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Wednesday, 18 November 2009

I have finally subbed!!!!!!!

So much for blogging daily huh!  Anyway I am back now after a busy old week and a bit and I am pleased to say I have FINALLY subbed a story to My Weekly.  It took a few hours here and there, over the course of a fortnight, to write the story after which the very lovely and talented Karen Clarke kindly offered to read it. So on Sunday evening I sent it over to her. I was shaking with nerves each time I opened an email from her: the first to say she had received it and the second to say the attachment wouldn't open.  By the time I received a third email with her critique I was quaking in my boots.  What if she didn't like it? What if she told me to give it up?  I needn't have worried though.  She didn't tell me I was completely useless nor was she too nice to say where I was going wrong.  Thank you again Karen!! It was an invaluable learning experience and with any luck I might make a sale (I can but dream).  So there it is, a promise to myself kept - I am no longer a womag subbing virgin.  Now its back to the Heaven short story for Cally Taylor's competition.  Its just non stop!
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10 comments:

  1. Deborah Carr (Debs)19 November 2009 at 08:50

    Well done and best of luck with your sub.

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  2. Cheryl20 November 2009 at 06:05

    Thanks Debs :

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  3. DJ Kirkby21 November 2009 at 01:03

    Ooooh! Good luck. I have a fabulous book to give away on my Chez Aspie blog from Sunday so please stop by and join in the fun if you get time before Tuesday evening when the comp closes. x

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  4. Karen23 November 2009 at 11:35

    So glad you've sent it out Lily! It's scary, but it's the only way. Good luck :o)

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  5. Amanda26 November 2009 at 00:45

    Oooh, I'm entering the Heaven story too! Good luck with it and good luck too with the My Weekly story!

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  6. Cheryl28 November 2009 at 09:50

    DJ - Thank you and great comp by the way. I hope you do more :)

    Karen - thank you. I wouldn't have had the courage to finally sub if it wasn't for your help!

    Amanda - I have just abandoned yet another idea for it so I'm stuck again lol. Good luck with it too!

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  7. Suzanne Ross Jones28 November 2009 at 09:57

    Sending positive thoughts for you sub.

    :-)

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  8. Cheryl28 November 2009 at 10:24

    Thank you Suzanne. It would be great if it sold but to be honest it would be too jammy if it did as its the first and only one I've subbed so far.

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  9. Colette McCormick6 December 2009 at 04:03

    Good luck with the sub. It's always scary. I'd like to say that once you've done it the first time it's easier the next but it's not. I just got hardened to the disappointment and look forward to the occasional reward.

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  10. Cheryl10 December 2009 at 14:44

    Colette - thank you! I am just going to keep myself busy so I dont have to think about the ones that are out there. The good thing (and bad thing) about My Weekly is that you dont actually get a proper rejection.

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