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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.

It's started. Just got the email from Joni. And it's not Thursday!!! *gasp* Honorable Mention again. Definitely seeing a trend here. :) Welp, Qtr 4's been in for a while. Looking forward to submitting Qtr 1 next week. Keep on trucking, right? :) Best of luck to everyone who's still waiting. Fingers ...

I have the guilt of leaving my novel alone. I wanted it to be finished by the end of the summer, and I am only a little over halfway through with its edits. Oh, do I know that feeling. Aside from procrastination and distraction by other projects, my issue is that at 60k words into the latest novel,...

storysinger wrote:I should have been writing a space pirate story as I sit here wearing my eyepatch. Arrgg.

Sweet.

Pirates good.

Space Pirates better.

storysinger wrote:But how will you ever catch Preston if you take a quarter off. I'd be willing to bet you could write a story in 1 week or less at least once a quarter.

Yes. Yes you can. It's easier than you'd think, once you get into the story-a-week groove. It's like having an appointment you can't miss.

Well, this is a new one. Apparently it's another HM for me, based on the results press release on the blog. Never did get an email from Joni, though.

Oh well.

Quarter three, here we come!


Congrats, everybody.

About Dave's reading every HM story and above in entirety... Hey man, wasn't trying to call you out or anything. But yeah, I do sometimes have a tendency toward being pedantic. I try to keep it in check, but sometimes I blow it. wotf017 Agree with your sentiments entirely, though. wotf009

Congratulations to all those who placed! For those who did not - don't base your whole value as a writer on the results of this contest. This is a market like any other, and your results are the judgment of one, maybe two, people. Don't base the entire value of your story, or your ability, on their...

He does give out Honorable Mentions, SHMs, semi finalists for those who don't reach the finalist stage. So far if he doesn't like a story no one does. I have heard the statement about it just not being a good fit for wotF but its been too long, that is no comfort for me. I have sent almost every ty...

It's amazing the way that works huh? You would think that with all the technology we have life would be simpler. Nope. I'm here paying $1,400 a month for a 400 square foot studio in San Diego. Every little penny I earn pays some kind of bill. It's hard enough for a bachelor. I can't imagine for som...

No idea, but I'd wager the answer is almost certainly yes. Different editors have different tastes, and different visions for the works they are putting together. A story that doesn't work at all for one person, or for one project, may be the perfect fit for another. Writerly delusions about polishi...

I can't speak for everyone here, but I've never been able to afford any kind of writing workshop. I've made do with how-to books and practice, thus far. I'm glad you're able to invest the time and money into such a course, but it's important to remember that an ever-increasing number of people thes...

If you're doing it with Dean, he'll start you over if you miss. Agree with most of your points, Wulf, but I must raise one point of order. In this week's story prompt Dean advised that if we consistently get the same comments from him about a certain problem he sees in our stories, and he's got a w...

Dean Wesley Smith is the king of write fast, don't revise, and don't look back. I consider his book on Heinleins Rules a must read. What's this challenge he gave you guys? It's called The Great Challenge . Details at the link. I think I'm going to sign up for this - it's the kick in the behind I ne...

Wulf Moon wrote:Dean Wesley Smith is the king of write fast, don't revise, and don't look back. I consider his book on Heinleins Rules a must read. What's this challenge he gave you guys?

It's called The Great Challenge. Details at the link.

I'm in. The blessing of doing a story-a-week challenge is you accumulate a lot of properties quickly (I'm 11 weeks in and haven't missed a deadline yet). The curse of doing a story-a-week challenge is you write several that you think would be great to send to WotF...but then you have to wait 2 mont...

I'm in. The blessing of doing a story-a-week challenge is you accumulate a lot of properties quickly (I'm 11 weeks in and haven't missed a deadline yet). The curse of doing a story-a-week challenge is you write several that you think would be great to send to WotF...but then you have to wait 2 month...