(???)  Monday
 (???) ow, well, I submitted Data Center to Asimov's late 
 (???) ast week. They said it would take up to five weeks to 
 (HTM) ear back, so I was ready to just sit back and forget 
       t. But damned if I didn't get a personal email back 
 (???) n Sunday afternoon already!!
 (TN3) hey didn't want the story. I didn't think they would 
 (???) ake my first submission in more than 20 years. But 
 (SND) hit if you don't shoot you won't score. Is that a 
 (SND) ports metaphor?
 (???) UT WHAT AN HONOR, the main editor of Asimov's read my 
 (SND) tory and wished me good luck and thanked me for being 
 (???)  reader and signed her own real name at the bottom. 
 (???) ow cool!!!!
 (DUP) ++
 (IMG)  am waiting for feedback on BUGS. Only a few people 
 (HTM) ave read the entire thing, and so far I've only got 
 (SND) ome uncritical compliments. I am glad people like it, 
 (???) ut definitely want to give it bake time.
 (IMG)  am not sure how I want to release that one. Put it 
 (???) nline free again? Put it in a book first? Or an 
 (???) book? I was even thinking it could be fun to put all 
 (???) hree stories together into a thicker book...
 (???) ut meanwhile I have the inkling for another story 
 (???) bout someone shot into space to mine asteroids 
 (???) gainst his will, left with nothing but an extremely 
 (???) verly sensitive sexbot as a companion. LOL.
 (DUP) ++ 
 (???) y job is a weird sick and not funny joke. I mean, I 
 (GIF) uess that is fine? I'm glad I was so productive 
       ndependently for two decades before signing onto this 
 (SND) lowly, slowly, slowly sinking ship.
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 (???) ant another? finger argot@happynetbox.com