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- Sun Nov 06, 2016 1:40 pm
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Jibber Jabber - Q1 - 29
- Replies: 5013
- Views: 1337953
Re: Jibber Jabber - Q1 - 29
Gator sneaks in, plonks this brand new cartoon of Herself on the infamous Q1 v.29 thread, then sneaks out again.


- Fri Jun 10, 2016 5:57 am
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Jibber Jabber - Q1 - 29
- Replies: 5013
- Views: 1337953
Re: Jibber Jabber - Q1 - 29
Thanks guys. And yup, Ishmael, that was the general idea: reach a certain level, prove that I'm more or less at a publishable standard before my situation became widely known. Obviously, there's a long way to go yet before I can prove I'm a good writer rather than just a publishable writer--I'm stil...
- Thu Jun 09, 2016 4:27 pm
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Jibber Jabber - Q1 - 29
- Replies: 5013
- Views: 1337953
Re: Jibber Jabber - Q1 - 29
Thanks KD, and Guthrington. And yes we all need to reassure Gator that she's still the HUGE scary gator she's always believed herself to be. A sulky Gator is nothing but trouble. We don't need that, not at all! 

- Thu Jun 09, 2016 11:52 am
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Jibber Jabber - Q1 - 29
- Replies: 5013
- Views: 1337953
Re: Jibber Jabber - Q1 - 29
The "small announcement" is posted now. And somehow I feel this thread is the perfect place for such a wacky revelation. wotf004 Of course Gator is beginning to regret mentioning it, as she's starting to realize the full implications... https://ecaimansands.com/2016/06/09/a-small-announcem...
- Tue Jun 07, 2016 5:20 am
- Forum: The Contest - Quarterly Topics, and Other Items
- Topic: Jibber Jabber - Q1 - 29
- Replies: 5013
- Views: 1337953
Re: Jibber Jabber - Q1 - 29
Burps Shhhh. Out of here, you. Aren't you going to tell them, Nice E.? Or would that be little E.? That you are making a small announcement soon. Get out of here. Shoo! We only came here to change our profile info. Silly gator. Heard that. wotf016 Might want to keep a googly eye on the new blog tho...
- Mon Feb 08, 2016 4:50 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
- Replies: 4296
- Views: 1188542
Re: Success!
Ishmael wrote:What a relief! We thought you'd been .... You know.
Hahahaha! Lol. No. Not yet anyway. Not quite. Um. Excuse me, I need to, you know... run away!



- Mon Feb 08, 2016 7:39 am
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
- Replies: 4296
- Views: 1188542
Re: Success!
Outrageous brag post alert! I've sold a story to Defying Doomsday, the anthology of "apocalypse-survival fiction with a focus on disabled characters." It's being issued by Twelfth Planet Press in Australia and its a pro-paying market and my longest sale yet--at 4200 words. It's even coming...
- Mon Feb 08, 2016 6:58 am
- Forum: Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Topic: Hugo Recommendations
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3495
Re: Hugo Recommendations
Can of chomping zombie gators... 

- Tue Aug 18, 2015 6:59 am
- Forum: Quarterly Results
- Topic: Quarter 3, Writers and Illustrators of the Future vol. 32
- Replies: 24
- Views: 12334
Re: Quarter 3, Writers and Illustrators of the Future vol. 3
R. No great surprise on this one even if it *is* one of my best according to other markets.
I just posted it in the Q2 by mistake incidentally in case anyone noticed. All the quarters are just blurring into one now.
I just posted it in the Q2 by mistake incidentally in case anyone noticed. All the quarters are just blurring into one now.

- Wed Aug 12, 2015 12:36 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
- Replies: 4296
- Views: 1188542
Re: Success!
Conga rats, Tom. 

- Wed Aug 12, 2015 12:35 pm
- Forum: Writing: Craft, Talent, Technique
- Topic: Five Minute Rant
- Replies: 1179
- Views: 327655
Re: Five Minute Rant
Presumably they didn't just lose my story then suddenly rediscover it down the back of the sofa, though who knows? You know that really does happen! When my dad worked as a postman (sometime in the 70s/80s), one family kept complaining they never got their letters. It was only after a couple of mon...
- Tue Aug 11, 2015 10:42 am
- Forum: Writing: Craft, Talent, Technique
- Topic: Five Minute Rant
- Replies: 1179
- Views: 327655
Re: Five Minute Rant
35 day form R from Interzone. wotf020 wotf020 wotf020 Think Gator's off to eat someone. wotf005 Wow! Mind you I once went longer when they forgot to reply altogether, but I don't suppose that counts. Otherwise my record from them is 17. You must have been entertaining high hopes. (Now you have to g...
- Tue Aug 11, 2015 9:50 am
- Forum: Writing: Craft, Talent, Technique
- Topic: Five Minute Rant
- Replies: 1179
- Views: 327655
Re: Five Minute Rant
35 day form R from Interzone.
Think Gator's off to eat someone.



Think Gator's off to eat someone.

