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Awesome! Less * than 400 to go. Tina? Where are youuuu? *fewer wotf004 And oooh, first post on lucky page #159. My bad. "If you want a simple rule, the difference between less and fewer is straightforward: The traditional advice is that fewer is for things you count, and less is for things you...

Speaking! As soon as paperwork is processed, I'll be the new Administrator hereabouts. That will give me a direct contact to the hosting company, instead of the layers between us right now. This issue is my number one task to address. It has been going on for six months or so, but it has been imposs...

My first Call was on a weekend. I'm pretty sure, because I was home, and it was during the day. The follow-on call to tell me that I hadn't won but that JERRY POURNELLE LOVED MY STORY was also a weekend during the day. I remember because I was working from the writing porch on a warm spring day. My ...

*twitch* wotf013 Okay, when Martin starts twitching, with a *smiley* . . . then I get nervous. wotf004 When Martin starts making ambiguous comments with SMILEYS... that's when we know something's up. What do you know, Martin? K.D. already shared all the news I have, honest! I just thought this plac...

*twitch*

There are children in kindergarten who were not alive when this thread was created. Now you say that... neither of my two boys were, and one of them starts school in six months wotf015 It also amuses me greatly that Tina starts the thread, idly discussing the story that went on to be the Golden Pen...

Dustin Adams wrote:There are children in kindergarten who were not alive when this thread was created.

To many people (sadly) the definition of "history" is "it happened before I was born".

So we're now part of history!

It'll be great to see you again!

katsincommand wrote:So are you coming to Chicago then? :D

Yes! I'm so lucky it's that close.

emilymccosh wrote:Well, darn. I was hoping for a crazy story!

Then write one! We're writers. When reality is boring, we write a new reality!

ThomasKCarpenter wrote:
Martin L. Shoemaker wrote:Polo...

Well, hello there Mr. Nebula Nominated Martin L. Shoemaker. :)

If you haven't read his story, yet. Go now!!!

http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/shoemaker_08_15/

Thank you! I'm still kinda stunned.

Thank you! This story is very special to me, so the reader response is special, too.

Polo...

It's getting a little quiet around here...

I would add a joke here at Stewart's expense, but I'm too tired to think of one just now. So imagine your own joke here, please... wotf013 Now, with the obligatory joke out of the way... Stewart's a brilliant critiquer, folks. He's really insightful about what makes a story work. He has a better tra...

Galen wrote:I make a tiny contribution to the effort of this bold endeavor.

Clearly what a glorious quarter this was.

Even tiny contributions keep the thread alive. Thank you!

wotf009 Much appreciate the update, Matt. Might have been two years ago he posted the kick saying to underline... I still remember his first few kicks after he re-took over the gig. He had all kinds of stuff to say after diving back into this mega slush pile. But that was what, three years ago now?...

"Never tell me the odds!" -- H. Solo, esq.

Ishmael wrote:I've decided to send my android alter ego. No-one can tell us apart anyway.

Ah, the Battlestar Galactica type! Completely, utterly indistinguishable from humans down to the molecular level, but stronger, faster, and able to transmit their dying consciousness to a resurrection ship.

If you have a typo, and Dave makes it a finalist, that same typo will go to the judges. I imagine they'd have the same level of forgiveness as Dave. Maybe more because they'd trust that he wouldn't send them something that is way off. This. Dave is reading thousands of stories, looking for reasons ...

If Dave loves a story but sees some grammatical errors, here and there, will he sharpen up the story before it's passed on to the next stage of judging? Or does that error, somehow missed by repeated edits, like a missing apostrophe, a wrong tense used, or a comma in the wrong spot, carry forever o...

Should I be fortunate enough to reach the gala I shall look forward to everything except the book signing. Not that I wouldn't enjoy the stardust and all, but I have Tenosynovitis is my right wrist. Is it perhaps too early to practice writing with my left hand? wotf011 They actually coach you on si...

Emily is correct. Published finalists don't get a check in the mail (only quarterly winners do) but my understanding is that they and the winners alike receive a check during the workshop week some time which pays them standard rates for actual publication in the anthology. (This is in addition to ...

Happy New Quarter!

(Also not drunk...)

I have just submitted my story! I'm in danger of becoming ineligible so this might be my last chance, folks. Best of luck to everyone! I'm looking forward to obsessing, er, I mean, waiting patiently with all of you. To repeat myself: you remain eligible right up to the day you aren't. The day your ...

"Brigas Nunca Mais" in the March issue of Analog. "Unrefined" in Writers of the Future Volume 31. "Racing to Mars" in the September issue of Analog. "Today I Am Paul" in the August issue of Clarkesworld. "Scramble" from Digital Science Fiction (both ...

storysinger wrote:I'm still procrastinating.

Listen to Bob...

emilymccosh wrote:We'll see if I can write a worthy story within three weeks...

You can. Have faith!

Dustin Adams wrote:Read the Q1 v29 thread for just how late one can submit and still win gold.

And comment while you're there! If there's one thing that thread needs, it's more comments!

Just a question: do you guys think it's better to submit much earlier rather than later? I'm feeling very confident about this story, and I have a niggling fear that if I've submitted it so very late Dave won't see it until the last few he reads, and by then he might have a good enough idea about t...

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