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I’m a little annoyed. Yesterday in the morning’s email I found a request to proof something for a friend. I did and within hours received the jubilant message that it had been accepted for publication and it would be appearing in the next issue of some magazine.

Okay, so maybe not annoyed. More like jealous. I’m happy for my friend. Really. But golly gee whiz, why don’t things like that happen to me

On the other hand, I’m signed up to do an internet radio show next week. I’ll be reading one pretty long piece entitled “Witness” and a short story called “Flight.” Getting the opportunity was not as easy as my friend popping her piece into email.

When I inquired about appearing as a guest, I was sent a document with some really stringent requirements regarding content for work to be submitted. I was amazed at what I found there. The show purports to be interviews with book authors plus short reads by the authors. THIS was NOT THAT.

Undeterred, I located “Witness” which did fit the criteria. I waited almost a month to hear that the show’s host rejected it. Seven minutes after receiving that email I received another saying that she changed her mind. But did I have another piece to fill out the hour?

I submitted short story that had been published in DePaul’s literary magazine, Threshold. It was rejected (don’t ask). Then I submitted two more pieces. One of these was found “acceptable.”

And so next week I’ll be doing the show. I can only hope that I get to mention the name of my book.