- Mon Aug 10, 2015 11:11 am
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Almost Success - The "Mixed Feelings" Thread
- Replies: 836
- Views: 305522
Re: Almost Success - The "Mixed Feelings" Thread
I don't have much patience with the slower markets these days, I'd rather just self publish the wretched story. If a market takes longer than 6 months for the average acceptance that's too long in my view. And I've never sent to many non pro-paying markets (with a few exceptions--Interzone; Giganoto...
- Mon Aug 10, 2015 10:56 am
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
- Replies: 4296
- Views: 1188542
Re: Success!
Grats, Preston. Huzzah!
- Thu Jul 23, 2015 2:54 am
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Almost Success - The "Mixed Feelings" Thread
- Replies: 836
- Views: 305522
Re: Almost Success - The "Mixed Feelings" Thread
I got "The story is cute, but I’m afraid it's not quite right for me. I look forward to your next one, though. " from Sheila Williams at Asimov's. I haven't seen this before. Can anyone advise? Oh that's, dare I say it, cute! wotf006 I think I've had a couple of "personal" Rs fr...
- Mon Jul 13, 2015 3:02 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
- Replies: 4296
- Views: 1188542
Re: Success!
Congrats, Ish, and yup, having a lot on submission definitely helps. I've never reached 20. I struggle to stay in double figures, I've spent much of this year at 2 or 3 subs so no surprise that I haven't sold for a while. Realizing this just won't do I've forced it back up a bit, it's at 10 again no...
- Thu Jul 09, 2015 2:36 am
- Forum: Quarterly Results
- Topic: Quarter 2, Writers and Illustrators of the Future vol. 32
- Replies: 29
- Views: 16015
Re: Quarter 2, Writers and Illustrators of the Future vol. 3
Form R.
Most likely I didn't tick the "thou protagonist shall not start her story waking in her hammock" box.
Most likely I didn't tick the "thou protagonist shall not start her story waking in her hammock" box.

- Wed Jul 08, 2015 8:09 am
- Forum: Art & Illustration
- Topic: Duotrope Equivalent for Art?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7682
Re: Duotrope Equivalent for Art?
looking at their web pages to see if they accept unsolicited art samples. เล่น gclub ผ่านเว็บ I've already alerted the powers that be, but where's that Gator anyway? Don't laugh, but we were at the dentist. wotf002 We were there for our second post wisdom tooth extraction (plus bonus tongue-stabbin...
- Tue Jun 30, 2015 12:28 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Almost Success - The "Mixed Feelings" Thread
- Replies: 836
- Views: 305522
Re: Almost Success - The "Mixed Feelings" Thread
For the first time ever, I reached the second round in Clarkesworld...aaaaand then got a form rejection. It's a tough market, so 2nd round is awesome, even more so because I think myself a baby writer [both by age and experience]. I'm not sure Neil ever sends out personals, though. Very good. I got...
- Sat Jun 27, 2015 3:02 am
- Forum: Problems and Troubleshooting
- Topic: Board PHP problems
- Replies: 38
- Views: 22499
Re: Board PHP problems
So I have a PM but it's just not readable. The "window" it appears in is tiny with no ability to scroll down. Or reply to it. Or anything. wotf017 Click the Reply button. You'll be able to read the original either as a quoted section, or in the history. About the PHP probs in general - we...
- Fri Jun 26, 2015 9:31 am
- Forum: Problems and Troubleshooting
- Topic: Board PHP problems
- Replies: 38
- Views: 22499
Re: Board PHP problems
So I have a PM but it's just not readable. The "window" it appears in is tiny with no ability to scroll down. Or reply to it. Or anything.


- Mon Jun 22, 2015 1:18 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
- Replies: 4296
- Views: 1188542
Re: Success!
Huzzah! 

- Wed Jun 17, 2015 1:05 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
- Replies: 4296
- Views: 1188542
Re: Success!
Congrats, Karen. 

- Wed Jun 17, 2015 5:42 am
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
- Replies: 4296
- Views: 1188542
Re: Success!
george nik. wrote:Reporting my 5th international sale: a 300-word story accepted by Bards and Sages Quarterly.
Huzzah! Congrats!

- Mon Jun 15, 2015 11:44 am
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
- Replies: 4296
- Views: 1188542
Re: Success!
Huzzah! Preston and Tamlyn. 

- Sun Jun 14, 2015 12:54 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
- Replies: 4296
- Views: 1188542
Re: Success!
Congrats! 

- Thu Jun 11, 2015 1:01 pm
- Forum: Publishing: The Business Of
- Topic: Success!
- Replies: 4296
- Views: 1188542
Re: Success!
Congrats, Mr. Baker. 

- Thu Jun 11, 2015 2:24 am
- Forum: Writing: Craft, Talent, Technique
- Topic: Five Minute Rant
- Replies: 1179
- Views: 327655
Re: Five Minute Rant
It may be possible that they have instituted a slush reader who has a quick trigger finger as the number of submissions they receive climbs. A necessary evil perhaps. That's what I assume, since I am quite sure this story would have interested TGD himself. I have never worked as a slush reader. May...
- Wed Jun 10, 2015 9:24 am
- Forum: Writing: Craft, Talent, Technique
- Topic: Five Minute Rant
- Replies: 1179
- Views: 327655
Re: Five Minute Rant
Ah yes. I did not use up my full five minutes because I used abbreviations. This means I'm still annoyed. I checked the email times. 23 minutes between acknowledgement and rejection. wotf020 That's pretty fast. He must have really hated it! wotf006 Oh Gator, please. We were rejected there too, reme...