thread: 2013-07-20 : We live in a beautiful age
On 2013-07-20, Vincent wrote:
When I was younger, all I wanted in this beautiful blue world was an acceptance letter from a magazine for a story I'd written. I never got one, then I gave up. Honestly I didn't stick it out very long. I haven't paid my 100 rejection letter dues. I said "screw it" and took to publishing my own games instead.
It occurred to me this morning, three days after the fact, that I'd finally gotten one. Such as it was: an email from my friend and conspirator Eppy, two words long ("it's in"), from a magazine that hasn't had a first issue yet. Some acceptance letter!
But publishing my own games sure has taken all the mystique out of "getting published." I get my first acceptance letter and for real all I can imagine is how much work it's going to be for the publisher. I'm like, "ha! Eppy. Sucker."
Funny!
