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I had a nice surprise a couple of weeks ago. One of my poems was published in TPF Special.
Well done Maisie, that was lovely. I had a story accepted recently by TPF, other than that all is quiet but I'm keeping busy writing, I've just finished a Summer story, I had hoped to have it submitted ages ago but it took me so long that I will now put it by for submission next Autumn or Winter.
Congratulations, Maisie. It's better when it's a surprise as well. You really seem to have cracked The Code with TPF, Sheelagh! Well done - there must be a 'How to...' book in you somewhere ;) You have reminded me I need to deal with some Christmas stories. I have re-routed some of my tales with BOWW elsewhere. I await... I also keep slogging away at Writing Magazine... but at least it has generated a bank of stories for me, some of which I've used and have been published.
@ Maisie - congratulations!
@ Sheelagh – Congratulations to you too.
I've just heard from my editor at TPF that it's still OK to send late summer / early autumn stories, so if yours is suitable for that mag it might be worth a shot.
@ Marguerite – It's a good plan to have a bank of stories to draw on, if a suitable opportunity presents itself.
I don't know what happened this week. I thought I was getting myself all organised, then proved that wasn't the case by making two posts on the same day!
Thanks Patsy, I think mine is more of an early summer story so probably better to hold onto it for now
I haven't any acceptances or rejections to report, but I've been busy writing and I've just submitted an autumn one to TPF. Now, I'm going to turn my attention to Christmas!
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