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I submitted in the very last minutes of the last quarter.
Today,

amoskalik wrote:It's been almost a year since I worried about Thursdays... it's good to be back in the game!

Me Too, Amoskalik!
Exciting, except I'm out of practice. Better start stretches before the twitching starts.
Darn It! Too late

It seems to me that Pro-ing Out it Quite Prestigious!
Congrats Ishmael! You can now go from the halls of WotF to the halls of SFWA!!!

My HM was about that, but I didn't realize that was the heart of the story until I tried turning it into a novel. It's probably lucky I got the HM without getting my focus right to begin with.

That is MASTER LEVEL Winning!
Published Finalist followed by a Win!

I considered hedging my bet and not submitting my Q4 short story. I could continue editing it for 3 months and submit it for Q1 V35!!! But I didn't. I hunkered down, polished it the best I could by midnight WotF time and hit SUBMIT. So, now I have to...you know...do the work a writer does, and begin...

Thanks disgruntledpeony for the validation to go ahead.
I will see you on the forums for 4 in 35!

I just hit submit with 6 minutes to spare. I hope Q4 V34 submission closes at Midnight PACIFIC time.
Good Luck to all who entered.

And good writing to everyone for the next quarter. I am about to have a glass of wine and go to bed!

I've been out of the WotF game for a while, working on a novel, but I'm back. I've missed checking in on all of you. When I saw the 4 in 35! post on the Forum, I thought it was the perfect excuse to wait to submit, but my critique group gave me the "A Dead Line Is A Dead Line" speech. They...

I've been missing in action but I'm ready to take the plunge again! 4 in 35! looks like the perfect place to start. wotf024 Now, I just have to decide if this older story that I planned to give the Quickie Edit and shove into Q4 V34 at the last minute would be better kept for Q1 V35 with a more thor...

Honorable Mention received today.

Just received notice today, delivered under the table.
Hope was high due to the delay, but you get what you get...

No wotf005 I fretted and fretted and pulled out an old story and polished it. When I tried to enter it the site was down, and I was too nervous to go through the "Is my submission actually submitted, again?" So, I decided to add a frame story to make it a more viable entry and will submit ...

emilymccosh wrote:
I think mine is one of the best I've written... so of course it's going to be an R...

Good Luck!
Remember, I have a good sturdy table for you to hide under if you need it.
And I think it's my turn to provide the brownies!

So what happened to the people still waiting here on the forum??? Have you guys heard anything...radio silence...or secretly winners??? wotf015 I wish I were a stealthy winner keeping quiet, but so far I have heard NOTHING! wotf017 I am worried that my submission was lost. Or my contact info is mis...

It’s been a week since I’ve seen any postings about Q3 HMs or SHMs. Alas, I’ve yet to hear anything about my entry. I can think of only three reasons for this: my entry got lost, decisions are still being made, or I’m a finalist. To you lucky people who’ve been finalists, how long does it typically...

This afternoon, after allowing a narrow beam of light under the table with me for comfort,
my inner nag said, "You know, nobody's looking for you. They probably just lost your submission."

And *Poof* just like that, the light was gone, and the dark descended once more.

emilymccosh wrote:I'm sorry!!

But I promise to cower in fear (and brownies) with you for Q4.

Unless...of course....you win this quarter...

Don't say the word or they will hear you!
Either way, I'll bring the brownies and meet you back under here come Q4!

amoskalik wrote:Is this the time when we start looking at the silent ones with suspicion, even the ones pretending to hide under a table?

<hand wave from under the table>
Theses aren't the writers you're looking for
You can go about your business
Move along

Dustan Moon wrote:Silver HM, my fist one of those (can somebody please tell me what silver HM really means, and is it sterling silver, or pure silver, and what's the current price per troy ounce?).

And does it work on werewolves?

Side note: With the Surname Moon, you should win by default...in my humble opinion.

<squeaky voice from under the table>
It's getting scary under here. Emily left me and the brownies are all gone.
Emily, please come back with brownies. I'm sure yesterday's email was an accident.

LD ... I've been blessed with a HUGO nomination for editing and as a former long-term ASIM editor, slush reader and publisher (and obviously fore-most I'm a writer), I'm happy to offer my limited experiences

Sounds like more than "limited experience" dear sir!

Wait, there's a Q&A with Dave?????????? I'm taking one of Dave's online courses, and he has Q&A sessions. *disappears into the kitchen to devour the rest of them* NO MORE BROWNIES??? <cries> Courage, friends! Don't hide under a table! Stand up on your shaking knees, raise your quaking terro...

I just asked Dave on a Q&A video exactly what he meant by his FB comment. Not that I'm twitching, cuz I'm not, much. wotf005 He said he is through with his first pass and working on second pass. He has about 150 plus stories left then will narrow it down to about 40 stories to work through. He h...

*offers brownie to fellow under-table-hider*

You are a kind and gentle soul.
I will bring the coco tomorrow night.
If there is a tomorrow.
<twitches silently>
<eats brownie>
<feels better>

Thank You

I would have assumed he meant that he was through with the quick reject pile and on to the ones he has to read a bit first. But if he didn't mean that--And he meant that he was on to HM and higher, as you say--Then--Then-- wotf018 <joins Emily back under the table> This is way to scary for me. Might...

Virtual hugs to all of you with losses that you have yet to recover from.
And more hugs for the recent rejections.
We shall get through this together.

dantzel wrote:
Rejection on Sept 6. *flips table*

Hey! Emily and I were hiding under there!

Soooo, if we keep really still, and they don't see us, they won't reject us?
<sent from under the dining room table>

Thursday, October 13, 11:30 am Central Time. The above was written in Cuneiform on the back of a fortune cookie. On the front was written in English, "Duck." On my beefy waiter's forehead the tattoo of a red button read, "Don't push me." It is an Omen of the Utmost Import! I sha...