>tfw published first story in regional short story magazine after years of failure
>tfw mommy now calls me her "little genius"
Who else /succesfulauthor/ here?
post it
The mother is the editor of the magazine.
Congratulations, OP!>tfw start literary magazine at your community college
>submit own story anonymously
>argue against it feverishly to whole editorial board
>it's admitted regardless
>later visit local bookstore that stocks it
>all copies still there
>open magazine, read story
>paralyzed by shame
>consider buying all copies just to destroy them
>>7233332
No she isn't. She works at a call centre.
>>7233330
http://www.wordriot.org/archives/8437
I didn't cringe.
>>7233346
luh mAO
>>7233346
FFS Billy, just pull your pants up before collecting your crayons.
>>7233346
It's like you have to get people to kill themselves before you can get published these days.
O'Tool had offers to publish Confederacy but turned them down because he didn't like the proposed edits.
>>7233319
>Succesful
>>7233741
No shit newfag
>6th grade
>be in group working on book for Scholastic's Kids Are Authors contest
>hory shet we actually won
>book gets published and is in those bookfair flyers
>probs nobody outside of the school district bought it because nobody else cares about the whitewashed tale of how the last farmer in the township's land was seized under eminent domain to build an elementary school
>all of my relatives have my book on their coffee tables to this day
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>>7233319
gj OP, bully-induced suicide is a big deal right now, you hit the sweet spot. remember though that the abuse isn't always physical. dozens of children this year will kill themselves because of cyberbullying.
