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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.

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