Friday, October 17, 2008

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Last week a short story I wrote was published in a Spanish language literary magazine called Letralia. It is a magazine that has published texts by Paula's dad in the past. On a whim I unearthed something I had written a couple of years ago, gave it a few tweaks and sent it to the editor. I was pleasantly surprised when he replied they were publishing it. He asked me for a brief biographical note to include with the story, and I hesitated. I am not reallly an active writer (except for the the blog), so instead of providing a laundry list of published works, I put the link to Boricua in Texas on my biographical note.

This morning I found a comment left last night in an old post. A student from Puerto Rico wrote me to ask if I was the person who had written a short story they were reading in class. Their teacher had given them as homework to look for personal information on the author of the story. Since I do not have my full name listed on this blog, I believe the student found me through the link on Letralia.

I am not going to lie. At a time when I feel myself becoming increasingly invisible, it was damn good reading that comment and being reminded that there is more to my life than whatever it is I do at work these days. It is encouraging.

I hope the student found what they needed from the blog.

4 comments:

  1. ¡Qué bien, Ingrid! Me alegra mucho que estén leyendo alguno de tus escritos. Ojalá sea el comienzo de algo bueno para ti...

    Un abrazo,

    I. Enid

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  2. That is excellent news. Good for you!

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  3. wow....you have been published! That rocks!

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  4. (((((((((ingrid)))))))))

    You are very brave. And not at all invisible.

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