Last week I sold my first short story to a professional SFF magazine! I’ll post more when it comes out in early 2018. For now, suffice to say: I’m super excited and want to get some momentum going! Since I’m in the baby dark zone and utterly failing to edit the novel I finished this spring, I’m churning out some short stories instead to join the other three I have on perpetual submission. The agent hunt is only temporarily on hold, till I’m getting just a BIT more sleep.
It’s time for another 7-year-old writer Sam flashback! I told you all about my first real narrative tale, “What Hapend March Ninth!!” Now let’s dip into the writing frenzy that followed as I became not just author, but illustrator as well. Here is one of my first staple-bound construction paper illustrated shorts. It’s pretty clear that I had only recently encountered commas and silent ‘e’s. And, true to this day, nothing is worth saying if it isn’t worth saying with! an! exclamation mark!
Behold the adventures of a girl and her beloved pet frog, aptly titled:
The little frog!! and the little girl!!
There ones was a girle! the girle! ->
There ones was a girle frog!!! The frog!
The girl, met the frog. Hi! Hi!
The girl, took The frog home,
They played, and played, and played
The girle, got a pool for the frog! Yaa!
They swam together!
They did lots of fun things together, They were happy together, and They were happy They met, They were so, so, happy.
They were best friends, They told evry body that they noo, if they were not to far away. They went for trips together, They calked rocks together, big or little rocks.
One day it got cold so it was winter, togethe they made a snowman, withe the girles Mom!!!! Ice >
The End!
Samantha Mills 