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Guys, this quarter I resubmitted my first ever WOTF entry, which received a first round rejection. At the time I was devastated, thinking that a first round rejection must be a reflection of my talent. Obviously I know better now, and in most ways I have the forum to thank for that. The piece has be...

I'm really sorry about your friend, J'Nae. I have no experience on writing while grieving, but I will say that don't beat yourself up if you try, but find you really can't write yet. It's ok to skip a quarter.

Congrats Athena! Published finalist is seriously awesome.

Submitted 29/12/16

Imagination Vortex - FYI, I withdrew my entry for Q4. So unless there is a mix up, I'm out. I'm out. This was by far my best story, so after three HMs in a row... a very confusing result. Oh well, I've already resubmitted elsewhere. We'll see if anyone else likes it. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Your story w...

I begin to tire of re-reading my story. I probably couldn't spot a mistake if it jumped up and bit me. Hey, it's the 4th of October already. Should I submit now or not? Hmm. Decisions, decisions. Send it out! You might get some more good ideas, and perhaps your passion will ignite when you have to ...

I'm in. Now I can return to my secret base... (You might enjoy my story just out in the Autumn 2016 Mad Scientist Journal . Title is, "Ships Passing in the Night: Romance and Marriage Between Lovers from Anti-synchronous Worlds." The story is free in the sample Kindle pages.) Congrats! I'...

Update from the judge himself:

He is aiming to get this quarter judged a little earlier than the previous quarters: by the 1st November (!).

I chose the second option. A confirmation immediately appeared in my inbox from Joni, so closely on the heels of the 'submit' button that I'm not sure which vector it came through. Fingers crossed it all works out! At least they definitely have it. On a more cheery note: I WAS ON A PANEL WITH DAVE Y...

PANIC STATIONS. I submitted to Joni, using her joni author services dl, and I haven't heard back with a confirmation. However, at the same time I also responded to her email about my Silver, which is it turns out is on the straight author services email. I DID get a response from this. And now I hea...

Submitted September 30th - by email because portal was closed.

- Withdrawn

Oh god. It says the applications are closed. It's 3pm here in GM10+ (Sydney) on the 30th and they've closed down. I've emailed Joni (I think?), but now I'm seriously worried. Any advice? I'm having this problem too :( I'll email Joni. But Jeremy, I think we'll have to resign ourselves to a long and...

Oh that's awesome/painful Moon!

Hi! I'm trying to turn my Q2 R into something more respectable. I've done a ton of work on it over the last week, but I'm hoping someone might be interested in a last minute exchange/look over. My own experience in critiquing is limited, but I am more than happy to give it a go. I intend to join Cri...

If it is not too late, I am interested!

I can't figure out how to PM though, so you'll have to PM me.

If your beta readers really like it to, then why not? If it was an early round R then Dave only read the first page or two, so a stronger hook and he's off to the races this time around. I've made substantial changes to the first few pages. It now has a faster pace and be a bit less explain-y. Here...

I have other stories I could submit, but I'm thinking about tweaking my 2nd quarter R. I really believe in the story, I think maybe it just didn't have a strong enough hook.

Am I crazy?

That's great news Ishmael!

I was sad to think we wouldn't be seeing you around the boards.

The best of both worlds, really: lots of pro sales and continued contest eligibility

wotf054 This morning I had a story called "A Sound Like Glass Raindrops" accepted to Unsung Stories!! This is the 9th place I sent it out to, and was starting to believe no one would want it, but there it is, the acceptance letter! It's coming out this Friday...I'll give you guys the link...

Another technique I've heard for catching things is reading your story backwards but it is not something I've tried. I've never heard of this before! Do you read it back by chapter, paragraph, sentence or word? I have my husband and a few friends read over my work, but I have been thinking about gi...

Hi RHB! It's nice to see another Aussie on the boards. I think there might be a few others floating around the place, but I'm not sure who they are exactly. That activation issue is frustrating, isn't it? If it doesn't get fixed soon, all the existing members will win or pro out and there will be no...

Titling is a real weakness for me. I pretty much never have a title while I'm writing the first draft. Occasionally I'll come up with a good title after it's finished. My best ever title happened to sell on its first outing ... Coincidence? (Maybe - it also has the strongest voice I've used so far)....

personally I think print is waaaaaaaaaaaaay more awesome. Hehe... My story is called "Winged", and I can promise, magic, mystery, mischief-making, and a little bit of sappiness. wotf047 I agree! And congratulations. Congrats to you too George, you're going gangbusters atm! Did I understan...

Congratulations Jeremy! So cool that you have the artwork with it too.

Do you mind if I ask where you're finding these submission requests? My only source is newpages.com. I have a few short stories published in online literary mags but would like to find more SF/F submission requests to submit my wotf stories that get rejected. Every month I check out this page: http...

Hi Martin,

Do you have any updates on this problem? Obviously I have had no problems assimilating a new identity to get on the forum, but there are other who don't have my skills. I can sense them lurking desperately in the shadows and kind of feel like I have a responsibility to be their champion.

I actually do have my Q4 done though I'm still working on Q3. Just because I was submitting to an anthology first. When (if) I get rejected, it's going here next. Now to stop procrastinating on editing Q3. This is my entire WOTF writing strategy. Q2 and Q3 were both failed subs to other anthologies...

Congratulations Sean and D Stein. Will you put your results in the results thread, or is there some forum etiquette that winners don't do that? Athena and Rebecca, so close! So so close! What horrible rollercoaster ride this quarter must have been. I bet at least you'll be able to take both those st...

Thanks for the welcome everyone. I must admit that I am relieved not to have been instantly kicked out for identity fraud.

My first sale was just recently published in the Defying Doomsday anthology. I'm pretty thrilled, it was my first ever sub! Of course it was swiftly followed by 9 rejections. But I count myself lucky that it wasn't the other way around (Rejections are hard!) Here's the blurb: Defying Doomsday is an ...