Look What I Sold! Local Brags...

[night-flyer]

Congrats, Dolores!!! :partyguy:

[Haggis]

'grats, Dolores. :snoopy:

[Haggis]

Doin' a little pimping for our friend Dgrintalis whose short story (I forget the title but I'll fill this in later:)) just came out in Necrotic Tissue's last issue. If you're into mice, or even if you're not, you'll love this one.

Great job, Damien, and it's nice to see NT go out looking proud. Great issue, Scott. We'll miss the 'zine big time.

[dgrintalis]

Congratulations, Dolores! :snoopy:

And dear pup, thank you for the shout out. :)

[soapdish]

Doin' a little pimping for our friend Dgrintalis whose short story (I forget the title but I'll fill this in later:)) just came out in Necrotic Tissue's last issue. I noticed that too ;) But haven't had a chance to read it yet.

I thought maybe I'd missed the announcement. Congrats, DG!

[dgrintalis]

Thank you, Soapy! And pup, since I forgot to add it in my earlier comment, the story title is To Keep You Safe. It was born from an AW prompt, too. :)

[Haggis]

Thank you, Soapy! And pup, since I forgot to add it in my earlier comment, the story title is To Keep You Safe. It was born from an AW prompt, too. :)
Those prompts have birthed quite a few special stories. I've sort of let them fall by the wayside, but I'll be bringing them back June 1st with a vengeance.

[Haggis]

Speaking of which, my little flash piece They Wait (http://www.grumpsjournal.com/jue1/stories/jue1-barber.html), also work-shopped here, has just come out in the first edition of The Journal of Unlikely Entomology. It's got purdy pictures too. :D

There's also a story by our AW friend, badducky, J.M. McDermott. I'll be checking that one out at lunch today.

[sheilas_world]

Well, I'm not sure how much of a brag this is, but my short story, "There's Something About Carol", has been published. It's in Sourlane Press' first anthology, Splatter: An Anthology of Horror, which just went up at Amazon, print only.

They didn't pay for stories for this first book, but future anthologies will be for pay, though I don't know the rates yet.

But it's a publishing credit, right? It's my first. :::squee!:::


PS: I found out about this opportunity right here at AW. So thank you, Mac, for having this forum here, and thanks to everyone for posting. I just love this place. <3 <--- that's supposed to be a heart, by the way.

[callalily61]

Congrats!

[Haggis]

Well, I'm not sure how much of a brag this is, but my short story, "There's Something About Carol", has been published. It's in Sourlane Press' first anthology, Splatter: An Anthology of Horror, which just went up at Amazon, print only.

They didn't pay for stories for this first book, but future anthologies will be for pay, though I don't know the rates yet.

But it's a publishing credit, right? It's my first. :::squee!:::


PS: I found out about this opportunity right here at AW. So thank you, Mac, for having this forum here, and thanks to everyone for posting. I just love this place. <3 <--- that's supposed to be a heart, by the way.

Indeed it counts. Big congrats!

But don't be so shy. Go ahead and post a link to it. :D

[sheilas_world]

Can you tell I'm excited? You should have seen me and my boys looking in awe at the listing when it finally went up on Amazon! :partyguy:

Here's the link, since Haggis said to post it, and I always do what Haggis tells me to do. :tongue

http://www.amazon.com/Splatter-Anthology-Horror-Jeffrey-Newman/dp/1461143098/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1306164130&sr=1-1

[Haggis]

Can you tell I'm excited? You should have seen me and my boys looking in awe at the listing when it finally went up on Amazon! :partyguy:

Here's the link, since Haggis said to post it, and I always do what Haggis tells me to do. :tongue

http://www.amazon.com/Splatter-Anthology-Horror-Jeffrey-Newman/dp/1461143098/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1306164130&sr=1-1

That's great.

Now, give me all your money. :D

[sheilas_world]

That's great.

Now, give me all your money. :D



:roll:

[soapdish]

Speaking of which, my little flash piece They Wait (http://www.grumpsjournal.com/jue1/stories/jue1-barber.html), also work-shopped here, has just come out in the first edition of The Journal of Unlikely Entomology. It's got purdy pictures too. :DOoh, a link! Congrats again, Haggis.

Well, I'm not sure how much of a brag this is, but my short story, "There's Something About Carol", has been published. It's in Sourlane Press' first anthology, Splatter: An Anthology of Horror, which just went up at Amazon, print only.
Congratulations, Sheilas!!! First credits are AWESOME! :D

[dgrintalis]

Speaking of which, my little flash piece They Wait (http://www.grumpsjournal.com/jue1/stories/jue1-barber.html), also work-shopped here, has just come out in the first edition of The Journal of Unlikely Entomology. It's got purdy pictures too. :D

Congratulations, puppy!!! :snoopy:

Well, I'm not sure how much of a brag this is, but my short story, "There's Something About Carol", has been published. It's in Sourlane Press' first anthology, Splatter: An Anthology of Horror, which just went up at Amazon, print only.

Congratulations, Sheila!!! :snoopy:

[Haggis]

Spanks, guys. :)

[dgrintalis]

I am thrilled to announce that I've sold a short story to Daily Science Fiction! This marks my first pro-rate sale and hopefully will not be the last. :D

[callalily61]

Congratulations! :snoopy:

[Haggis]

I am thrilled to announce that I've sold a short story to Daily Science Fiction! This marks my first pro-rate sale and hopefully will not be the last. :D
wOOt!

