I should google myself more often

[anthimeria]

We know I've been querying Skywatch, and tonight, just out of curiosity, I googled myself to see what an agent would see if they tried it.  I have to put in the "K." in the middle because there's a model and a volley ball player named Lauren Moody who come up way more than I do if you just search "Lauren Moody."  So, googled "Lauren K. Moody".

Most of it was ordinary and stuff I'd like an agent to see--this blog, reviews for SS25, The Girl She Truly Was on DSF, etc.  Then I clicked the second page--I don't actually expect an agent to look at more than one page of Google results, but like I said, curiosity--and found this.

"THE GIRL SHE TRULY WAS" GOT RECOMMENDED FOR THE 2012 TIPTREE AWARD!

I had no idea.  I mean, I do fairy tale gender messing with in that story, but I didn't know I'd gotten recommended!  Results are in, didn't get nominated, etc, but seriously, I got recommended for an awesome award and didn't even know it.  I'm on a website with 76 other works that did interesting things with gender in 2012.

Squee!

Comments

[feuervogel]

Hey, that's awesome! It means *somebody* read your story and liked it a lot :D

[anthimeria]

Thanks! I guess so.

Cool!

[(Anonymous)]

Hey, Christine here,

First, I applaud you for Googling yourself. I've always been afraid to do so. Also, it's great that you were nominated for an award! Last fall for my Gender class blog one of the first entries I shared was a link to your story, 'The Girl She Truly Was.' I'm not sure if anyone in my class read it or not as it was early days for the blog and no one commented but I remember thinking that it was exactly the thing I should share and I was proud. :)

Re: Cool!

[anthimeria]

Heyla! I mostly Google myself because I try to be aware of what's around about me on the internet. One day I'd like to have a decent presence, so if someone googles me looking for my books or because they like my books, they won't come up empty-handed!

And thanks for the linkage, and for thinking of me.