Contest! Gratitude! Stuff!

[meaganspooner]

Yeah, I'm not doing much better than single words, here.

I just got back home and sat down to find my Twitter DM and Gmail inboxes flooded with congratulatory messages, and my sleepy brain (it's past midnight here in Australia) had to really clank and whir a while before I realized what was even going on. As it turns out, my entry in the

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[lnbw]

This is so awesome! And it really is a great query, so well-deserved.

[meaganspooner]

Thank you! It's definitely a moment of validation, knowing that objectively people are intrigued by the premise. It's very reassuring!

[meaganspooner]

Thank youuuuuuuuuuuu! Omg.

Now to sit and chew my fingernails while you read...

[postaxial]

Congrats!! You totally deserve it, TIW sounds awesome :)

[meaganspooner]

Thank you!

Man. I still start snickering every time I see this icon. XD *FLAIL*

[lilykaufman]

Hurraaaaaaaay. So well deserved! I learned a lot just from /watching/ this contest. Every time the query got shorter, it got better. Lesson learned.

[meaganspooner]

Yeah, having you there to show every iteration of this query there was really helpful. Given that after about Draft #43, my eyes just crossed whenever I saw the words "has never seen the sky," the extra help was definitely necessary...

[ctrichmond]

Ahhhhh, congrats! This is such great news! You'll have to keep us updated. :o)

[meaganspooner]

Thanks!! I'm pretty excited, although this has let to more revisions which has led to me wanting to throw my computer out the window... ah, the wonderful life cycles of being a writer. ;)