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MERRY CHRISTMAS

Adi bought me a rename token :) IT'S STILL DUAL, SO DON'T FORGET WHO I AM.



I love you all so much ♥

OH ALSO vowel THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE COOKIE ILUUUUUU

Alright, so I've been sitting on this for about a month and a half, and the only person I've told is Adi (for the obvious reasons). Even though I've been sort of squirming with the desire to just TELL YOU ALL, but that would be no fun, and I dearly wanted this to be fun. So let's tell a story!

A few months ago, I asked for a few volunteers to help me crit and edit original fiction. Some brave, kind souls agreed, and consequently had to put up with reading my original stories and offering crit. Except they suck because they still don't offer enough crit. CRIT IS TELLING ME WHAT'S WRONG GUYS, NOT WHAT'S RIGHT kdasjfoiajs;flksd but I love you anyway ♥ Anyway.

Two months ago, I posted one particular short story. It was one that I was very nervous about showing anyone, because this was the world of my nano. These were my two main characters; the relationship that would drive the whole story forward. But I figured that nervousness or not, I needed help, right? So I posted it to the crit group filter.

At the beginning of the entry, I included this line: Do you guys ever do something crazy and then five minutes later are like..."what the hell did i just do and why?" That's because, about ten minutes earlier, I'd had a bit of a spontaneous nervous breakdown and had sent the story in to Reflection's Edge, my favorite e-zine for genre fiction. I love it to death. It has stories by Dru Pagliassotti, the author of Clockwork Heart. I didn't know that when I fell in love with RE, but I was looking through the archives and THERE SHE WAS and I sort of swooned in my seat.

Point is, I sent it in. A week and a half later, the editor of Reflection's Edge wrote back and told me that she'd loved it, and would love to host it on RE.

Then I told Adi, who squealed with me. Then I didn't say anything.

Well, the Holiday issue was released today. And there's my story, right there among them.

Viy.

RIGHT THERE. THAT'S MY BABY. THAT'S MY DARLING BABY BOY, MY POOR PRECIOUS BABY WHO DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND HAS SUCH A HARD TIME OF IT ALL oh i love him so much /sobs

Anyway. Please read, and I hope you all enjoy!

P.S. seriously guys CRIT MEANS CRITICISM.

ha. ahahahahaha that's my baby.