Today, I realized that not only am I still an unpublished author, but I can't even get an FML posted after submitting several in the last year. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I realized the only real accomplishment I've had in my life that I take any pride in is that I've had an FML published. FML
Today, I wrote a submission to FML and I realized that I could be doing so much more with my life than this. I mean really, I have real life stuff to deal with, and I don't have the time to be reading these s*itposts, much less making my own. FML
Today, again I wrote out another FML. Again, I deleted it before posting. Every FML I write would seem like I'm just making stuff up, or would be so obviously me that it would just cause me grief. My life is just an endless stream of weird stuff I can't tell family or friends. FML
Today, after working on my novel for two years, I found out that another book has recently been published with an almost identical plot. I was going to submit it to a publisher in two days. FML
Today, after submitting a 500-word essay to a writing contest, I found out that I lost to someone who wrote 3 sentences. FML
Today, my therapist told me to write down my goals for the next five years. After thinking hard for what seemed like forever, all I could come up with was getting a girlfriend and having an FML published. And to be honest, I'm not even sure about that first one. FML
Today, I uploaded the first chapter of my best writing yet to a popular writing website. After ten minutes, I was thrilled to already see one review and five comments. Each comment was telling me to immediately delete the story because of how horrible it was. The rating was half a star. FML
Today, I came home to find two letters from a publishing house that I'd submitted my manuscript to. The first was congratulatory, stating that my book had been accepted for publishing. The second was apologetic, stating that the first letter had been intended for someone else. FML
Today, I finally got a phone call from a publisher saying they would publish the book I'd written. I'd gotten loads of rejection letters, so I was so excited. Until I realized it was my dad, feeling sorry for me. FML
Today, I checked this site to find out that my previous submission had made it onto the main page. This has been the sole highlight in my life for the past month. FML
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ImaginaryFoe 1
Who knew you FML mods had a soft spot for whiny failures? It warms my heart really.
ReyEr9412 0
This FML is an oxymoron.
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Comments (166)
Omnigeek6 1
Hey, I got the first vote! FYL!
toute_petite 0
oh =[
beccaishereyay 11
ummm you just got this post published. si now you aré a published author and you got a FML posted. prblem solved :)
pajamurao 0
took te words right out of my mouth 37
einaudi 0
Its actually a paradox, 21, not an oxymoron.
bkullas 0
very deep einaudi
Shokz992 0
I would have said "this past year", rather than "in the last year". Slightly more fluid...
eaglesfan365 0
first
xundria 5
@29: There should have been a period after 'lessons'. Thank you, come again. :)
cocopuff96 0
this isnt an fml.... you just got an fml posted so go cry somewherr else.
bezach 0
exactly not an fml and IDE use proper spekling and gramee but I'm using my upod
toxicxflower 0
hahah. word. this is why proletariat shouldn't look at the little details otherwise others do it back because it is annoying.
puentesaurasrex 0
#37^^ win
jt0070 0
boo-freaking-whoo
BadPinkKitty07 0
what-the-fishsticks is up with all the grammar/english lessons? seriously, people go on FML to shut off their brains and laugh, not learn where to insert a comma. *grabs baseball bat, ready to battle inevitable stampede of grammer Nazis*
taycandy96 2
Congrats to you OP...but Idgaf
ElMetalero 0
completely agree with #4. stop writing stuff and get a job
dudeitsdanny 10
I agree. Raise your hand if you've ever written a short story, poem, song, nocel, etc., and are unpublished? Exacty.
Marston21 1
haha jokes on you cuz I'm 12 and a published author :D
ElMetalero 0
*raises both hands*
mpserrano 0
if u are then what's your name, and what is a book you have published?
VeryNice329 0
hey hey 14. I thought I was you for a sec. haha I didn't look at the name right away and read your comment and was like "hey I didn't say that." now I must change my cat :(
beccaishereyay 11
hand lol but I don't waste my life on it because if it's not published is isn't very good... op...
dudeitsdanny 10
Savvy- Poetry.com doesn't count as being published. And your page says 25 so I say you're just a compulsive liar. Finally, i didn't say no one here was published. But the vast majority isn't. You just wanted to show off that myspace published your blog.
airforce987 20
congrats, now your life isn't ****** anymore
tboudre 0
I hear your motor running!
CHUCKBARTOWSKl 0
I beleive there is a - between un
bon_jour_fml 0
FINALLY! yay!
sillypuppy 0
Now you are officially a "published" writer. What an achievement! lol
CallMeHush 1
Don't forget to send a copy of this to mom!
taycandy96 2
#8 LMAO
gagtjs 0
same here............
AnnyPants 0
yup :( ive posted 3 but none published
mynameajenniferl 0
im an unpolished writer, yet several of my works have been published(online) and favourited by many people you just gotta know where to post it try fictionpress.net or fanfiction.net
MXavierT 0
Agreed with ^. Unless it gets adapted into a book or something.
boatkicker 5
Remember that any story you put online, whether on fictionpress, a blog, a post in a forum, or anywhere else is considered "published" and most traditional publishers will not accept it.
LtBrenton 16
Congratulations man o/
Sirin_fml 47
Hey, there should be a comma after the "hi", O Lord and Saviour.