:snoopy::snoopy::snoopy::snoopy::snoopy:

[dgrintalis]

Thank you, Lily and Haggis! I am pretty excited!!

[soapdish]

Pro SALE!!!

Awesome, DG :snoopy:

[dgrintalis]

Thank you, Soapy! I was giggling like a fool when I read the acceptance email. :D

[sheilas_world]

For pro rates? Wow. That is fantastic! Congratulations!!

[Evice]

congrats!

[night-flyer]

Sheesh, you guys have been accomplished since I was last on.

Congrats DG for both stories!!! Way to go! :snoopy:
Congrats Undead doggie, nice link, good to see it! :hooray:
Congrats Sheila!!!! w00t!!!!!!!!!!!
Congrats to Badducky, too! :partyguy:

geez, hope I didn't miss anyone...

Way to go, one and all. :snoopy:

[dgrintalis]

Thank you, Sheila, Evice, and Night-flyer!

[Twisted]

Wow, DG, great Job!:hooray: Congrats to you Haggis:D and everyone else :snoopy:who I've missed since I've been away. I've got to get around more often.

[peer54]

Well, I'm not sure how much of a brag this is, but my short story, "There's Something About Carol", has been published. It's in Sourlane Press' first anthology, Splatter: An Anthology of Horror, which just went up at Amazon, print only.

They didn't pay for stories for this first book, but future anthologies will be for pay, though I don't know the rates yet.

[/COLOR]

Congrats, Sheila! I ordered the book Saturday after it went up and just finished it today. I loved your story. Ann's (Hester) two were great too. I love anthologies like this because the writers are fairly new. I always wonder if I'm reading the next Stephen King.

[dgrintalis]

Many thanks, Twisted! :D

[badducky]

If one were to go to the Journal of Unlikely Entomology, one might find "Arachne", by me. I think of it as a horror story, even if it is more weird than horrific.

www.grumpsjournal.com

[callalily61]

Congrats!

[Haggis]

If one were to go to the Journal of Unlikely Entomology, one might find "Arachne", by me. I think of it as a horror story, even if it is more weird than horrific.

www.grumpsjournal.com (http://www.grumpsjournal.com)

*cough* (http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=6156891&postcount=1258)

:D

Good story, Duck. I enjoyed.

[soapdish]

Congrats, Badducky! Read it earlier.

[Alessandra Kelley]

Congratulations, Haggis and Sheila and DG and badducky. Good news, all!

[DL Hegel]

Congratulations to all the horror folk, way to go!!!!!

And the interview that haggis did with dolores was great, and you are purdy.

[Haggis]

*preens* :D

[sheilas_world]

Thanks, peer54. When I got my author's e-copy, I sat down and read the stories, which were all very good. I've got to buy a print one, just for, you know, historical purposes. ;)

Being a published author is wicked cool, eh?

[bluntforcetrauma]

Well, I'm not sure how much of a brag this is, but my short story, "There's Something About Carol", has been published. It's in Sourlane Press' first anthology, Splatter: An Anthology of Horror, which just went up at Amazon, print only.

They didn't pay for stories for this first book, but future anthologies will be for pay, though I don't know the rates yet.

But it's a publishing credit, right? It's my first. :::squee!:::


PS: I found out about this opportunity right here at AW. So thank you, Mac, for having this forum here, and thanks to everyone for posting. I just love this place. <3 <--- that's supposed to be a heart, by the way.


SHEILA! I'm so excited for you i could squeeze you to death! This is fantabulous news!

[bluntforcetrauma]

Congratulations to all the horror folk, way to go!!!!!

And the interview that haggis did with dolores was great, and you are purdy.

Good job, all of you!

Johnny Walker, Haggis? Who are you kiddin'? I happen to know that the official booze of Chihuahuas is tequila

[sheilas_world]

SHEILA! I'm so excited for you i could squeeze you to death! This is fantabulous news!


I don't know why, but this made me laugh out loud. Good job. :D

[sheilas_world]

snip... I happen to know that the official booze of Chihuahuas is tequila


da da da da da Tequila!

:banana: :banana: :banana:

[LaurieD]

Congrats to all you guys with publishing success - this thread never fails to have success to report - tis truly awesome. You should all be verrah, verrah proud.

:snoopy::snoopy::snoopy:

Sam (http://blacklabelbooks.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-release-sam-by-annie-duvall.html) - one of my by Annie shorts - is now available through Black Label. Softer and sweeter than Delicious (for anyone who remembers my first Annie piece), Sam is an erotic love story... with a dark side.

Congrats again to everyone - here, have some more Snoopy's

:snoopy::snoopy::snoopy::snoopy::snoopy::snoopy:

No party is complete without a Snoopy conga.

[night-flyer]

Congrats badducky, sheila, Laurie. Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

:partyguy:

:hooray: :hooray: :hooray:

[Haggis]

Good job, all of you!

Johnny Walker, Haggis? Who are you kiddin'? I happen to know that the official booze of Chihuahuas is tequila
¡Yo quiero single malt scotch!

