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You could do what I did with my sci-fi novel, I made it to where through dialogue or something subtle make a small suggestion that they learned or have a universal translator implanted near their ears and then definitely show the reader later that they are definitely alien by using ancient Sanskrit,...

Proposal to my fellow R’s: Since the most likely explanation for an R was that Kary felt the opening failed in some respect (and I personally have had a much harder time getting through her than Dave as a first reader), perhaps we can form an “opening crit pack” where we can review the first couple...

Well, I just pulled a Wulf...I just submitted my latest story this quarter with a few minutes to go:) lol....
Good luck everyone...

Like they said, the right person with the right experience can help you if you want to hire editor like Carrie Callahan:)...

Rejected again. I won't be entering in the future. Please, don't give up. If that was the case, I would have given up of trying to be a writer since I first entered this contest when I was 13 years old. Through my sheer determination, I have driven on to become a writer. Yes, I too just got another...

I feel like that woman from those commercials some years ago, 'open, open, open' while she taps the glass :)

Most definitely, we appreciate all the advice that you give us and the research from other people... Like you said, it's upping our game to be the best... Wulf, Thanks for the heads up on Apex about your Super Secret Challenge, I'm only a few pages through and am already learning a lot. GREAT ADVICE...

Assignment: Brad Torgersen Discussion 1. At eighteen years old Brad decided to be a writer. Yippee! How many years did it take to make his first pro sale? How many rejections did he deal with? 17 years..I think it's good people don't fear away from rejections. I think it should give them more determ...

Man....I'm sorry to hear this....such a sad day...

This is very awesome...
Thanks...

Joni's probably busy....the last quarter, she emailed out the confirmations a couple of days later.....

My Q3 submission (Magician's Midlife Crisis) was just accepted by SciF Lampoon magazine. Woo! Hoo! It's not a paying market, but it's nice to find this story a home--especially one that will be released in print. This will be my third publication... and the crazy thing is that all three have been h...

Most definitely....double check and triple check everything on your story to see who's naughty or nice :)

I just released my Kraken to Q1.....Go Wulf Pack:)

Anyone else start to twitch when you see, on submission grinder, the editor has rejected most everything older than your submission and has started rejecting ones submitted after yours? I know I shouldn't read anything into that but I imagine they have read my story and it is in the "maybe&quo...

As wulf has said, listen to your writer's voice...

Very nice post on this. I say the critiques we receive I think is very valuable and the people that review our story who are taking their time and energy to review our stories are very awesome people. Another thing I have noticed is sometimes it might be better to set the story aside for a while and...

That rule is just that,a rule, like a lot of other rules for stories, writing....Like Wulf has said, write the best darn story you can. For example, his story that won, is done is the first person view which tugs at your heartstrings...

RSchibler wrote:wotf056 It’s Thursday!

congrats....you are now closer to winning:)

hahahahaha…..it works and then it doesn't work:)….I just typed in the classic opening line.... It was a dark and stormy night. A few weeks later, I had a call from a guy I'd known since high school. He and I would go to work together when I was in my mid-twenties, and we'd sometimes talk by phone. T...

Me standing up and giving you a standing ovation...Big congrats.....:)

Quote from Wayne's World when they meet Alice Cooper: 'We are not worthy. We are not worthy.' :)
LOL

RSchibler wrote:

Andy Dibble wrote:Congrats! It's a rush, isn't it?

Oh my yes. I still can’t quite believe I’ll never poke at that story again!

Here's another gootchy if for Wulf...I think I might have found another helpful technique that would help us to become better writers, but like Wulf said, it would take away his time and ours from writing....but hey, it's a great brain technique I find that works...we can all play with the grand mas...

Ever since finding the grinder, I have been grinding my stories out to markets using this awesome database:)

My submission markets: Places I have submitted already. Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine No sleep podcast Aurealis Ink Stains Pseudopod Places I plan to submit in the future:) Clarksworld Magazine Asimov's magazine Fantasy and Science Fiction Escape Pod Strange Horizons Analog Science Fiction and F...

Please, we are read...please, sprinkle some of that great magic super writing dust on us so we can be all great like you:)….

Thank you, Wulf for your insightful knowledge... We appreciate everything you are doing for us:)… Einstein asked a question about tying up your story at one market, when you could be sending it out to several at once simultaneously. Here's my answer. Most markets, but not all, say no simultaneous su...

Thank you....I will definitely do that..

Most definitely that each market one submits to is subjective to the editor. Why it's always best to research(Yes, I know it's time consuming, but in the long run, might be worth it for a potential sale). But then again, just like music, even with the best research, you might get through the first r...

Thank you so much for your feedback....It's this awesome network Wulf Pack that helps us become better writers....:) and trust me....as soon as I did that 250, a whole novel popped into my head, so there's going to be a whole world story I am going to build around this thread.... Man, a girl goes on...

MY PERSONAL INTRODUCTION HI there, Name is Darren, but you can call me, Einstein...:) Let's see...I'm still in the freaking full time workforce to pay bills, etc. Even working a second part time job now to pay bills. (Sucks) but I got to say that as far as writing goes I got started back in 6th grad...