1/31/06: Bad news and good

[davidlevine]

Word count: 3267 | Since last entry: -7

I didn't get a lot of writing done tonight (and that mostly editing the first part I wrote last week to fit the new outline, which explains the negative word count), because I was tending to a sick computer.

For reasons unknown, the music server was not visible on the network when we woke up this morning... it was up and running, but couldn't ping out or in. So I rebooted... and it didn't come up. Disk read error. I've tried chkdsk and a few other things, and now I can see files on the disk, but it still won't boot. I fear it may be a hardware failure. Might take a few days just to sort out what went wrong.

But! I got an email today from Asimov's... they're going to buy the Bigfoot story! I'm really pleased at this one -- my third sale to Asimov's, and my first new story sale in over a year.

Yay!

Comments

[jlassen.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the sale! and good luck with the server hardware. I know how frustrating that can be.

[eleyan.livejournal.com]

Yay! Congratulations!

Yay!

[librarygrrl]

Mazel tov! And I hope you can figure out the music server business - certainly wouldn't want to be without music! Do you still like it lots (when it's working)?

[ecmyers.livejournal.com]

Sorry for the bad, but congratulations on the sale! I'm a sucker for a good Bigfoot story.

It seems like there are a lot of computer problems going on lately, doesn't it?

[marksiegal.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

When I started submitting again last year, I bought the current issue of Asimov's (among others). Tk'Tk'Tk was in that issue, and it was by far my favorite and most memorable story of the lot. I look forward to reading this one.

I have to say -- when a sale to Asimov's isn't right at the top of a post, you know you've at least partly "made it." :)

[jaylake.livejournal.com]

Excellent on the sale! Boo on the drive failure...

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

Yes, from me, too, congrats on the sale! Yay!

[jenwrites.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the sale! One day, I will crack that market...

Re: Yay!

[davidlevine]

Yes, we've really gotten to like it (it gets better and better the more music is on the system) which makes it even more painful to be without it.

Reformatting the hard drive now... :-(

[davidlevine]

When I started submitting again last year, I bought the current issue of Asimov's (among others). Tk'Tk'Tk was in that issue, and it was by far my favorite and most memorable story of the lot. I look forward to reading this one.

Thanks! I'll certainly post here as soon as I know when it will be published. It could be as soon as March and as late as 2 years from now.

I have to say -- when a sale to Asimov's isn't right at the top of a post, you know you've at least partly "made it." :)

Heh. I think you have something there... :-)

[davidlevine]

Just keep putting the words on the page (and in the mail)...

[bearfuz.livejournal.com]

Congrats! I'm tempted to subscribe to Asimov's again, though I know that my sensible side will win out and tell me it's not in the budget. But congrats anyway!