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So sorry for your loss, J'nae. All I can tell you is that I'm barely eeking out an occasional word count still, since my mom's death last year. I have moments when writing is almost like it used to be, more and more, so I think the answer may be that it's different for everyone, but the writing will...

Thanks, Dustin. My trajectory seems to follow the feast or famine model. When something hits it's worth the wait, though.

I only had one, but it feels like more all by itself.

"Mom in the Moon" -- Analog October 2016

I'm so glad to see this. I've been trying to remember the Zombies Need Brains calls, and couldn't find the earlier reference to it. So thanks for accidentally helping me out, Ishmael! I think I've got something that fits Submerged. Possibly all three, though I'm not clear on Death. The personificati...

Thanks guys. Honestly, it took me so long between pro sales 3 & 4 that it doesn't quite seem real to have proed out. Ishmael, I do indeed intend to stay in touch. I'm sure I'll keep picking up valuable information here. In fact, I just discovered a new market on the forum this morning. And I'd l...

Big congrats to all walking around with the dreamy-success-grin, since I last looked in here. Love seeing so much happy news going on!

Best of luck to those still standing.
(I'm having to post in bits. The system keeps throwing me out and making me resignin.)

I'm out, quarter and contest. Oddly, this was one of the few entries I wrote with the contest in mind. Disappointing, for my final entry. Ah well, I've had a good run overall.

I read a quote recently that said instead of writing what you know, as we're so often told, write about what interests you. That struck me as a real writer's writing notion. To me one of the best things about writing fiction is delving deeply into ideas, places, peoples, etc. that intrigue me. The m...

Well, I still can't get the Quotes function to work. I'll try it another way.... And that didn't work either. So. Laurie, I was partly in thank you note mode. Mostly it was that I appreciate so much that so many of you took the time to respond, sympathize, and share experiences. That gift of kindnes...

I had to look up when I entered...September 2.

Ishmael, thank you for your sympathy and for sharing your touching story. Poetry is a great healer. I've lost count of how many times I've listened to readings of W. H. Auden's Funeral Blues on YouTube. I really appreciate the reminder that I'm not alone Thank you, Disgruntled Peony. Thank you, Laur...

Congrats to so many on all the wonderful news. Sorry for yet another blanket congrats, though it's impressive that there's so much awesome here that I perpetually fall behind. You guys continue to inspire me.

I'm out. Got my rejection in the wee hours of the morning. I had thought this was my last quarter of remaining eligibility, but when I checked with Joni to be sure she said I'm still good for Q4. So...twitchiness for most of the rest of the year ensues. This time I was sort of numb to rejection. My ...

Thanks, but different list. I was in search of Grand List Wizard Stephanie's awesome list of people and their entry dates. Found it in the Guessomancy thread.

I'm not entirely sure I ever said when I entered for Q3. It was May 12, for list purposes, though I can't seem to locate the list.

The single most important thing that improved my writing was growing a thick layer of discipline. As I learned to write fiction, I would start something then be all "Ooooh, shiny!" over new ideas and jump ship to start another story. Sometimes, I'd be working on three or four stories, whic...

50 at once? I think my head just exploded a little! That's awesome. I think 18 is my all time high.

Congrats all around, guys. Lots of exciting news here, since I got sick and fell off the map for a while.

Congrats Hazlett and DStein. And good luck with Baen, Hazlett! Very cool.

Good luck as well, Athena and Rebecca! Huge accomplishment, either way.

Thanks for sharing your story with us. The only thing it changes is that you've upped both your admiration and cool factors.

Congrats, Emily! Flash is hard. Micro is harder.

Congrats, Ishmael. No hesitating needed and no butting in possible. This thread is just what it says. A place to share and discuss OUR successes. Every success is as important as the one that came before and the one that came after, regardless of where it landed. We're all in this climb together, an...

Wow! Thanks guys. We need a blushing smiley.

And, George, that would be extremely awesome. Trying really hard not to count any chickens before they've even been published. Not very successfully. Playing what if is awfully fun.

Thanks, Preston. Those two smilies are pretty much what the inside of my brain looks like.

What Tamlyn said. I just got my second rejection for the quarter.

I'm beyond happy to announce that I've sold my story "Mom in the Moon" to Analog! It's been the genre market I've most hoped to sell to, for a long time. Dreams, fueled by preternatural tenacity in my case, really do come true.

Condolences, Ishmael. My time for the Campbell Awards potential is long past. If I'm remembering correctly, Strange New Worlds didn't make much of a blip on that particular radar. Great attitude about reviews. They can be...interesting. My most memorable not in a good way to date was a reader's opin...

The wait is getting long enough that I'm reduced to just imagining some happy campers sitting on good news, waiting for the announcement.

I'm not sure this will help, but I don't think it could hurt either. I've found a few things that can really tie me up in knots, as a writer. One is over thinking. Take it from the queen of over thinking that it can be like spinning your mental wheels, and just dig you in deeper. Another is trying t...