Announcement: I'm Being Published!

[jon1jt]

Hi all! Just wanted to let everyone know that my short story, "An Autumn Night", has been accepted for publication in MotherVerse Journal, September, Issue #5, both hard copy and online versions. I'm ecstatic to say the least. You will also be able to check out my poem, "I Never Knew..." which is to be featured in the September online issue of Bare Back Magazine, which is a small time erotica mag---barebackmag.com. Unfortunately, I had to pull them to comply with publication rules. Special thanks to Logos, White Camellia, Evergreenleaf, Elise, SleepyWitch, who provided me with positive feedback early on with those pieces. Thanks for being the writers you all are.

[Logos]

Hey! Congrats! :D

[Virgil]

Fantastic Jon. Congrats!

[subterranean]

Congratulations, jon1jt :)

[grace86]

I am absolutely ecstatic for you as well!! Congratulations that is quite an accomplishment!

[TEND]

Yes, yes congratulations are in order!

[Nightshade]

Congrats :D

[SleepyWitch]

wow, that's just too cool jon :) Congrats!
what kind of journal is MotherVerse? forgive my ignorance :) I don't know the first thing about American lit journals, nor any others for that matter

[RobinHood3000]

Indeed, congratulations -- a great achievement for any writer!!

[kathycf]

Congratulations to you!

[AimusSage]

Oh, being published is good, congratulations! :)

[Pensive]

It's cool! Congratulations, jon1jt!

[thevintagepiper]

Wow, that's awesome! Congratulations.

[Chava]

That's simply fabulous! An aspiring writer!

[jon1jt]

That's simply fabulous! An aspiring writer!

Thanks Chava! I've included some famous quotes below which give meaning to the tortured existence of the aspiring writer, maybe some of you can identify! Thanks everyone! Enjoy-- :lol:


"I'm going to write because I cannot help it."
Charlotte Bronte

"A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."
Thomas Mann

"Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way."
E.L. Doctorow

"An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself."
Irwin Shaw

"Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent."
James Baldwin

"Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness."
Georges Simonen

"Eighty percent of success is showing up."
Woody Allen

[Jean-Baptiste]

That's great, Jon! I'll look up your story in MotherVerse.

[jon1jt]

That's great, Jon! I'll look up your story in MotherVerse.


Thank you Jean - I truly appreciate that.

[miss tenderness]

oh my!!wow, I can't believe it,wow..I'm so so happy for you,really. the first steps are hard but then if someone deserve it,one day he'll get it.yahhhhoooooo ,i'm happy happy.hope the best for you,jonny.

[jon1jt]

Thanks Miss T, always appreciated! Hey, long time no see! Glad too see you back, or was it just me 'gone' and you were here the whole time?! :)

[Petrarch's Love]

Wow, Jon. I just saw this. Congratulations on the publication. Hope this is the start to our seeing many more of your works in print. :)

[totyfroty]

Congratulation

have a nice day

[miss tenderness]

I dunno exactly ,Jon. I disappeared for like a week and few days I'll disappear again.work and other things.Anyway,I was very happy when I knew it.always have trust in your abilities and plz let me know whenever happy things happen to you,sad are okay too:D

[jon1jt]

I dunno exactly ,Jon. I disappeared for like a week and few days I'll disappear again.work and other things.Anyway,I was very happy when I knew it.always have trust in your abilities and plz let me know whenever happy things happen to you,sad are okay too:D

Miss, you are so...um...tender. :D I get sad too. Thanks. :)

[jon1jt]

Wow, Jon. I just saw this. Congratulations on the publication. Hope this is the start to our seeing many more of your works in print. :)

I'm holding my breath waiting to see this one in print! :lol: I'm going to try, I'll tell you that. --Thank you Petrarch.