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Always, if you’d like my feedback. As of right now my queue is empty.

I'm assuming that Wulf followed Secret 0 and submitted in proper manuscript format (for the win). Wulf has also said this story is a long love of his, which means it's been out before and he kept it out. That's Secret 1, for those who've left the deep chasms of WotF quarters. The first thing we see ...

Late seeing the email as I wasn't expecting it. Got an R. This is a tough one for me 'cause I got an honorable mention last time and several people told me they liked this story better than that one, including an editor, so that gave me hope. Ah well. Take a long hard look at my signature and don’t...

Dave had a newsletter this past week with some really great ways to strengthen a scene. Might be worth checking out!

Galen I am so thrilled you made finalist and bummed you didn’t place but mostly thrilled. Congratulations!

Always. Feel free to shoot me a PM!

YES! Get it DONE y’all!

Congratulations to everyone!

Congratulations to everyone!

Too much, y’all. It’s too much. Charlie is retiring, the election is everywhere, and WotF peeps? *curls up in fetal position*

I figured was the US election...

I’m always available for crits. Send me a pm!

The second most frequent reason I reject stories from Apex is because nothing is happening. I hear Wulf in my head every time “Start Your darn Heroes Quest!”

The third most common reason is because I have no idea what’s going on. “Set Your Stage!”

The editor-in-chief of Apex posted this article today. See if you can’t find more than a few supersecrets hidden in the words!

https://apex-magazine.com/why-do-you-keep-rejecting-me/

Thanks Wulf! The second one I wrote was much better. I do like that opening style. I agree with the rest though, heehee. I’m still struggling to find the right balance of prose and punch at the vignette level, and it got a little muddled. I wrote it back up and made it just one human mother - glad t...

You can pm me a google docs link to your story when you’re ready and I’ll critique it.

250 KYD completed on "Betrayed by one most trusted". Process was still painful but it is getting easier. Funny how practice works. Wrapping up a short story for the month, will send it out once I get my crit group's comments resolved. This one might be my Q1, but I am hoping I can get some...

4th is a great, wrenching place to be. Congrats on your finalist, so sorry you didn’t win but being held is great! I hope you win soon - you’ve been launching these arrows for a while! I had my fingers crossed for you.

I just finished my most recent book. I look forward to taking two days off and then getting anxious and stir-crazy. I was just telling my writing group; before I started writing, I had no such urges, but now if I don’t write something new for a while it’s like I’m boiling and there’s nowhere for the...

If you pay $50 for the convention, you get access to the weekend panels but not the master classes. The master classes are a bit more, but include the weekend panels. Wulf might correct me but I think that's how it works.

I really struggle with 250s, but here's a vignette based on a prompt I started a while ago--one of the few stories I've ever walked away from. I am grateful for the chance to continue to grow my writing (grumble) by working on an exercise that challenges me (grumble). wotf009 Baseline 250 "The ...

I'm always available for crits :)

storysinger wrote:Just scrolled the first 15 pages. They are full of winners that didn't know fate would shine on their careers.

That's my favorite thing about this thread!

I apologize for being late. I was reading everyone's responses and I agreed with everything everyone said - and didn't know what to add! I'm editing my scifi novel and the weekend got away from me. I'll keep it brief. When I started Super Secrets, I'd been writing for a little less than two years. I...

I agree with Dustin. I’ve read a lot of stories and I’ve almost never run into an idea that was bad. Execution, sure, but usually the concept had something unique about it, something interesting. As for whether our execution is working, it’s so hard to know. I tend to finish all my stories, regardle...

kentagions wrote:
For me, lucky 13. I received my first Finalist!

Oh my gosh! Congratulations!

What a showing! Congrats all!

Valiant wrote:I got my first Honorable mention. So, clear step up from last time around.

Congratulations! That’s an amazing feeling!

Q3 results are coming out.

It’s THURSDAY! Good luck all!