[dgrintalis]

Congratulations Badducky, Sheila, and Laurie! :snoopy:

While it's not a sale, if you happen to check out Electric Velocipede's new website, you might notice a familiar name on the Staff page. This happened a while back, but said familiar name did not want to say anything until the new site was up and it was public knowledge. Needless to say, the newest staff member is absolutely thrilled. :D

http://www.electricvelocipede.com/

[onipar]

Congrats everyone! Damien, congrats again. The site looks amazing. :)

I recently sold a flash piece to Space Squid, and should be out by august.

A couple things I sold a while ago but are now available to read are "Camera Obscura" at TQR Stories (http://www.tqrstories.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=220&Itemid=284), and "Inside the Walls of East Lombard Street" at Electric Spec. (http://www.electricspec.com/issues/volume-6-issue-2-may-31-2011/inside-the-walls-of-east-lombard-street-by-anthony-j-rapino.asp)

[Haggis]

Congratulations Badducky, Sheila, and Laurie! :snoopy:

While it's not a sale, if you happen to check out Electric Velocipede's new website, you might notice a familiar name on the Staff page. This happened a while back, but said familiar name did not want to say anything until the new site was up and it was public knowledge. Needless to say, the newest staff member is absolutely thrilled. :D

http://www.electricvelocipede.com/
Big congrats, Damien. :snoopy: I know you'll be great for them.

I also noticed that AW's Adam Israel (formerly Stonetable) is on staff there too. Maybe the two of you can poke them and get them to take a hard look at almost, but not quite literary horror. :D

Congrats to you too, onipar. :snoopy:

[callalily61]

Congrats all around!

[dolores haze]

Wow! Congrats, everyone! Can't hardly keep up with all the sales!

[Twisted]

Congrats Badducky, LaurieD, Onipar and DG!

[soapdish]

Congrats, Laurie, Shelia, Onipar and DG!!

I think I got everyone. You know, part of why I like this thread is because it takes me off to new and interesting publications.

Onipar--"Camera Obscura" is awesome, and I hadn't ever been to Total Quality Reading before, I don't think.

[sheilas_world]

Massive congratulations to everyone! Good to see so many sales/new jobs/happy writers! :)

[Shadowflame]

WhoHoo! Congrats everyone!

[onipar]

Congrats, Laurie, Shelia, Onipar and DG!!

I think I got everyone. You know, part of why I like this thread is because it takes me off to new and interesting publications.

Onipar--"Camera Obscura" is awesome, and I hadn't ever been to Total Quality Reading before, I don't think.

Thanks, Soapdish! :) Yeah, TQR is pretty cool. They have an interesting "public vetting" submission process.

[IDGS]

My newest release just dropped!

CRIMSON LETTERS FROM KANDAHAR PROVINCE! - http://amzn.to/jQwJx9

Seriously excited about this one - in terms of horror, it's my best work to date by far. Goes places I didn't know I could reach (as stupidly artsy as that sounds).

Keep the faith alive, horror still lives!

[dgrintalis]

Congratulations, Onipar and IDGS! And I've sold another story, entitled The Web of Legends, to Arcane Magazine! :)

[callalily61]

Congrats and congrats and congrats!

[soapdish]

Congrats, DG! Hey...I recognize that title, I think ;) It wouldn't have anything to do with spiders, would it?

Arcane must have a quick response time.


And congrats IDGS!

[dgrintalis]

Thank you, Lily and Soapy! Yes, it would indeed have something to do with eight-legged beasties! :D I did more editing and such after the ST contest, so it's slightly different from my contest entry. And yes, Arcane responded very quickly.

[onipar]

Congrats, DW! Oh, Arcane, nice one! I'm trying to bust into that market as well.

[dgrintalis]

Thank you, Onipar!! Good luck to you, too!

[Haggis]

Congrats, all y'all.

[dgrintalis]

Thank you, Puppybutt. :D

[Shadowflame]

Congrats Damien. and good luck Onipar

[dgrintalis]

Many thanks, Shadow!!

[onipar]

Thank you, Onipar!! Good luck to you, too!

DW, will you *always* wish me luck for all my submissions?

I got accepted to Arcane! :evil That would be cool if we ended up in the same issue.

[dgrintalis]

Onipar, I saw Arcane's Tweet about you this morning! It would be more than cool if our work ended up in the same issue. :) And of course I always wish you luck.

[soapdish]

Congrats, Onipar!

You guys have all been doing so awesome lately!

[onipar]

Thanks, DW! It's funny, but that's actually how I first found out about it too, before I even saw the e-mail. I was like, "Whaaa?"

And thank you too, soapdish! :-)

[night-flyer]

okay, way too much good news on here since I've been gone, so in fear of leaving someone out, I just going to say great job everyone. You guys are doing great! Makes me smile to see all of the good news.

Congrats and good luck to each of you!! :snoopy: :snoopy: :snoopy:

[sheilas_world]

Seconding night_flyer's great job--you folks really got it goin' on!

[Haggis]

Not a sale, but a fun write anyhow--a guest blog at The Journal of Unlikely Entomology (AKA Grumps Journal) (http://grumps-journal.livejournal.com/).

