I’m not sure what’s more appropriate: w00t, or feeling old
2008-01-04 | Filed under Webzines, w00t |
Earlier this week I was contacted about reprinting a story, “The Price of Jasmines and Lilies,” in a reader for a college course.
There are several reasons why this is a w00t scenario. It means people liked the story. It means people are reading this blog—that’s how the Linus permissions department initially contacted me. It means people are still reading Fables. (This matters to me quite a bit, because for all the ups and downs it was a very important project for me, and I still feel a great deal of affection for it.) It means the webzine will be used in an educational setting, which was one of Larry’s goals when he founded it.
In 2001, Athabasca University included Fables as part of the English 305 syllabus. But as far as I know, this is the first time a story has been incorporated into a class in hardcopy form. I like the idea of neatly rolling syllabus materials, which seems to be a large part of Linus Publication’s business. I spent a lot of money on books in college, and then spent more xeroxing readings from the reserve room. (Nowadays, you Mawrters have the cushy-looking Lusty Cup. But back when I was enrolled, that space was the reserve room, poorly lit and generally skanky.)
So overall, w00t. But I do feel old, because the story was published nearly ten years ago.
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Wow. Not sure what W00T means, but being anthologized is good stuff. Feel proud. Leave feeling old for later. Much later. You know, like fifty years later.
Preening parental feathers. Very nice indeed!