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  • Beantown
    #DoYourJob
    • Feb 2005
    • 31523
    #1

    I got published...

    I know it's not too important, but I wake up yesterday morning to an IM from my mother. It went something like this:

    "Mom: Longhorn!
    Mom: Maybe you're not awake yet...
    Mom: Guess not...
    Me: I'm awake.
    Mom: My little longhorn is a published author!
    Me: Huh? And stop calling me Longhorn, you're embarassing me
    Mom: Your college essay was published in Teen Ink.."

    Okay, so it didn't exactly go that way...but she did IM me yesterday morning to tell me that she recieved a copy of December's TeenInk, and my college essay was published in it.

    For my Creative Writing class last year we had to send one piece of work, of our choosing, out to a publication or contest or something. I chose TeenInk, and my college essay. Sent it in at the end of May and it actually did get published.

    Just...thought I'd share it with you guys, for no reason what-so-ever.

    (Note: the essay can be found here)
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    • AI_Franchise
      Banned
      • Nov 2002
      • 2146
      #2
      Re: I got published...

      Congratulations, but if you plan on being a career published writer, you have a long way to go.

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        • dieselboy
          --------------
          • Dec 2002
          • 18040
          #3
          Re: I got published...

          Nerd.

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            • ExtremeGamer
              Extra Life 11/3/18
              • Jul 2002
              • 35299
              #4
              Re: I got published...

              Does the article say "Written by Longhorn"?

              Congrats

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                • Acid
                  Mr. Brightside
                  • May 2003
                  • 16954
                  #5
                  Re: I got published...

                  Congrats. Nice essay, bro.
                  Blind to this impending fate
                  We let the world carry our weight
                  It's back breaks with every mile
                  But we all live in denial

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                    • cjonesfan921
                      UGH, next year
                      • Jan 2005
                      • 20081
                      #6
                      Re: I got published...

                      Your mom uses AIM? Incredible.

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                        • Acid
                          Mr. Brightside
                          • May 2003
                          • 16954
                          #7
                          Re: I got published...

                          Originally posted by cjonesfan921
                          Your mom uses AIM? Incredible.
                          My mom uses AIM.

                          It's disgusting how sometimes she will IM me when we are both home and like 20 feet away from one another. :y4:
                          Blind to this impending fate
                          We let the world carry our weight
                          It's back breaks with every mile
                          But we all live in denial

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                            • rudyjuly2
                              Cade Cunningham
                              • Aug 2002
                              • 14815
                              #8
                              Re: I got published...

                              Originally posted by cjonesfan921
                              Your mom uses AIM? Incredible.
                              My mom has just learned how to turn a computer on and use a thing called e-mail.

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                                • AI_Franchise
                                  Banned
                                  • Nov 2002
                                  • 2146
                                  #9
                                  Re: I got published...

                                  Originally posted by Acid
                                  My mom uses AIM.

                                  It's disgusting how sometimes she will IM me when we are both home and like 20 feet away from one another. :y4:
                                  Seems to me your mom is quite clever. why waste your mins, when you can chat for as long as you want all for 0 dollars.

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                                    • skitch
                                      Fear Ameer
                                      • Oct 2002
                                      • 12349
                                      #10
                                      Re: I got published...

                                      Nice little essay there, man.

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                                        • Beantown
                                          #DoYourJob
                                          • Feb 2005
                                          • 31523
                                          #11
                                          Re: I got published...

                                          Originally posted by AI_Franchise
                                          Congratulations, but if you plan on being a career published writer, you have a long way to go.
                                          Really?

                                          I thought all the great writers started off in Teen Ink


                                          Thanks for all the kind words. The essay got me into 8 colleges, so it was good enough, I guess. And it got published...so yeah.

                                          And yeah, my Mom IMs me a lot. Acid has seen a few of the funnier conversations

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                                            • Stu
                                              All Star
                                              • Jun 2004
                                              • 7924
                                              #12
                                              Re: I got published...

                                              Originally posted by Longhorn

                                              And yeah, my Mom IMs me a lot. Acid has seen a few of the funnier conversations
                                              She IM's me a lot too.
                                              Sim Gaming Network

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                                                • Beantown
                                                  #DoYourJob
                                                  • Feb 2005
                                                  • 31523
                                                  #13
                                                  Re: I got published...

                                                  Originally posted by camulos
                                                  She IM's me a lot too.
                                                  Clever.

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                                                    • TJdaSportsGuy
                                                      Hall Of Fame
                                                      • Dec 2002
                                                      • 11146
                                                      #14
                                                      Re: I got published...

                                                      Originally posted by Acid
                                                      My mom uses AIM.

                                                      It's disgusting how sometimes she will IM me when we are both home and like 20 feet away from one another. :y4:
                                                      Hmmm...is your mom hot? What's her screen name? Does she have a myspace page?

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                                                        • jt45
                                                          All Star
                                                          • Apr 2003
                                                          • 5074
                                                          #15
                                                          Re: I got published...

                                                          Originally posted by rudyjuly2
                                                          My mom has just learned how to turn a computer on and use a thing called e-mail.
                                                          Bingo and she can't understand why she can't plug her email address into the address bar and pull it up immediately.

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