I may have mentioned the Horror Hounds. :D

[night-flyer]

Very funny Haggis. Great job and fun read! Hey, I'm in an article...well kind of...:D

:snoopy:

[soapdish]

Cool, Haggis.

I have something I have been considering sending to them. Nice to know you've had a good experiences with the Journal.

[dgrintalis]

Squee! I did it again! I sold my short story, In Exchange for Sorrow, to Kaleidotrope. It will appear sometime in 2012. :D

[soapdish]

DG! :snoopy:

[night-flyer]

You're on a roll! Great news, DG! :hooray:

You guys just keep mentioning all these mags, I'm growing my list of where I can submit to.

[dgrintalis]

Thank you, Soapy and Night-flyer!!

[Haggis]

Well done yet again, Damien. :D

[callalily61]

:hooray: Congrats!

[dgrintalis]

Thank you, Haggis and Lily!

[FOTSGreg]

So far this month I've had sales on Kindle as follows,

After Action Report - 2
Any Minute Now - 1
Code of Law - 1

All of those are $0.99 pieces at 35% royalties.

[James Ebersole]

Just got an acceptance email for a local horror anthology here in Richmond, VA. Yay.

[Niti Newtfinger]

Congrats, James!

[callalily61]

Congrats!

[Project Deadlight]

Well done nandu! Congrats!

[night-flyer]

Congrats James! :hooray:

[Project Deadlight]

erm.. so nandu took his post off. So mine looks pretty weird.

[soapdish]

(That's ok, Project, it's the horror forum. We *are* weird :D)

Keep it up, Greg!

Congrats, James! Can you share the name of the pub?

[AbielleRose]

Congrats James, that's so exciting!

[FOTSGreg]

I got a royalty check from Amazon Digital Services for my Kindle sales today for Feb-April.

A whole $12.95, but it's my first fiction royalty check.

Go me!

[dolores haze]

Congrats, Greg. What you gonna spend it on?

Congrats on all the sales, folks. Let's keep 'em coming!

[FOTSGreg]

Booze and broads, of course!

Well, booze anyway. Broads cost quite a bit more or so I hear.

:)

[night-flyer]

:snoopy: Congrats Greg on the sales!!

[PEBKAC]

Congrats on the booze and broads!

[night-flyer]

on $12.95? I wouldn't have the foggiest notion how much 'broads' would cost; he might be able to get a twelve-pack though.

[FOTSGreg]

More sales overnight so sales to-date this month as follows,

After Action Report - 3
Any Minute Now - 1
Code of Law - 2

So, that's another $0.70 coming my way.

:)

Every penny counts.

[dolores haze]

Sold a story to An Electric Tragedy. (http://www.anelectrictragedy.com/)

The story - Served - is a revolting piece of flash fiction work shopped, once again, by the Horror Hounds. It's dedicated to anyone who has ever waited tables. *grin* It's slated for the August issue. Thanks, AW!

[soapdish]

:TheWave:

DOLORES!

[night-flyer]

w00t!! Way to go, dolores! :snoopy: :snoopy: :snoopy:

[Haggis]

Sold a story to An Electric Tragedy. (http://www.anelectrictragedy.com/)

The story - Served - is a revolting piece of flash fiction work shopped, once again, by the Horror Hounds. It's dedicated to anyone who has ever waited tables. *grin* It's slated for the August issue. Thanks, AW!
Let's hear it for revolting flash fiction! :hooray:

Congrats, D. :partyguy:

[callalily61]

Woo-hoo, dolores!

[LaurieD]

:snoopy::snoopy:

[dgrintalis]

Congratulations, Dolores!! :snoopy:

[James Ebersole]

(That's ok, Project, it's the horror forum. We *are* weird :D)

Keep it up, Greg!

Congrats, James! Can you share the name of the pub?

Thanks everyone! Iron Cauldron Books...small pub, they haven't really put much else out. Still, I'm excited cause it's a local thing with potential book signing events and the like.

The website for the anthology is:
http://www.richmondmacabre.com/

[FOTSGreg]

My short story After Action Report is now regularly breaking the 100k point on Amazon's rankings, usually toward the end of the calendar month. Day before yesterday it had been up around 189k, but yesterday it dropped to around 69k and today is back around 97k.

At least it continues to sell. I've got to get another 9th Pathfinders story put together.

[FOTSGreg]

I got another royalty check from from Amazon today!

Woot!

[soapdish]

:snoopy: Congrats, Greg. $$ is always good.

[dgrintalis]

Greg, I am glad everything is working out for you!

I'm thrilled to announce I've sold my short story, In Her Arms of Dresden Pale, to Daily Science Fiction! :)

[bluntforcetrauma]

Ooo-eee! Congrats to all on the good news. Very exciting stuff. BTW---Good morning.

[callalily61]

Congrats, Greg and dgrin!

[dgrintalis]

Thank you, Bluntforcetrauma and Lily!

[soapdish]

:snoopy: DG! Very cool!

[dolores haze]

Congrats, Damien!

[dgrintalis]

Thank you, Soapy and Dolores! DSF was the first stop on the submission train for this story. Would that all my stories had such a quick trip before selling! :D

[Twisted]

Congrats DG, Greg and everyone else I've missed in these many months.

[dgrintalis]

Thank you, Twisted!!

