Tuesday, December 5, 2006

AN EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENT






Stick to it in spite of hell and other people. Patience and endurance.
--Katherine Anne Porter






Christmas came early for me in the form of an acceptance letter from Foliate Oak Literary Magazine.

Here's what they had to say:

Congratulations! We've chosen your work to be published. We enjoyed reading your submission and will be including it in our January issue of Foliate Oak Online. We will notify you when your work is published. Thanks again and we look forward to seeing more of your work in the future.
--Jessica Hall

This will be my first creative nonfiction piece.

28 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow congratulations!!!

It's a Freebee said...

Seasons Greetings! Hope you make their print anthology.

they ain't gettin' my money said...

Hey, who cares about the print anthology. As long as I can read it for free!

Michelle's Spell said...

CONGRATULATIONS, Jim! I'm so excited for you! Happy Snoopy dance! I'm really thrilled -- an early Christmas present indeed!

Erik Donald France said...

Super congrats, Jim. Cheers!
A followup to your quote: l'enfer, c'est les autres -- Hell, it is the others (Hell is other people) -- Jean Paul Sartre, No Exit.

ghee said...

Congratulations JR!!
could you please post the content after the publishing so that we could get to know it too?

thanx!!

ghee

Shionge said...

Whopee! Congrats JR that's definitely an early cheers and you know what? It's gonna get better from now onwards too, trust me!

Cindy-Lou said...

That's awesome. Congratulations!

Michael Nolan said...

That must feel really great! Good for you.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations!

I liked your Katherine Ann Porter quote. As I kid, I did a report on her once. Then, pretty soon afterwords, we were eating out in Durham, NC, and bumped into her friends Eudora Welty and Clyde Edgerton. Ms. Welty was quite amused when I announced that I was doing a report on Katherine Porter.

Anonymous said...

hey I have that same book!!!! hahaha congrats man. I bet it feels really great when your stuff gets published. I have yet to find out... but I'm working on it ;o) haha CONGRATS JIM

Anonymous said...

That's great JR. I can at least say I knew you when...MW

Anonymous said...

Good news two days in a row!

Congratulations once again! That's exciting. I can't wait to read it.

Anonymous said...

sweet!! Congratulations!!

Laura said...

That's Great!!! Congradulations. I bet your so excited. Good job!!!

Anonymous said...

Well congrats are in place for an extremely dedicated dude! Keep up the great work!!! When you get published, please share with the rest of your fans!!!

Jo said...

Congratulations, JR. You must be floating on air.

I'm going to be sure to read it when it's published.

Good for you!

Josie

JR's Thumbprints said...

Thank you everyone for your kind comments. A coworker told me that online journals don't count for publishing. All I can say is that I'm glad to be in the same magazine/website as David Barringer, Thom Didato, Joe Taylor, Molly Giles, and Tony Hoagland. Lastly, it does increase my chance of making their annual print anthology. Thanks again everyone.

Anonymous said...

Jim, Congratulations in regard to your recent success. Would love to read it once it gets published. --Bro, Ron

r's musings said...

Congratulations, Jim! A wonderful Christmas gift! And your creative non-fiction, too! We want to read it, so, be sure to post the link, once it's published!

Anonymous said...

I echo all the others a couple of days late. You really do know how to write so that it captivates one's attention...I wish you much success.

Ellie

Anonymous said...

Ok, we are waiting for your post!!! :]

Anonymous said...

Thats a nice pic of you JR

Anonymous said...

Thats a nice pic of you JR

Anonymous said...

Congrats on your accomplishment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Hey, its about time dude....Great work there.

Anonymous said...

IIIII for the Man! Love the post and keep up the blogging!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Congrats Dude!!