A few months ago I received a call for essay proposals for a book on the teaching of writing called Getting it in Writing: The Quest to Become Outstanding Teachers of Writing. In fact, I think I actually put my proposal on here when I finished it.
Well, I hadn't heard back from the editors, so I was pretty sure they had laughed it off. After all, one of them, in her confirmation email, said that I would hear back from one of them "soon." I guess their definition of "soon" in the publishing world is over a month.
Today is the day I got the word: Accepted!
I about fell over. I rushed down stairs to tell Kristie, who was beaming. She said what I had been thinking, "I wish your dad could see this."
I mean he couldn't believe it when I played back for him an email I had sent to the Cincinnati Bengals radio broadcasters that they read over the air during a Bengals' game! What would he think of his son finally becoming a published author?
My final essay is due by November 1 (and why do I have a feeling that that day will arrive much quicker than normal). It must be between 20 and 25 pages. To quote from the acceptance letter - "Remember your focus is to create a personal narrative with a strong voice that denotes your journey and the epiphanies of your breakthroughs. Your personal story should illustrate the purpose of your writing and clearly dilineate the points you are making."
What a triumph. I became known as the "Anti-Five Paragraph Theme Guy" at the RRVWP. So this is some affirmation that there is life beyond the thesis-support format!
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