[Twisted]

I recently had a short come out in After The End, and anthology through Static Movement and available at Pill Hill press or here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1617061557

[soapdish]

Sweet, Twisted! Congrats. :snoopy:

[dolores haze]

Way to go, Twisted!

[night-flyer]

Congrats Greg, Dgrintalis, and Twisted!!!

:partyguy:

[callalily61]

Congrats!

[FOTSGreg]

Oh, crap. I thought about it, Lilly.

My flash piece Hate Music and short story Hunted were pubb'd this afternoon over on Smashwords and Kindle.

[dgrintalis]

Congratulations, Twisted, and good luck with the new story sales, Greg!

If anyone is interested, my story, Like Origami in Water, is available to read in Daily Science Fiction here:

http://dailysciencefiction.com/hither-and-yon/slipstream/damien-walters-grintalis/like-origami-in-water

[Barbara R.]

Hi all,

I'm very happy to announce a couple of bits of news. First, my novel HINDSIGHT has been optioned for development as a film. Now, I've been down this road before, and no movie ever came of it, so I'm not buying the Lamborghini just yet, especially because I can't spell it. But it's fun and there's always hope it will be made.

The second bit of news is that my backlist will be coming out soon as ebooks and POD. Can't give chapter and verse on that deal yet, because contracts are pending, but I am thrilled that within a few months these older books will once again be readily available to readers.

[soapdish]

Congrats, DG! I love the title. It conjures an interesting image in my head.

ETA: And congrats, Barbara! :snoopy:

[dgrintalis]

Congrats on the film option, Barbara! I hope HINDSIGHT makes it to the big screen.

Thank you very much, Soap!!

[dolores haze]

That story was beautiful, Damien. Just beautiful.



Congrats and good luck, Barbara! Love your website.

[dgrintalis]

Thank you so much, Dolores!

[Barbara R.]

Thank you! Hope you tried the coffee in the lounge.

[Barbara R.]

Greg, I am glad everything is working out for you!

I'm thrilled to announce I've sold my short story, In Her Arms of Dresden Pale, to Daily Science Fiction! :)

Congratulations!

[FOTSGreg]

Congrats, Barb & DG.

[dgrintalis]

Thank you, Barbara and Greg!

[dgrintalis]

I sold my short story, When Dark Things Sleep, to Chaosium's Undead & Unbound anthology, edited by Brian Sammons and David Conyers. I'm sharing a TOC with some very talented writers. The full TOC is on my blog:

http://dwgrintalis.blogspot.com/2011/11/short-story-news-undead-unbound.html

[callalily61]

Congratulations! :hooray:

[Debbie]

Woo Hoo

Congrats DG!!

[dolores haze]

You're on fire, Damien! Congratulations!

[dgrintalis]

Thank you, Lily, Debbie, and Dolores!

[soapdish]

Another one? :snoopy: Congratulations!

[dgrintalis]

Thank you, Soap!!

[FOTSGreg]

Congrats, DG. Chaosium's a real plum. I can honestly say I knew them when - when Greg Stafford, Lynn Willis, Sandy Peterson, and David A Hargrave were with them (not that they'd remember me although I knew Hargrave well a few years before his death (I'm probably one of the few that ever had a printed copy and unpublished materials for his SF version of Arduin) and I corresponded via email with Stafford for awhile about 10-15 years ago, but then I've corresponded with Stephen King too for all that matters).

So, you're in elite company as far as I'm concerned. Many hearty congrats!

Now I can say "I knew her when..."

[dgrintalis]

Thank you very much, Greg!

[Haggis]

I'm sharing a TOC with some very talented writers. The full TOC is on my blog:

So are they, Damien. :)

Congrats! :snoopy:

[dgrintalis]

Thank you for your kind words, Sir Haggis.

[dgrintalis]

This isn't a sale and, in truth, I expect nothing more than what it is now, but if you look here (and this is a public list, by the way) and scroll down to short fiction, you might see a familiar name:

http://www.horror.org/stoker/2011readinglist.htm

I am stunned. This is just a recommended reading list, not a nomination in any way, shape, or form, but to know that someone thought my story worthy of a recommendation? Pretty darn cool.

[callalily61]

:Hail:

[dgrintalis]

You make me :D Lily. It's really crazy. I had a good feeling about this story, because I think it's one of my best, but good enough to be on that list? I'm pretty floored, to be honest.

[dolores haze]

WOW! Just making the list is a huge honor. So proud of you, Damien!

[dgrintalis]

Thank you so much, Dolores. I'm still giddy. I mean, Stephen King is on that list! :Jaw:

[dolores haze]

And China Mieville!

[dgrintalis]

Yes, so many, many amazing names on that list. In truth, it's rather scary!!

[dolores haze]

I think there's another AWer there. Nicole LeBoeuf?

[Haggis]

Thank you so much, Dolores. I'm still giddy. I mean, Stephen King is on that list! :Jaw:

Who?

:D

[soapdish]

OHMYGOD! Congrats, DG!!!

