Thursday, July 23, 2009

It was the best of timing, it was the worst of timing...



I got some great news about a week ago. I sold my short story "Lost and Found" into the anthology,
THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF TIME TRAVEL ROMANCE. Check out the hottie on the cover!

It's a quirky little story I pitched as a mash up of Groundhog Day, The Time Traveler's Wife and Life on Mars.

Clear, no?

You'll just have to buy the anthology and read the story to figure out how the heck I can combine elements of all those in one short story. ;-)

Although this isn't a big book deal, yet, here are the top five reasons I'm thrilled.

  1. It's a publishing credit, however small. And one with a publisher I know can get books into stores.
  2. The anthology includes some great authors and I was thrilled that the editor even considered reading my story, never mind deciding to include it.
  3. The cover is hot.
  4. It's going to be released in December, 2009. Soon. You don't normally get that kind of almost instant gratification in print publishing.
  5. It's already available for preorder on Amazon, Amazon Canada, Chapters/Indigo, etc. No pressure. :-)
I've decided to overlook the fact they spelled my name "many more" on the cover. At least they got the initials correct. ;-)

The timing of hearing this news was both awesome and horrible, because I found out literally hours before I left for last week's RWA National Conference in DC. It was great, because I was able to tell a few friends I ran into there, and strangers, and basically anyone I spoke to. But horrible because I wasn't really able to "announce" this news to all my online friends since I had pretty spotty internet access last week.

So, a small start. But a start. Can't wait for this to come out.

15 comments:

Kathy Holmes said...

Congrats, Maureen! The concept sounds so intriguing - you are so creative!

Marcy said...

Wow...what great news! Congrats, Maureen! Enjoy the ride.

Juliana Stone said...

kudos and much congrats!!!

Marilyn Brant said...

I've said it before, but great news like this is worth celebrating repeatedly, so: YAYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!

L.A. Mitchell said...

I'm so happy for you, Maureen. Anything time travel is golden ;)

out of the wordwork said...

This is soooo wonderful!!! Congrats!

Loreth Anne White said...

Congrats, Many More (Lol, I love that)!!! This is awesome .. .and I am intrigued. Off to check out Amazon ...

Coylenna Bain said...

Way to go, Maureen!! Congratulations! And the guy is hot! wow!

Diana Peterfreund said...

I'm so excited about this! And hte cover is SMOKING!

Eileen said...

WA-HOO!!!!!!!! I can't think of anyone who deserves this more. May this be the first of many publishing stories.

Barrie said...

Congratulations again! So glad they got your initials right. Ha! So, you'll sign my copy the next time I'm in Toronto, right?

Christina Phillips said...

Congratulations, Maureen! I'm very excited for you!

Nadine said...

Dude - that's awesome!!! Congrats!

Therese Walsh said...

I'm so happy for you, Maureen! And you know anything w/ a mention of Time Traveler's Wife is going to peak my interest. Congrats!

Kelly Boyce said...

Congratulations! That's great news.

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