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Old 07-07-2012, 07:26 AM   #1
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I just got "Editor's Pick" on Salon!

I thought for sure it would get buried in the hundreds of posters but it made EP within 24 hours! Yay me!

Check it out if you like:

http://open.salon.com/blog/seabreeze...e_crme_puffs_1
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Old 07-07-2012, 08:31 AM   #2
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Freakin' AWESOME story! I'm not at all surprised it was popular; it made me snorfle into my hankie.

Indeed: Yay, you!
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Old 07-07-2012, 08:32 AM   #3
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Congrats!
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Old 07-07-2012, 03:28 PM   #5
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Oh, that's such a good post. Very moving. Congratulations!
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Old 07-07-2012, 04:02 PM   #6
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Old 07-07-2012, 09:38 PM   #7
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And I'm totally not crying. It's...dust. Got dust in my eyes and having problems...seeing, you know? Dust. Yeah.
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Old 07-07-2012, 09:42 PM   #8
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beautiful piece--mother without a mother, loved that and many other lines. You go, girl!
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Old 07-07-2012, 11:00 PM   #9
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Old 07-08-2012, 05:12 PM   #10
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Thanks, everyone, for taking the time to read it and responding. I'm still so excited about it!
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Old 07-09-2012, 06:49 PM   #11
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