I hope you took screen shots or saved the page as a file or something in case they take that down at some point. :D

[dgrintalis]

Haggis, you crack me up!! And Soap, no, I haven't taken a screen shot; I'll have to do that before the end of the year. Crazy, crazy stuff. That's for sure. :)

[EzraHoliday]

Well, I've been gone for a long, long time. In the past 18 months or so, I've been stuck in editing limbo. When finally life calmed down enough and I got the book complete, I found the self-publishing route more immediately enticing so...

It's done! The book is done, it's out and I'm stoked!

/happydance

[soapdish]

Congrats, Ezra! :snoopy:

[JL_Benet]

I think I forgot to mention here that I sold my novel, Wolf Hunter, to Belfire Press.
http://belfirepress.com/main/
Wolf Hunter was my thesis novel from Seton Hill University's Master's of Writing Popular Fiction program.

[soapdish]

Wondeful, JL!

[callalily61]

Congratulations!

[dolores haze]

Congrats, JL and Ezra!

[JL_Benet]

Thanks for the congrats, folks. I can't wait until it's actually out. I know there's a lot of work yet to be done and it looks like the team at Belfire really knows what they're doing (they've all worked in the industry for years before coming to Belfire).
If you'd like more info on Belfire, you can check out their Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Belfire-Press/332962877480

[dgrintalis]

Congratulations, Ezra and JL!!

[MysteryRiter]

I'm a little late on this because I haven't been around this section of the forums recently (and need some cheering up - bad day today. Computer got a virus which wiped out some of my short stories and a part of my novel which wasn't backed up. *sigh*) but I got a horror short story acceptance at Untreed Reads! My biggest achievement to date! :D

[dgrintalis]

Congratulations, MysteryRiter!

[soapdish]

Congrats, Mystery. :)


Not horror, but my latest is up at Nanoism today.

http://nanoism.net/stories/417/

[night-flyer]

: D Congrats again, Soapy!!

And to everyone else I've missed in here. :) :partyguy:

[Haggis]

I'm a little late on this because I haven't been around this section of the forums recently (and need some cheering up - bad day today. Computer got a virus which wiped out some of my short stories and a part of my novel which wasn't backed up. *sigh*) but I got a horror short story acceptance at Untreed Reads! My biggest achievement to date! :D
Congrats, MR, and condolences too.

There's a lesson there somewhere about backing up, I guess.

[FOTSGreg]

According to Amazon and Smashwords, I've sold 2 copies of HUNTED so far this month for the Kindle, and a copy of AFTER ACTION REPORT, CODE OF LAW, and HUNTED via B&N (on the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th).

Yes!

[FOTSGreg]

A copy of AFTER ACTION REPORT sold overnight (it's down below 100k in the Amazon rankings) for the Kindle and a copy of HATCHINGS sold on Amazon UK yesterday.

Looking like a decent month so far for my sales.

[dgrintalis]

I've sold another story to Daily Science Fiction!! This one is called To To Be Undone of Such Small Things. *happy dancing*

[dolores haze]

Yay! Congrats to Damien, Soapy, Greg and Mystery. Keep them sales coming, folks!

[dgrintalis]

Thank you, DH! And Greg, congrats on your sales!

[callalily61]

Yay! Congrats to Damien, Soapy, Greg and Mystery. Keep them sales coming, folks!

Stealing this. :D

Congrats, all!

[soapdish]

Way to go, Greg. Sales are good.

And congrats, DG! Another DSF WIN!

[dgrintalis]

Thank you, Soapy!

[FOTSGreg]

Wow! Just checked Smashwords and apparently they updated their sales report overnight. According to the most recent data I've sold 3 copies of Hunted and 1 copy each of Code Of Law, The Interview, and After Action Report via the Smashwords B&N distribution channel so far this month. I'm doing better there than I am on Amazon.

[soapdish]

Go Greg!

I am reporting another sale. A reprint actually. Which is sorta awesome. :D In print this time.

Kind of a quirky anthology. Uncle John's Flush Fiction. I'm not sure of the release date yet, though.

[callalily61]

Yay, soapy!

[dolores haze]

Congrats, Greg and Soapy!

[dgrintalis]

Yay, Soapy! Congratulations!!

[soapdish]

Thanks, guys. :D

[night-flyer]

I've sold another story to Daily Science Fiction!! This one is called To To Be Undone of Such Small Things. *happy dancing*

Go Greg!

I am reporting another sale. A reprint actually. Which is sorta awesome. :D In print this time.

Kind of a quirky anthology. Uncle John's Flush Fiction. I'm not sure of the release date yet, though.

:Clap: Congrats two both of you. Very exciting news. :snoopy: And a congrats for Greg, great sales!

[dgrintalis]

Thank you, night-flyer! I, um, have some pretty big news: :D

http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=235941

[FOTSGreg]

Way to go, DG!

And way back when you were having doubts about your ability.

I knew you could do it.

Now, get cracking on your next book.

:)

[dgrintalis]

Greg, thank you so much! Tee-hee, I've already written two more and I'm at work on another one. No rest for the wicked, eh? :D

[FOTSGreg]

None at all. I'm cranking away, slowly, on three more of my own (plus 3 short stories right now).

[HorrorWriter]

:snoopy:I'm late, but congratulations Soapy, DG, and Greg!! :hooray:

[soapdish]

Thank you, night-flyer! I, um, have some pretty big news: :D

http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=235941:partyguy: Wow! Congratulations!!!

