{"id":386,"date":"2009-03-11T09:41:56","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T14:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=386"},"modified":"2009-03-11T09:41:56","modified_gmt":"2009-03-11T14:41:56","slug":"the-waiting-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/11\/the-waiting-game\/","title":{"rendered":"The Waiting Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/thewaitinggame.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"My story in Northern Haunts!\" title=\"My story in Northern Haunts!\" width=\"328\" height=\"268\" align=\"right\" \/>So, the arrival of <a href=\"http:\/\/shroudmagazine.com\/northern-haunts--100-terrifying-new-england-ta100.html\" target=\"_blank\">Northern Haunts<\/a> wasn&#39;t quite as monumental as I thought it would be.<\/p>\n<p> Let me preface this by saying that this is my first publishing credit, you see? So I think I deserve to be a little excited, am I right?<\/p>\n<p> Anyway&hellip;I got my acceptance email from <a href=\"http:\/\/shroudmagazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shroud<\/a> at the end of August. I think I literally did a somersault or two (I would have done a cartwheel but my upper body strength is somewhat lacking).<\/p>\n<p> After the elation wore off, that&#39;s when the torturous Waiting Game began. I waited&hellip;and then I waited some more. Then&hellip;the news. The books have gone to the printer. Yay! But then the ice storm hit. Boo! Wait a sec&hellip;printing is back on. Yay! Oh no&hellip;the proofs need a little tweaking. Boo!<\/p>\n<p> Finally, the word went out on the wire &#8211; The Hardcovers Are Coming! The Hardcovers Are Coming! Can I get an order of &#39;Woo&#39; with a side of &#39;Hoo&#39;?!<\/p>\n<p>I was okay with the waiting from that point. Tim, Editor Extraordinaire of <a href=\"http:\/\/shroudmagazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shroud<\/a> has been a joy to work with. Plus, I kept myself busy with other projects, secretly daydreaming about that glorious day when the mailman would plunk a huge box, stacked 10 hardcovers deep, on my doorstep.  But then various online writing buddies who were also in the book started reporting that they&#39;d received their copies.<\/p>\n<p>That&#39;s when the itch began. I managed not to scratch it for a few weeks but I finally caved and ordered myself a paperback from Amazon last week. It only took 9 days to get here. Imagine my excitement when I found out there was a parcel waiting for me! Squee!<\/p>\n<p>I quickly opened it, and carefully plucked it out of the box. Then I thought to myself, <em>&quot;Hmm&hellip;it&#39;s a little smaller than I imagined. Oh well. What page am I on again? Let me just flip to the&hellip;what the? There&#39;s no Table of Contents. Where&#39;s the Table of Contents? And why does it&#8230;~flipping pages~&#8230;start on&hellip;Page 215? Uhhhh&hellip;WTF?!&quot;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I was dumbstruck. If I were a cartoon character, there would have been a bubble above my head with a question mark in it. And then it would have popped.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, that&#39;s right. My copy of NH is missing the first 214 pages! The first 58 stories.<\/p>\n<p> Gutted. That&#39;s the only way to describe it. This morning, I can laugh about it, but I was a serious mope last night. So, back to Amazon it goes, and again, I play The Waiting Game.<\/p>\n<p>Again, I in no way fault Tim and\/or <a href=\"http:\/\/shroudmagazine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shroud<\/a> in this. Everyone who knows Tim knows he&#39;s a stand-up guy. Truly awesome.<\/p>\n<p>I blame my bad luck. Trust me&#8230;I&#39;ve learned that in my life, everything is an adventure, from the smallest task to the most monumental. 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