Monday, July 7, 2008

I'm Kvelling!

  • kvell : to feel delighted and proud to the point of tears (Yiddish קװעלן kveln, from an old Germanic word akin to German quellen 'well up') (OED)
Our own little Eric has won! Not my contest. The DUCK THING!!!!!! What'd he win? Some bookey thing. I'm not sure what.

I stop caring about the prize when someone else wins it.

But honestly, Congrats!

10 comments:

Shawn Powers said...

Way to go Eric!!!!

Tania said...

Yay! Go Eric!!

And you'll have to give us a review of the ARC. I have the book on pre-order from SubPress, so I'm actually excited for you and envious of you.

Random Michelle K said...

Jealous! Jealous!

Random Michelle K said...

Also congratulations!

vince said...

Alright Eric!

Steve Buchheit said...

Hurrah for Eric!

(now we need to start badgering John for the hate-mail contest)

Eric said...

I was pleasantly surprised. In fact, I'd nearly forgotten about the contest until Nathan sent me an e-mail--which I received on my phone, because the internets were all down at my home last night.

I read the first book in the series back when I was in junior high or high school; I look forward to reading it again.

My sort-of-mentor in undergrad was a professor of Asian history who was obsessed by ducks. It's all-too-fitting that an entry inspired by the Cultural Revolution, as applied to ducks, won a book set in feudal China--I need to see if the e-mail I have for her still works.

Eric said...

Oh... and has Jim won yet?

Anne C. said...

Bravo, Eric! Very well done. It took the accusatory allusions that many were referencing and showed, not told. Very well done.

Jim Wright said...

Curse you, Eric, curse you.