[dgrintalis]

Thank you, HorrorWriter and Soap! Crazy, isn't it? :D

[night-flyer]

Congrats!!! :hooray: :snoopy: :hooray:

[dgrintalis]

Thank you so much! :D

[Debbie]

Woo Hoo! Congrats Miss Thang!!

[dgrintalis]

Thank you so much, Debbie!! :)

[dgrintalis]

I have cover art! :)

http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=236854

[beezle]

I have cover art! :)

http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=236854

That rocks.

[dgrintalis]

Thank you, Vincent! It's all rather surreal. Awesome, but surreal. :)

[Haunted_October]

I just sold my horror short story, The Red Barn, to Musa Publishing.

It's my first official sale and I'm very excited!

[callalily61]

Congrats!

[Debbie]

WooHoo Haunted!!! :Clap:

[soapdish]

I just sold my horror short story, The Red Barn, to Musa Publishing.

It's my first official sale and I'm very excited!Congrats on the first sale! And to Musa, too. Very cool. :partyguy:

[Haggis]

Congrats, HO. :)

[dolores haze]

Congrats on your first sale, Haunted!

[dgrintalis]

Congratulations, Haunted!!

[Haunted_October]

Thanks everyone!

[FOTSGreg]

Congrats, Haunted!

[Gatsby]

Congratulations everyone! I love hearing success stories. I sold my first short story, "Autumn Trees" to www.expandedhorizons.net Dec. 2011

[soapdish]

Congrats, Gatsby! Great market, too. I always forget about them.

[FOTSGreg]

I adjusted all my prices on all my works today across all platforms. Prior to this afternoon, I'd accumulated 2 sales for Hatchings thus far, but sometime this afternoon, according to Amazon, I gained sales on 7 of my short stories!

Please, oh, please let this not be a fluke, oh, yee writing gods. This could turn out to be my best sales month ever (and I've got a couple more pieces just about ready to go up).

[TumbleHome]

That's awesome, Greg, congratulations! Hope the sales keep on the upswing for the rest of the year- old *and* new stories.

[FOTSGreg]

A copy of my flash piece Showdown sold overnight on Smashwords.

[dolores haze]

Congrats, Gatsby and Greg!

I sold a short story today. The Staycation, workshopped by the Horror Hounds right here on AW, will be in the May issue of Underground Voices. Thanks, houndies!

[soapdish]

Ooh--ooh :hooray: I LOVE UV! Congrats, Dolores. I've been trying to crack them myself.

And congrats, Greg. :partyguy:

[dgrintalis]

Congratulations, Gatsby and Dolores! And you, too, Greg! :snoopy:

I sold my story, And When the Innocence Falls to the Floor, to Penumbra! :D It will appear in the May Fractured Fairy Tales issue.

[dolores haze]

Yay, Damien!

[dgrintalis]

Thank you very much!!

[callalily61]

Congrats all around!

[Haggis]

Congrats to everybody I haven't caught up with yet. :D

And Dolores, I just love it when I hear of a story the Hounds critted that finds a buyer.

[LaurieD]

:snoopy:
:snoopy:
:snoopy:
:snoopy:
:snoopy:

Nothing says congrats like a Snoopy conga line!!

Good job guys!!

[soapdish]

Yay, DG!
Congrats!

[dgrintalis]

Thank you, all!

[FOTSGreg]

Another copy of my short story Infection sold on Amazon overnight. Slow, steady sales this month so far, but better than last month and the month before and showing a steady increase. Thank you to all my readers.

[FOTSGreg]

A copy of my short story Hunted sold on Amazon driving its ranking down again. It's currently just over 111k. One more sale in the uptrend and Hunted has become my most popular story, selling more copies in a shorter time than After Action Report. Thank you to all my readers.

[soapdish]

WhooHoo, Greg!

You are doing so well with that.

[FOTSGreg]

Honestly, Soapie, it's still just beer money and barely even that right now - $11.60 in royalties on 19 sales in the past 6 weeks (up through last week), but that's not the important thing. I can see sales picking up steadily, especially as I add more product. Btw, those sales don't count all of the sales I've made in the last week (13 of those 19 were this month alone and the rest count only from 02/12/12 through 02/29/12). And this only counts Amazon sales (add in 2 more in Smashwords and 2 more on PubIt!).

My plan is long-term, 5 years at the least. I'm in year 2, slightly ahead of schedule for short stories, slightly behind for novels, but I think I'm doing well thus far.

The trend is promising, at least. In 5 years I should have 60-80 shorts stories, 15 novels, and 20-30 collections selling in 3 important distribution points and that doesn't count my game stuff which will also be steadily coming out. I'm already at twice the royalties I made during the first year and it's only the first quarter of the year. Imagine where I could be in 5 years time.

I could afford a pizza to go with the beer.

:)

[dgrintalis]

Greg, congrats on your sales!

And I've sold another one! :D I've sold my sci-fi flavored Ted Bundy story, And Down Will Come Baby, Madmen and All, to Buzzy Mag!

[callalily61]

Congrats all around!

[FOTSGreg]

Another copy of my short story Hunted sold just recently on Amazon. Current ranking is down to just over 100k. Thanks again to all my readers.

[night-flyer]

Thanks everyone!

