In a real book that you can buy and everything! How exciting is that?
As you can tell, I’m rather stoked by this. It’s all of six months since I decided to really start taking this writing malarkey seriously, and so far I’ve submitted a grand total of one story to be published. This makes my success rate 100%, which is rather unusual in writing circles. Don’t worry, I’m not under any illusions whatsoever about maintaining this rate, but I might as well enjoy it while I can, right?
100 RPM
The book is a collection of flash fiction, all inspired by music, and it’s called 100 RPM. It’s the brainchild of Caroline Smailes, and features one hundred stories (all 100 words long) inspired by music. Intrigued? I was, which was why I submitted a (somewhat gruesome) story. My contribution was inspired by DOA by the Foo Fighters, which was chosen because (a) they’re one of the only bands I listen to who are known worldwide, and (b) it’s one of those songs that just sticks in my mind whether I want it to or not, so it seemed a logical choice.
All proceeds from the book go to the UK charity One in Four, which raises money to help victims of sexual violence. On top of that, the book is CHEAP – but only for the first week of release. It came out on Thursday so you’ve got till this Thursday to get it at the discounted price, which is 99p (UK) or $1.55 (US). After that the price will rise (though not by a huge amount), which means more cash per book to One in Four, but possibly less sales because it’s dearer.
So, please go out and buy the book. This isn’t to line my pockets because I make absolutely nothing from it (I bought the book myself, even though as a contributing author I could have had a free copy), but to help out a very worthy charity – and read some great stories in the meantime! If you could leave a review on Amazon or Goodreads (or both) that would be awesome too, as we’d like as many people to find out about this as possible. Other ways you could help are tweeting using the hashtag #100RPM or liking the Facebook page.
Besides, you’re curious as to whether I can actually write, aren’t you? 
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For more information about 100 RPM, please check out Caroline Smailes’ blog entry from last week.
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- How to write flash fiction (guardian.co.uk)
Woo hoo! Congratulations!!!
Thank you! I’m rather stoked, as you can imagine.
Congrats—although I hate you for your 100% success rate.
It does feel good, doesn’t it? May you experience many happy returns.
Thank you! Yes, it does feel good. And don’t worry, I’m sure the next time I submit something my success rate will drop to 50%. However, like I said, I’m enjoying it while it lasts. :-p
Brilliant, Emily. Keep sending them in and I’m sure you will get even more work published.
Oh, I hope so! Thanks for the vote of confidence. Of course, I have to write some more things that can be sent … I have a short story I’m working on, but the bulk of my writing time is being devoted to the novel at this stage. I probably need to organise my time better so I can diversify a bit.
Thanks for commenting!
Congratulations Emily! That is so awesome, and wicked that it is for such a good cause!
That is an added bonus, isn’t it? I’m always up for a good cause, and if they want to publish me in the meantime I’m not going to complain. Thank you!
Congratulations!
Thank you!
Congratulations Emily!