# W00t! Just submitted an article I've been working on for a decade!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-just-submitted-an-article-ive-been-working-on-for-a-decade/754972
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [May 17, 2016, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-just-submitted-an-article-ive-been-working-on-for-a-decade/754972 "2016-05-17T06:43:07Z")
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### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2016, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-just-submitted-an-article-ive-been-working-on-for-a-decade/754972/1 "2016-05-17T06:43:07Z")
Ten years ago I had an idea for an article. I submitted the idea to a conference, they asked me to present it, I came, I presented, they said they would publish the article, I submitted the article…
I waited. They said it was in progress.
I waited. Still in progress.
I waited. Editing takes time, they said.
I waited. Almost done, they said.
I waited.
They said they had decided not to publish the proceedings of the conference. :smack: Bloody Irish! (oops, that slipped out. I’m sure most Irish conference organizers do in fact publish their proceedings as promised, and I just got an unfortunate draw…)
So I had to find someone else who might be interested in publishing it.
But by then there had been changes to the law so I had to update.
And law reviews use different footnote styles than the conference had used, so I had to re-do all the cites.
I sent a draft to a friend who is an editor of a journal, who was very encouraging.
And stuff happened, like work things, and family things and taking the Cub to soccer, and so on…
My editor friend occasionally sent me a reminder, asking if I’d made progress on it.
And tonight I hit SEND!
W00t!
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### Author:  [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2016, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-just-submitted-an-article-ive-been-working-on-for-a-decade/754972/2 "2016-05-17T07:07:11Z")
Woot! Go you!
(Is soccer season finally over already? I watched a match last year, and it ended just in time for yesterday’s supper. 😉 )
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### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-just-submitted-an-article-ive-been-working-on-for-a-decade/754972/3 "2016-05-17T23:42:21Z")
I’ve been working on it on and off since Christmas and now I don’t know what to do with myself!
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### Author:  [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-just-submitted-an-article-ive-been-working-on-for-a-decade/754972/4 "2016-05-18T03:34:13Z")
Start making a list of your SDMB friends and colleagues who would like to read it, of course! 😃
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### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2016, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/w00t-just-submitted-an-article-ive-been-working-on-for-a-decade/754972/5 "2016-05-18T05:43:27Z")
Be careful what you wish for!