{"id":3046,"date":"2021-12-10T08:57:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T15:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/?p=3046"},"modified":"2022-05-27T13:46:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T20:46:49","slug":"acceptance-rejection-christmas-lights-and-funnies-weekend-coffee-share-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/janetalcorn.com\/staging\/1364\/2021\/12\/10\/acceptance-rejection-christmas-lights-and-funnies-weekend-coffee-share-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Acceptance, rejection, Christmas lights, and funnies (Weekend Coffee Share #18)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Good morning, happy Friday, and welcome to the Weekend Coffee Share, hosted by Natalie the Explorer<\/a>! I can’t compete with her amazing holiday display pics, but I’ll share a few of my own anyway. But first:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing news!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who want the bad news first, and those who want the good news first. I’m the former–get the yuck out of the way so we can end on a positive note. So in that spirit: I received a rejection for the writing retreat I applied for. Bummer. It would have been amazing, I’m sure, but on the bright side: that’s 2 weeks of vacation time I can use for something else, like, I dunno, a vacation. So there’s that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the good news, a creative nonfiction piece I wrote about my mother’s last Christmas was accepted by Harmony Magazine, the literary magazine of the University of Arizona College of Medicine. That one will come out under my real name, which means when I share it here, I’ll be revealing my secret identity. Batman will be so disappointed in me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digression alert! I Googled “disappointed batman” and discovered that “disappointed Batman” is a meme. Because of course it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Batman Sad GIF<\/a>from Batman GIFs<\/a><\/div>