Jibber Jabber - Q1 - 29

[Travesty]

Congratulations! :)

[MJNL]

Yay, congrats! That's awesome.

[E.CaimanSands]

*jumping up and down and screaming like a girl*

Semi-finalist here, too. Congrats to Bluestocking!

I'm absolutely giddy and tearing up like a dork.

Oh yeah! Congratulations to you Kary, and Bluestocking too.
And yeah, I remember I didn't come down for a week after I got mine.

Except you probably teared up more like a croc!

Maybe I should let the Gator loose, I fear she's already been chasing Evil Martin with her bottle of chilli sauce this evening. Maybe he deserves it, or maybe tonight is simply the night evil takes over the forum. Muaha!

[francisbruno]

Congrats

[morshana]

Congratulations Kary and Bluestocking!!

[Martin L. Shoemaker]

Maybe I should let the Gator loose, I fear she's already been chasing Evil Martin with her bottle of chilli sauce this evening. Maybe he deserves it, or maybe tonight is simply the night evil takes over the forum. Muaha!

Evil party! Bring on the Brian Setzer Orchestra!

There's a rumble in Brighton tonight
Ringside seats for the neighborhood fight
There ain't a damn thing that the cops can do
There's a rumble in Brighton tonight

[Strycher]

OMG - I have been wanting to use this thing for SO long!

YAY! Congrats Kary!

And congrats and welcome to Bluestocking. It's a mad house.

[Martin L. Shoemaker]

OMG - I have been wanting to use this thing for SO long!

YAY! Congrats Kary!

And congrats and welcome to Bluestocking. It's a mad house.

I have no idea what you're talking about!

[Strycher]

I have no idea what you're talking about!

Naturally?

[gower21]

YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! YEHSHSD!!! I have no idea what I'm typing I'M SO FREAKIN' EXCITED!!

Go KARY! I knew you'd be up there. WOW. So glad some final news for everyone is coming out!

[Strycher]

Maybe the missing 8 semis will also be forum folk. (We must have a higher than average acceptance rate, right, right?)

Kary--was today the best writing day ever?

[hazlett]

Congrats Kary and Bluestocking!

[Kary English]

Maybe the missing 8 semis will also be forum folk. (We must have a higher than average acceptance rate, right, right?)

Kary--was today the best writing day ever?

Yes, today has been the best writing day ever. The meeting with the client went well, and that's all I can say on that at this particular juncture.

The only thing left to cap it off would be an acceptance from the Kindle Singles program for my semi. Only 15% of Kindle Singles are fiction, and of those only one title is fantasy. I'd sure love to be #2.

[DavidK]

Congratulations Kary and Bluestocking. Well done! Excellent news!

[Dustin Adams]

Gees, I just stopped by to grab the questions for the 450 swap and I'm greeted with great news!

[austinDm]

Congrats to Kary and Bluestocking! 118 pages later and the end is in sight!

[greenroom]

Congrats Bluestocking and Kary!

[preston]

HUGE congratulations to Bluestocking and Kary. Semi-finalist. Wow! I'm so happy for you. I'm still waiting. No news is....making me very impatient! But so cool for you two. The semi's are finally coming in! Congratulations again. So cool!
Preston Dennett
(HM x 2)

[Kary English]

Thanks, everybody. I'm hoping more semi-finalist notices went out today. I'd love to see several more of us bring one home.

[klaatu]

Congrats Kary and Bluestocking...


Steve

[katsincommand]

Congrats you guys! Enjoy your critiques.. from DF of all people. very cool.

[Strycher]

Enjoy your critiques.. from DF of all people. very cool.

Yes, yes. Enjoy your critiques. And then perhaps share them with us lowly nonplacers? I think there's a thread for that sort of thing . . .

[Kary English]

I don't know what Bluestocking got, but my email from Joni sounded like the certificate and the crit were ready to be mailed. That would be a huge plus as semis used to have to wait another month or six weeks to get their crits.

I'll ask Dave first to make sure it's ok to share it, but if he says yes, I'll post it.

[preston]

I couldn't wait any longer. I just emailed Joni inquiring about the fate of my Q1 entry. Honestly, I'm expecting a reject. I think if it was otherwise, I would have heard by now. That leaves just a few of us who have no news. I can't imagine it taking another week, but the way this quarter has been, I just don't know anymore.
Preston Dennett
(HM x 2)

[dantzel]

Congrats to Kary and Bluestocking!! Exciting news! Maybe soon Q2 results will come out and I'll stop feeling like such a lame sauce!

[morshana]

Congrats on the HM, Preston!

[Rebecca Birch]

Congratulations, Preston!

[preston]

Just heard back from Joni. It took her exactly 2 hours to respond to my email inquiry. I got an HM! I'll take it! Woo-hoo! Has this been an intense quarter, or what?
Preston Dennett
(HM x 3)

[preston]

Thanks Rebecca & Jeanette. I'm so relieved.
Preston Dennett
(HM x 3)

[dantzel]

Yay Preston!

... and yay Joni for having such lightning-quick reflexes!!