Back of the Envelope

I've been sitting on this story for a year and a half now. But... New Year's Eve of 2006, I said that my goal was to publish a short story. I even had a seven step plan. What I didn't say, when it happened in May of 2006, is that I succeeded. (In the meantime, I've had an e-zine anthology publication first.) It turns out that publishing a story takes a really long time, and the story that was accepted back in mid 2006 has finally come out, this month, in Aoife's Kiss. I even got my name on the cover. Heck, they actually paid me--though not enough to pay any bills.

I am now, ladies and gentlemen, a Published Author.