedaily.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/versatile-blogger-award/) and, in turn, you are one of my chosen 15. Congratulations and keep up the great work on your blog!
The rules of this nomination are as follows:
1. Thank the award-giver and link back to them in your post.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Pass this award along to 15 others.
4. Contact your chosen bloggers to let them know about the award.
Congratulations! May this be the first of many to come.
Thanks Ben!
Congratulations. Very cool story. I’m wondering who the actor is…;) Seriously though, I think it reads well with a fantastic voice. I really felt for the protagonist and I hope she gets through.
Ha! I hadn’t thought of that… but that reminds me of Wattpad.com (where you can publish your stories and choose actors to play the main characters). Do you use Wattpad? Also, thanks so much for the kind words about my story!
Congratulations!! :-) I can see why they pubbed it too, nice piece of writing.
Thanks so much, Kirsten!
Carrie – I finally got to your story and really loved it. You managed to invoke in me feeling of irritation, self-importance and sympathy for both characters – quite a feat! Also, maybe I just identify too strongly with high heeled misery, but I love the recurrent shoe pain images.
Thanks so much for reading it Rose! It really means a lo to hear that the characters evoked feeling – a writer’s dream come true!
So much to say!
#1.Congrats on the story! Looking forward to reading it. I’m so excited for you.
#2. Congrats on the new blog. I’m toying with moving too. Which leads me to . . .
#3. Your post on .org vs .com was INCREDIBLE. Really informative. I’m not sure I’m up to learning any code. I think I spend too much time on the blog as it is BUT I’m always wanting to change themes because I don’t love the look of any of the choices. Well, I’ll like something, but then hate the font. That kind of thing . . .
Hi Nina!
Thanks for your kind compliments! I have to admit, it was one of your posts that gave me the final push to start submitting my writing (the one about not being a journal snob). So thank YOU too!
One of the great things about WordPress.org is that there’s a community of people who can help you out in the support forums (http://wordpress.org/support/), and many of the paid themes provide support along with their theme. I really only had to muddle with the code for two things for this theme, and it was a simple deletion rather than writing any code.
One more question . . . I want to discuss the “like” button on .com. I never let it be visible before on my blog but after reading your post I decided to click that little box to “show likes.” I wonder if it will negatively influence my comments though. Did you find that people just checked “like” instead of commenting? Do you think people who push “like” have always read the post?
Appreciate your thoughts! THanks!
Hi! Sorry this somehow hit my spam (still working out the kinks;).
Yes, I do think that people click ‘like’ rather than commenting. I know I do it myself when I enjoyed a post and want someone to know that I’ve read it. If there isn’t a ‘like’ button, I do think that more people might go out of their way to comment. That’s one of the reasons I was able to convince myself to make the switch.
I suspect some people skim posts and then click ‘like’ too, as you mentioned. It does feel nice to see all of the ‘likes’, even if you don’t get a ton of comments.
I’d love to hear how it affects your blog comments!
I’m a bit late, but I wanted to say: Congratulations! Job well done, Carrie!
That is excellent news. Well done!