Congratulations everyone! I love hearing success stories. I sold my first short story, "Autumn Trees" to www.expandedhorizons.net (http://www.expandedhorizons.net) Dec. 2011

I adjusted all my prices on all my works today across all platforms. Prior to this afternoon, I'd accumulated 2 sales for Hatchings thus far, but sometime this afternoon, according to Amazon, I gained sales on 7 of my short stories!

Please, oh, please let this not be a fluke, oh, yee writing gods. This could turn out to be my best sales month ever (and I've got a couple more pieces just about ready to go up).

Congrats, Gatsby and Greg!

I sold a short story today. The Staycation, workshopped by the Horror Hounds right here on AW, will be in the May issue of Underground Voices. Thanks, houndies!

Congratulations, Gatsby and Dolores! And you, too, Greg! :snoopy:

I sold my story, And When the Innocence Falls to the Floor, to Penumbra! :D It will appear in the May Fractured Fairy Tales issue.

A copy of my short story Hunted sold on Amazon driving its ranking down again. It's currently just over 111k. One more sale in the uptrend and Hunted has become my most popular story, selling more copies in a shorter time than After Action Report. Thank you to all my readers.

Greg, congrats on your sales!

And I've sold another one! :D I've sold my sci-fi flavored Ted Bundy story, And Down Will Come Baby, Madmen and All, to Buzzy Mag!

:partyguy: :snoopy: :hooray: :banana:

Congrats to all of you!!

Dang Damien, you're on a roll...:D w00t! :snoopy:

[TumbleHome]

Huge congrats everyone! Can I rub your heads for good luck?

[soapdish]

:hooray: DG and Greg!

[dgrintalis]

Thanks, guys!! :D

[FOTSGreg]

Thanks, all, and congrats to everyone else as well. If sales keep running this way I'm going to have to scale my reports back to one a week.

Nice to see those sales increase though. Thirteen in 23 days on Amazon alone so about 1 every 1.75 days this month. I think it was just last August where I went a whole month with absolutely zero sales anywhere.

Yeah, I can see I'm going to have to go to weekly reporting & bragging. A copy of my Fire On The Suns: New Technologies Volumes 2 & 3 game supplements sold today (Saturday, 03/23/2012) within hours of my publishing NTV3 on Smashwords. That's another $10 in my PayPal account whenever they get around to paying.

[dgrintalis]

I have more good news! I sold a dark dystopian titled A Handful of Glass, a Sky Without Stars to Daily Science Fiction. :) And I'm now an Active member of both the Horror Writers Association and the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America.

[FOTSGreg]

Congrats, DG! Like I said elsewhere, you are on fire.

[dgrintalis]

Thank you, Greg! It could very well be months before I sell anything else, so I need to celebrate while I can. :D

[callalily61]

:hooray:

[Haggis]

Thank you, Greg! It could very well be months before I sell anything else, so I need to celebrate while I can. :D
Nonsense. I think I'll start a subforum just to keep cheering you on. :hooray:

[dgrintalis]

Thank you, Lily and Haggis! I love the new avi pics!! And Haggis, a new subforum? What have you been smok-- Oh. Wait. :D

[night-flyer]

I have more good news! I sold a dark dystopian titled A Handful of Glass, a Sky Without Stars to Daily Science Fiction. :) And I'm now an Active member of both the Horror Writers Association and the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America.

:O You must be famous by now!!

*stalks Damien* :D

A BIG CONGRATS!! :snoopy: :hooray: :snoopy:

[dgrintalis]

Thank you, Night-flyer! :)

[kd1984]

Congrats, Damien! I so love seeing your work popping up all over creation!

[FOTSGreg]

A copy of my short story "Infection" sold overnight or this morning on Amazon. Its current rank is just over 190k. Thanks to all my readers and customers once again.

[FOTSGreg]

Yes! On 03/31/2011 a copy of Hunted, Infection, and Survival all sold through PubIt! For B&N more than doubling my sales there thus far since March and more than quadrupling my royalties.

That gets me stoked!

Woot!

[meowzbark]

Congrats! I'll have to check out your books when I buy my next round of novels from Amazon.

[FOTSGreg]

Holy crap! I decided to do some back checking for my sales on PubIt! And I've sold far more there than I thought I had, 1or 2 sales in December, 3 sales in January, 5 sales in February, and then 5 again in March. Most of those sales were for my short story After Action Report.

To some it might seem these sales or far short of mediocre even, but every sale's a few more pennies in my pocket and to me it means somebody's buying my work.

Woot!

[dgrintalis]

Thank you, kd1984! Greg, 'gratz on the sales!

[FOTSGreg]

Oh, heck, DG. It's nothing like the success you've been having lately.

I'll never be in the HWA or the SFWA and look at you - you're there already! And barely a couple of years ago you were just one of us wannabes here on AW.

Look at you now!

[FOTSGreg]

My last week's sales were a copy of Showdown and a copy of Infection (sold just this afternoon) sold on Amazon for the Kindle.

All sales are good sales.

Infection broke the 100k rank barrier on Amazon and was just above 95k in the rankings when I looked a little bit ago.

A copy of Infection sold on the B&N PubIt! Site for the Nook overnight (04/09-10/2012) One more notch in the belt.