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The more I chew on this the more I get myself worked up. I figured this first entry to be a quick and easy R, I've never submitted anything anywhere before. Getting a Silver out of it makes me wonder if I would be better served to polish it up and try again for maybe Q2 or 3 of v38. I don't relish ...

Oh snap!!

Was watching election returns and just got this notice



Woohoo! Best I've done in the contest so far. :) Congrats to everyone who entered, and who placed in one way or another.

I managed to not screw up the calendar in my head this time. Thus, I have now submitted this quarter's entry.

Woohoo.

Good luck, all.

I don't know, but considering the only people I've seen carry that way are old dudes, I don't want to ask. (It's pretty obvious when you're a middle-aged guy wearing a fanny pack with a big NRA logo on it what you're doing...) Nah. Those guys are appendix carrying, just to throw you off. wotf019 Ei...

Got another HM. Really kinda getting tired of these, to be honest.



Congrats to all the placers. And really, to everyone. Merely finishing and entering is a victory in and of itself.

Of for the love of... Don't you guys hate it when you get your months mixed up? This whole quarter I've been looking back at the story I submitted in late March and thinking, "I've got Qtr 3 squared away. Don't need to think about which story to submit until July." Just tonight I realized ...

Michael, have you finished your challenge? Is it time to get the parade & fireworks ready? :) Yes, and I'm sorry I didn't announce it here. 52 for 52, total success. Actually it was more like 54 because a couple weeks there I did more than one. That said... In the month and a half since complet...

I have permission to announce! wotf059 wotf059 I got third place. Joni called me Monday and I’m still glowing. It feels so darn good to finally get the win. This piece was an HM a year ago. I made a small but crucial change, lopped 10% out of the first couple pages, and now it hits all the right no...

That makes three of them suckers.



Congrats, everyone, for a job well done in entering. On to the next quarter!

Here's a different kind of success: Kickstarter. I'm running a small campaign to fund some audiobooks. 25% funded so far, in less than a day. Considering I gave myself a month, I think success is in the works. :) Best of success on your Kickstarter, Michael! You've got big plans; Kickstarter suppor...

That's disappointing. I always make it a point to go to the Gala since I'm just down the road in San Diego, and this year I was planning to bring my daughter along, who is 12 and interested in the Contest. Which I know is not nearly the disappointment all you winners are experiencing. Understand why...

I just sent in story #48.

How are you guys doing on your challenges? Still going strong?

Just sent in my Q2 entry. Took a while to decide which one to send. Which is a good problem to have, I guess.


Good luck, everybody!

Here's a different kind of success: Kickstarter. I'm running a small campaign to fund some audiobooks. 25% funded so far, in less than a day. Considering I gave myself a month, I think success is in the works. :)

I'm watching for the next one of you to make a sale. *sigh* Oh, fine. If you insist. Sold a tale a week and a half ago (well, it will be sold after I finish the editorial changes, but you know how that is) to a brand new place. Hasn't been officially announced yet. It's called Fantasy Quarterly; Lo...

Haven't been alternating, but still cranking on The Great Challenge.

45 Weeks in, 45 stories done. 7 more to go. :)

So how's everybody doing on the challenges?

I'm still going strong on the story a week challenge. Sent in story #37 last night.

Going for two stories/week the next three weeks, since I've got Anthology submissions to write in addition to my weeklies. Fun, fun.


:)

V/R,
Michael

Silver Honorable for me. I'll take top 50 out of thousands. I guess. If I have to.



Well done everybody. Whether you placed or not, it's the production and the submission that's important.

Well, just submitted my Q1. Guess we'll see how this one goes, eh?

Ahhhhhh... legalised prostitution, telephone issues, avacado icecream, exotic cheeses, international exchange rates, and vegans. Here on the WOTF forum, we like to maintain a healthy selection of engaging topical conversations to suite all walks of life. Tune in tomorrow when we open the floor to s...

FWIW and in case anyone's wondering, things continue to go well on my end. Got my story for the week done yesterday and turned in - 31 weeks and running. wotf010 Congratulations! I am rooting for you to cross that final finish line! Thanks, GlibWizard. wotf009 Though I'm not sure there really is a ...

Prostitution legal (not joking) NZ is hardly unique in that sense. In all seriousness, though, it ought to be legal everywhere. Morality aside, keeping it illegal only drives it underground where it becomes a haven for criminals and degenerates, and creates a recipe for exploitation, trafficking, d...

I hope everyone's writing is going well! My daily writing has settled into a non-pattern of working on whichever of my projects has my interest (and a few days that I'm optimistically labeling "gathering writing prompts from life experience"). Patterns? Who needs patterns? wotf013 FWIW an...

jbaugher001 wrote:Why did everyone pick up the pen in the first place? What's your end-goal?

Dunno about the rest of you, but I'm in it for the money and the groupies.

GlibWizard wrote:czing, Michael, AlexH, how are your current projects coming along, old or new?

Going great still. 28 for 28, working on week 29 now.

Plus NaNoWriMo, I think. Fun!

On an unrelated topic, just thought I'd post that Star Trek: Picard will premier on January 23rd, 2020. It will be on CBS All Access for all those die-hard ST:TNG and Voyager fans. It will reunite Sir Patrick Stewart with Jonathan Frakes, tag along Seven of Nine from Voyager, and from the previews ...

That's very impressive Michael. That's tenacious talent on display. wotf010 How long is the exercise? It's a year-long challenge. I started in April. Details are up at the link I posted above. (I know I'm not at a writing calibre that makes it possible for me to write first drafts that don't need w...

Count me in. I'm doing my own challenge already, so happy to get and give encouragement to others on the way. :)

I would have already entered my 37Q1, but alas I'm waiting to hear from a different venue to determine if they want to publish my chosen story. That's a good problem to have. And good thing this contest is a quarter long. wotf011 That said, if anyone cares, I'm still doing Dean's Great Challenge . 2...

Heard from Joni. HM again. Woo!

:)

Best of luck, y'all who remain.