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I just wanted to share with all my challenge friends that I received a totally unexpected scholarship to Superstars! Writers of the Future contributed to allow two additional people to attend the seminar and my application was selected! I still can't quite believe it's real! Work hard, never give up...

Soooooo guys, guess WHAT? Joy called me as well and I GOT A SCHOLARSHIP TOO! Get this, contributed by Writers of the Future! I can't WAIT to meet everyone! What an amazing opportunity!

3. Share a couple of points from these with the group that you might wish to apply to your next story. If it's good for the goose.... I really believe the KYD exercise has the potential to grow our craft in a huge way. Focusing our writing, focusing the story on its essential elements (Pick one maj...

GO LIZ! We are so proud of you! What a week for the forum! I’m so happy for everyone!

Always, send it my way.

WillShadbolt wrote:My second sale to Daily Science Fiction is now online!

https://dailysciencefiction.com/science ... alis_SciFi

Great story, Will!

disgruntledpeony wrote:Just got the second call from Joni. Apparently, I came in 4th place. Just shy.

Ahh well.

Congratulations on the win, SwiftPotato! I'm absolutely thrilled for you.

You did amazing! We are so proud of you!

SwiftPotato wrote:So, I got my result, and...



Third place! I just got the call from Joni and she told me I could "scream it to the hilltops"!

CONGRATULATIONS! That’s awesome! I’m sure I’m not alone when I say we’re all ecstatic for you!

Not the usual success story, but, uh, I finished writing another novel today. Perfect timing since I didn't really want to write a bunch over the holiday. On to editing next week! Also, one of my HMs was accepted for an anthology. Can't talk too much about that one yet, though, but it's super excit...

I found Critters absolutely overwhelming as a beginning writer. I learned tons from doing critiques, but the stories I got back, like Andy said, were all over the place and I didn't have the skill or voice to know when I should trust myself and when the crit was correct. I ended up leaving critters ...

chuckt wrote:So, is it unusual for there to be so many SHMs and HMs among forumites?

It does seem like a huge haul! Yay forumites!

SwiftPotato wrote:Still waiting on results over here...I'm positive I didn't get semifinalist since this is only my second submission ever, but the suspense is still killing me. Haha.

Given that results are out and you haven’t heard...

Congrats! Yes, there are a few of us this time and I think we've all gotten help from Wulf. Thanks Wulf. You've been incredibly generous with your time and talent. Indeed. Thanks Wulf. wotf009 It's greatly appreciated. Congratulations to the HMs and the SHMs! Commiserations to the Rs - it's rough t...

I got a SHM! I couldn’t have done it without this group and Wulf’s critique. Feels good to level up! The email said those stories were in the top 50 out of thousands of entries.

It’s Thursday!

I’ve found the concept of free indirect speech to be very helpful too - it’s basically what is being discussed here. I heard it from Mary Robinette Kowal on writing excuses.

Always! Send it my way.

Retropianoplayer wrote:Thank you, R. Schibler, for your kind birthday wishes.

Noticed the Delta logo and assume you're a Star Trek fan.

Celtic Woman performance one night only May 2020. Unparalleled harmony.

Best,

Retro

Inner light is definitely one of the best ones. I’m partial to Darmok.

Please join me in congratulating our challenge beastie Crystal Crawford on delivering a real baby boy kraken into this world! I've seen the pictures, he's adorable, and he's got the full set of tentacles. Mom and baby are doing well! Go baby! Congratulations! Hope mama is resting well and all is go...

Thank you, all. For my gift to myself, I've purchased tickets for the ONLY show Celtic Woman puts on in Phoenix. I'll drink Earl Grey loose leaf tea with lemon slices and two teaspoons of brown turbinated sugar while I work on Kill Your Darling prompts, dig up my Ressican flute (Feodor Irish tin wh...

I started writing short stories as homework for a novel. In January of 2017, I was writing a novel, a passion project trying to exorcise a dream I'd been having for years. I've said before, I realized I didn't know how to write well so I started looking for more information. I found the Writers of t...

My cover letters are exactly two sentences long. Until this month, they were only the following: Dear FIRST LAST, Please consider my story "X" (Genre, word count) for publication in Y. Thank you for your consideration, Me I have added: My short fiction will appear in the forthcoming "...

Oh I see it there now. It never popped up on my “your market responses” tab or I’d have been really twitching! Good luck to everyone.

jbaugher001 wrote:Also, for those of us twitching together: someone reported a rejection for q4 on 11/8 on submission grinder so, brace yourselves

Interesting. I’m not seeing that on the grinder.

Excellent things to consider! I struggle with the third one - pacing - a great deal. It’s one of the things I don’t do intuitively yet, and still have to try to be conscious of. Thanks!

crlisle wrote:
Thank you for such a detailed answer.
What is the Submission Grinder?
I will definitely listen to the winner podcasts.

The Grinder is a source for markets taking submissions - you can sort by length and genre and qualifications. Google “the submissions grinder” and browse around.

I wrote this up for the Super Secret post but wanted to share it with everyone. I do a lot of critiques, somewhere between 10-20 each quarter on average, and these are the issues I see most frequently. I struggle with many of them myself of course as it's easier to spot issues in other people's writ...

Andy Dibble wrote:I got my first personal rejection from Asimov's.

Shiny!

Wulf asked me to make a post regarding my perceptions of frequent issues I see in my many critiques. Here it is! 1. Basic Spelling and Grammar: Without a doubt, the single most common thing I'm commenting on in stories is basic grammar, and I suspect it is the hardest to correct. "Its" vs ...

Thanks all. I'm really delighted and a little stunned.