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Oceanscribe
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« on: July 28, 2010, 09:41:08 AM »
My 500 word microfiction story, "Umbrella Coverage," was purchased by With Painted Words, an online literary journal that requires submissions to be related to a visual prompt. It's a cute little journal and the response time is less than a month. My story is online now: http://www.withpaintedwords.com/view_submission.php?sub_id=121.

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« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2010, 10:09:13 AM »
Congrats Oceanscribe. You are riding the tide.

Good story too.

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« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2010, 12:10:12 PM »
very nice!  Grin
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« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2010, 12:16:17 PM »
Congratulations!

Fun story, too  Smiley

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Oceanscribe
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« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2010, 01:19:38 PM »
Thanks guys (and lizbeth).

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« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2010, 02:53:38 PM »
Loved the story when it was simply a 'prompt' response, enjoyed it again as a money-making, confidence-building short. I would have commented earlier but I was busy sticking pins in effigies of everybody on this site who have been paid for their stories.

Cheers, Amanda

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Cheers, Amanda

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« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2010, 04:08:14 PM »
Thank you Amanda, for both the congratulations and the pin-sticking. I certainly won't get rich on the compensation, though.

I did rewrite the story extensively, including the ending revelation, before I submitted it, so it's quite a different story from the prompt version.

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« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2010, 09:45:08 PM »
Nice going, Oceanscribe. Looks like a fun website. Perhaps I'll try their August prompt. I hope it's a picture of a raspberry bush.

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« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2010, 01:24:44 AM »
Nice, Oceanscribe!  I'll run the link in the Newsletter. Keep up the good work!

Mary
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Oceanscribe
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« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2010, 06:15:35 AM »
Thanks Stan and Mary.

I just realized that I misnamed this post--I didn't win a cash prize for my first fiction acceptance, so technically, this story is my second fiction acceptance, but my first fiction "sale."

Stan: do try the August visual prompt.

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