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I gobbled it up already. Posted my review this morning on Amazon although it's not up yet. If you like it, post a review on Amazon. It really helps to get some good reviews up. The Amazon algorithms will elevate the book.

RSchibler wrote:

LoyalRam wrote:When does Q3 begin?

As soon as Q2 closed! It is possible to have 3 pending stories for the contest for a (more or less) brief moment in time.

Let's hope it is brief. The powers say there will be a delay. Is that a delay similar to last year or a more delayed delay?

Lol. I just found a blatant mistake in my entry. Strange how you can edit as much as you want but something might still get by you. My first readers all missed it too. Fortunately, it is easy to read right past it and it's near the end so I don't think it would kill my chance if the story is otherwi...

Congrats LIz, Jasmine, and Will!! Frickin awesome!

Submitted 3/30

I'm in!

Had to sign up anew. Sometimes it has made me do this and sometimes not. Is there a rhyme or reason to this?

Working on a story I think I can get in before the deadline, but I'm a bit concern about the opening. Much of the supernatural stuff doesn't happen till later in the story, but I know the judges need to know right away that these stories are sci-fi/fantasy. Any tips on how much to foreshadow? How t...

Pooh!

I'll start my twitching next week I think.

Well, if you don't have a new story ready, send them the best thing you have in your trunk! I will have to do that this quarter.

I'm 99% sure I'm submitting a rework because that's the best I have available. But, I'm finishing a new story now. I just don't think it's going to be as good as the reworked story.

Got it in the mail today!

Could be, with the award show being postponed, results will come sooner? Could also mean later. It's a lot of work to postpone a big event. And they have to set up the online signings and reveals. Also, the awards might actually have served as a catalyst to get Q1 wrapped up.

LOl. I forgot all about it.

I would say lat year's winner was neither. Thanatos Drvie. It used an "AI run amuck" as the backdrop but there really was no "scientific" basis for that. It was a post-apocalypse tale. An exceptionally good one.

I know I'm not in the challenge this quarter but I thought you guys would find this interesting. All of the points dovetail nicely into things that Wulf preaches. And the opening to True Grit really is very well done. https://lithub.com/a-close-reading-of-true-grits-perfect-first-paragraph/?fbclid=I...

Learned me a new word today! wotf001 Me too! In case you 2 and ChuckT aren't joking, Mark Forsyth's Elements of Eloquence is a an entertaining and informative book on terms from Aposiopesis to Zeugma. No. Not joking. I can't even keep common terms straight. Like "split infinitive." What t...

RSchibler wrote:Learned me a new word today!

Me too!

Done

"Any story that you submit that is not fit to be read by a high school student is, in my opinion, fatally flawed and will be rejected. Profanity may be edited out, but if vile content is what the story is about, then you need to be submitting to someone else." Ten Reasons Why I’ll Quickly...

What KD Julicher said. Just because someone got away with it doesn't mean you will. Don't push this envelope. And a note to all: please refrain from using vulgar terms on future Forum posts. Sorry about that. I'm used to using such terms in a clinical sense for clarity sake. (Except the F and C wor...

Hey! I did a thread where I actually did a number count on such things. The contest is increasingly allowing these things but I bet the experienced guys will tell you it's probably still a bit risky. [url] http://forum.writersofthefuture.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7635&p=89723&hilit=shit#p8...

Woot!

disgruntledpeony wrote:It's a story I'm particularly proud of, and this way people can read it!

It is really good. The worldbuilding details are just awesome. I'd like to see a book about this place.

I LOVE getting feedback from markets, but sometimes it makes things harder! If I haven't decided by the time the next market I want to submit to closes, I'll go with my gut and protect that voice. Cast of Wonders did say "a few thought this," "one reader thought..." So as a numb...

Have you tried Escape Artists? It seems like something that might work in a podcast. And they say (paraphrasing) they want more women authors to submit.

Yay! Glad you hit your minimum.

Warspawn was a great story! I love it. It hasn't sold somewhere? I don't get this business sometimes.

I may have just come up with the idea for Q2's story and it fits with me wanting to do one in a certain genre, as I have mentioned before. Congrats! Me too! Just this morning. Such a relief. I've been watching old episodes of Cosmos and One Strange Rock hoping something would pop in my brain. Then ...

I think there are other slush readers for F&SF. I read the bio of a Swedish writer that said he was a First Reader for F&SF, and not all my rejections are from him. On the other hand, I think that Grinder only represents the minority of submissions F&SF receives. There's Duotrope and ma...

I hope to break the 4-day barrier this time. :) I imagine there will be a sonic boom if I do.