Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Cool News

My short story, Seeing Red, is going to be included in Pugalicious Press's YA steam punk anthology Real Girls Don't Rust. I am super excited about this one. :) I love YA, I love steam punk, I get to use my real name with it.  Plus, it gives me an excuse to make some steam punk jewelry for a giveaway. :)

But the really cool thing is that when I posted this news on FB by sister-in-law told me how awesome her daughter thinks it is to have a real writer in the family.

And she meant me.

I still can't call myself 'a writer.' I mean, I can here, where people understand and don't think I'm crazy. But in the real world I would never introduce myself that way. It's pretty cool that my nine-year-old niece thinks of me as a writer, and is proud of that.

I told her I had better get to work and not disappoint!

Thanks, Hannah, for the awesome pick-me-up!
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25 comments:

  1. Tracey JosephNovember 20, 2012 at 8:19 AM

    Yay! That's so cool, Rachel. Congratulations!

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  2. Alex J. CavanaughNovember 20, 2012 at 8:21 AM

    Congratulations! When doe the book come out?

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  3. randi leeNovember 20, 2012 at 8:22 AM

    Nicely done!

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  4. PatsyNovember 20, 2012 at 8:28 AM

    Aww, it's sweet that your niece is proud of you.

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  5. Kyra LennonNovember 20, 2012 at 8:41 AM

    Congratulations, Rachel! And you ARE a real writer. Definitely. :D

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  6. Debra Gray-ElliottNovember 20, 2012 at 8:42 AM

    Cool! Congrat's.

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  7. RenaNovember 20, 2012 at 9:08 AM

    Congrats, and I think you're a Real Writer. You write, don't you?

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  8. Suzanne FurnessNovember 20, 2012 at 9:13 AM

    Fabulous news congrats! Your niece sounds lovely and she is right you are a real writer :)

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  9. jaybirdNovember 20, 2012 at 9:18 AM

    Oh my gosh that's amazing Rachel. Congrats! And God bless our little nieces who can make us feel so proud of ourselves!!

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  10. AnonymousNovember 20, 2012 at 10:12 AM

    Congratulations!! Now, I have got to get "with it" and figure out what steam punk is.

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    1. Rachel SchieffelbeinNovember 20, 2012 at 11:38 AM

      Lol, I just learned about it in the last year, too. :)

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  11. Rachel SchieffelbeinNovember 20, 2012 at 12:02 PM

    Thanks everyone! I'll post more when I know more. I don't have a release date yet.

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  12. SuziNovember 20, 2012 at 12:10 PM

    Congratulations! I love that title of the anthology--Real Girls Don't Rust. I haven't read any steampunk. I really need to check it out.

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  13. UnknownNovember 20, 2012 at 1:15 PM

    Congrats! I know what you mean, When I tell people what I do, I always just say I'm a nurse even though I write more than double the amount of time that I work as a nurse.

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  14. Heather R. HoldenNovember 20, 2012 at 3:59 PM

    Wow, congrats! I can't imagine how amazing it must feel to have your story included in an anthology. Go you! :D

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  15. Elizabeth SeckmanNovember 20, 2012 at 7:18 PM

    Can't wait to get the book!
    Oh Rachel! I feel the same way. My husband tells everyone, even strangers...but I will just mumble and try to escape. Why do we do that?!

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  16. Michelle GregoryNovember 21, 2012 at 6:52 AM

    congrats!

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  17. Tara TylerNovember 21, 2012 at 9:40 AM

    yay!!!
    i wanted to enter a piece, even wrote an outline but got bogged w/other stuff
    congrats, my writer friend!

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  18. Mark KoopmansNovember 21, 2012 at 11:25 AM

    Congrats Rachel,

    How awesome to see your real name in print... I felt the same the first time my name wasn't in the "Police Blotter" pages :)

    PS... Way to go, Hannah, you're obviously a very smart girl with great taste :)

    Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours :)

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  19. Gina GaoNovember 21, 2012 at 8:19 PM

    Congrats Rachel!

    www.modernworld4.blogspot.com

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  20. https://booksthoughtsadventures.comNovember 23, 2012 at 2:57 PM

    That is amazing news...

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  21. Meradeth HoustonNovember 24, 2012 at 10:56 AM

    That is awesome! Congrats on your story (can't wait to read it!) and I love the bit about your niece--so sweet!

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  22. Sherry EllisNovember 24, 2012 at 12:58 PM

    Congratulations! That's excellent news!

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  23. AllisonNovember 24, 2012 at 6:05 PM

    Great news, congrats! I've learned to just take the odd looks when I tell people I'm a writer.

    Allison (Geek Banter)

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