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Hi all, I just had to share some exciting news with you. I decided to do a semi-major overhaul of my stories "The Diagnosis" and "Echolalia" to remove any references to the L&C universe preparatory to self-publishing the edited versions on Amazon.com. (I renamed the former story to "The Fires of Autism" and added several references to the fire metaphor throughout the story.) The stories went live yesterday, and I have had a sale of each of them. So, speaking in a strictly technical sense, I am now a professional author of fiction.  (I phrased it that way because I have co-edited a non-fiction book published by Oxford University Press and have written some chapters in other published books.) I want to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have left such supportive FDK. It wouldn't have taken much to squash my newbie-fanfic-author ambitions when I posted my first few L&C stories here. (I had only written a smattering of other fanfic, and no original fiction, prior to that time.) Instead, the feedback I received was uniformly encouraging. My thanks, also, to anyone who has BR-ed or GE-ed my stories. I have learned a lot from the suggestions you gave me. Now I just hope that this spurs my muse on to giving me an idea for a new story... Joy, Lynn
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 Lynn, that's fantastic! Congratulations! And to think I knew you when... 
Lois: You know, I have a funny feeling that you didn't tell me your biggest secret.
Clark: Well, just to put your little mind at ease, Lois, you're right.
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Lynn,
I've really enjoyed your stories a bunch. Based on what I've read, it was really more a question of "When" than "If".
Congratulations.
Shallowford
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 Congratulations, Lynn. That's very exciting news. It couldn't happen to a better person! 
VirginiaR.
"On the long road, take small steps." -- Jor-el, "The Foundling"
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"clearly there is a lack of understanding between those two... he speaks Lunkheadanian and she Stubbornanian" -- chelo.
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Great news Lynn! Congratulations!
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Congrats, Lynn!
Battle On,
Deadly Chakram
"Being with you is stronger than me alone." ~ Clark Kent
"One little spark of inspiration is at the heart of all creation." ~ Figment the Dragon
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Wow, great news! Congratulations on your sells! You must feel very accomplished -- and you definitely deserve it!
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"You need me. You wouldn't be much of a hero without a villain. And you do love being the hero, don't you. The cheering children, the swooning women, you love it so much, it's made you my most reliable accomplice." -- Lex Luthor to Superman, Question Authority, Justice League Unlimited
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Way to go! LabRat :-)
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly.
Aramis: Yes, sorry.
Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
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Wow. I'm overwhelmed.  Sue, given how well you write, I don't feel fit to sharpen your pencil. Shallowford, you have a lot more confidence in my writing than I do myself. Virginia,  Scifi Joan, Deadly Chakram, and Karen, thanks for helping me celebrate. AntiKryptonite, I'll admit that I am tickled far out of proportion to what my more objective self says I should be. LabRat, you do dream big, don't you?  I'll be jumping for joy if I make a hundred sales, much less a million. (All right, whom am I kidding? I'll be doing my joy jumping if my sales hit the double digits.) There have been so many responses, that I'll turn my partying into real partying . Joy, Lynn
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As is often the case, Lynn, I'm late to the party, but let me add my congratulations. Your stories of autism were well-written and felt altogether real to me, and I'm certain that they will garner both praise and sales. And every penny will be well-deserved. You're an excellent writer and you deserve to be recognized.
Well done, good lady. May fortune smile upon your life and the sun warm you and brighten your path.
Life isn't a support system for writing. It's the other way around.
- Stephen King, from On Writing
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You flatter me with your kind words. Thank you, Terry. Joy, Lynn
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Congrats, a well deserved achievement.
Tank (who is always gratified when 'one of our own' experiences such an acomplishment)
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