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Getting Published!

Postby Sparrowhawk » Wed Mar 22, 2006 7:25 am

Yahoo!!!!!

I'm getting published! :dance: :dance:

This is so cool! I entered my poem in a national contest to get published in an anthology and i got accepted! Since most people's applications are rejected, it makes me happy to know they like mine.

Sadly, it does not have a happy message. It's not really a bad message ,just not happy. The title is "Cruelty" and my theme i express is cruelty is the choice of holding back hope. Not exaxtly my most happy writing, but this is still amazing.

At the same time, it brings up a problem i have had all through highschool. Should i purse a degree in English? If so, what career? (these questions are rhetorical by the way, not really meant to be answered, just thoughts out loud).

Just thought i would share this happy news with you all. Also i would like to encourage anyone who wants to write to give it a try. I used to hate english and it used to be my worst class, so you never know what talents God has blessed you with until you try! :thumb:
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Postby everdred12a » Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:24 am

Congratulations! You've reached the point all aspiring writers hope to reach!

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Postby Anna Mae » Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:13 pm

Praise God! That's great!

Is it by any chance the Anthology of Poetry for Young Americans (or something akin to that, anyway)?
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“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!â€
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Postby SailorDove » Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:41 pm

Bravo Sparrowhawk!!!
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What would the butterfly effects be with an OC with no chakra or ninja inclinations but a coveted special sensing ability? But that's not her only closely guarded secret. Psst, don't tell the hyper blond boy she hates ramen.
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Postby Felix » Thu Mar 23, 2006 3:35 pm

AWESOME! ^-^ Congratulations! I'm really happy for you, that's quite an achievement! Good luck, too!
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Postby starwarsboy90 » Fri Mar 24, 2006 5:29 am

Awesome Sparrow Hawk! I was in your shoes half a year ago. Now I'm an internationally acclaimed Poet, and I really dislike Poetry!
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Postby Sparrowhawk » Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:46 am

Yes, Anna Mae, that would be the contest. I had to submit an article for publication for my composition final and that was where i submitted my work.
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Final Fantasy 7

"The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say."
-Fellowship of the Ring, by JRR Tolkien
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Postby EireWolf » Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:23 pm

Congrats! :thumb:
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Postby Kanerou » Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:22 am

starwarsboy90 wrote:Awesome Sparrow Hawk! I was in your shoes half a year ago. Now I'm an internationally acclaimed Poet, and I really dislike Poetry!


That's beautiful. :grin:
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Postby Anna Mae » Mon Apr 17, 2006 6:35 pm

Heh. I know that this response is really late in coming. :sweat: I have been having some computer issues... Sorry...
Sparrowhawk wrote:Yes, Anna Mae, that would be the contest. I had to submit an article for publication for my composition final and that was where i submitted my work.
That's cool. The reason I asked is because I have been published in those.
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[i]Two vast and trunk-less legs of stone stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, half sunk, a shattered visage lies. Round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare the lone and level sands stretch far away. On the pedestal these words are inscribed:

“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!â€
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:29 pm

can we.... read this poem of yours? I want to!
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Postby Anna Mae » Fri Apr 21, 2006 2:00 pm

What a splendid idea.
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“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!â€
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