Yay! And all this time, I thought I had the only MK story in there (altho I knew I wasn't the only MK writer in there!!) I so cannot wait to read these stories!
And that makes 3 MK stories in print out there! I hope it brings a fresh flush of writers to our little clubhouse. Greyflank! ---------------------------------------- > Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 02:55:24 -0400 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Mkguild] Some MK Publication News > > CONGRATULATIONS! I'm happy for you! This is very cool my friend! > > Chris > The Lurking Fox > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Hoekstra > Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 7:59 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Mkguild] Some MK Publication News > > Greetings all! > > I know that I haven't been heard from around here in a terribly long time, > and for that I am sorry. But something happened recently that is worth > saying with you all. > > I have been waiting months to write this email. This is about why leaving > old stories hanging around the internet can sometimes lead to some really > cool things happening. > > Back this February, I get a nice little email, the gist of which is: > "We at FurPlanet Productions would like to pay you for the permission to > republish one of your stories." > > To which my reaction was pretty much: > "You want to publish one of my stories? And pay me money?!" > > Suffice it to say, in the end I said, yes. > > The end result is the dead-tree anthology collection An Anthropomorphic > Century will feature my Metamor Keep story Daylight Fading and Bill > Kieffer's The Good Sport . The anthology debuted this weekend at Rainfurrest > 2015 and is up for pre-order on FurPlanet 's website > (http://furplanet.com/shop/item.aspx?itemid=810). It was supposed to come > out at Anthrocon, but due to foot-dragging around story rights issues > (apparently caused by the professional publishers, not the > amateurs) it was delayed till now. Thankfully FurPlanet was able to get it > all sorted on their end! > > Now, I never got into writing with the goal of getting published, or making > money, or anything like that. I got into it because I found it fun, I found > I had a talent for it, and I found I could make some great friends along the > way. So to have something like this happen is just absolutely, positively > mind-blowing for me. To get an email from the editor of the anthology back > in February and have him tell me that he still remembers that story and > considers it good enough for solicitation and inclusion in a work like this > was just such a heart warming occurrence. > > Getting to see the final full list of 20 authors is also a real treat for > me. As I said, Bill Kieffer is there as well, as is Phil Geusz, but some of > the other names are a bit of a surprise (How the heck did I get published > alongside Peter S. Beagle, Michael H. Payne and Philip K. > Dick?! Holy sh--t!). It's a shame Channing (aka Jeffrey Channing Wells) > didn't make the list given some of his contributions to the fandom that I've > sure most (if not all) of us have read over the years. > > And so there we go. I have been waiting since July, when An Anthropomorphic > Century was supposed to debut, to post about this. It feels absolutely > amazing to say that I am now a published author. (I don't care if it's > fandom and not mainstream, it's still amazing!) For those reading this, just > take it as a reminder that... well, you never really do know what may happen > in the future. > > Take care everyone! > _______________________________________________ > MKGuild mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.integral.org/listinfo/mkguild > > _______________________________________________ > MKGuild mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.integral.org/listinfo/mkguild _______________________________________________ MKGuild mailing list [email protected] http://lists.integral.org/listinfo/mkguild
