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Today I Remember, Martin Shoemaker’s short story collection, has two of his non-winning finalists in it: One Last Chore for Grandpa, and The Mother Anthony (as well as his winner and some other great stories).

Well, there's Elements of Style, by William Shrunk. It's a very famous book that covers pretty much all the basics for a budding writer, and since it's in public domain, I imagine there's an audio book of it, although I can't say for sure.

There are some times that I start writing a story, but I realized that the idea isn't a story, exactly, and that I'm not interested enough to develop it. I'm not that good with finishing my stories, honestly; there are lots of times where I just move over to a different idea that I'm more into. But ...

Grrr. Third R now. Oh well. Onward

Congrats to all who've made SHM this quarter, seems like a lot of people this year. Still waiting to hear from some other though... Hmmm.

Submitted!

chuckt wrote:I'm in! I feel a bit mentally exhausted. Good luck to all of us.

Same here. I was up till five last night revising. It was exhilarating, really. Even though most of it wasn't new, I was working on it straight from 11:00 to 4:50. It's the first time I did something near that.

Welcome, Shane! Happy to have you here.

Congratulations, Liz!

It occurs to me that I don't remember seeing a comedy or absurdist story in the back copies of the Anthology that I've read. I checked them out from the library and don't currently have one to look at. I've written two comedies, one is a fantasy and the other is a space opera. My critique partners ...

I liked both your openings, and I'm off to read the fisherman story! Yours is very intense, while using a serene setting (a toddler toddling towards the sea) contrasted with the MC body and feelings (dug, clutched, yearned). I get the genre (her skirtS and probably precognition point to fantasy--lo...

Thank you so much everyone! I've sent you Pm's.

My only suggestion on this one is look at what we're working on presently, Phase 5 of the Set. Your. Stage. Super Secret. Make that first line work for you. You could get more setup out of that first line, grounding your readers with setting, characters, and even what's going on that's so dangerous...

At last I've finished my first draft for Q4. For some reason this has been my hardest story to write and I was continually battling with grammar and viewpoint problems throughout. I had a healthy dose of writer's block plus I was locked out of the forum, so I haven't been active of late. Anyone up f...

BrandieJ wrote:Well... not a winner. I appreciate getting this far, but I was hoping for a different call.

I can't think of where to put this, so here goes. I submitted to Infinite Worlds recently(little less than a month), I mistakenly thought they respond within two weeks. The reality is that more than half don't get responded to. They say this outright, that they don't know when or if they will respo...

Orson Scott Card has said many times that when expanding a story into a novel he begins before the story. Reading Ender's Game, the short story, is very useful here. It's about a boy who is very talented and is the head of an army; the plot basically follows the end of the book. But all the backgrou...

By introduction I'm guessing you mean exposition. Most stories, you don't want an introduction, because that way you have to hook the reader twice. And that's basically how to do it, as I'm sure everyone else will agree. Start off with a hook, make the reader curious to read on, and then pepper in h...

I can't think of where to put this, so here goes. I submitted to Infinite Worlds recently(little less than a month), I mistakenly thought they respond within two weeks. The reality is that more than half don't get responded to. They say this outright, that they don't know when or if they will respon...

http://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/gothic-fantasy-successful-submissions-strange-lands Great news, everyone! I've sold a story to Flame Tree Publishing's "Strange Lands" anthology! It's going to be available in the UK in October and the US in November. wotf007 Nice! You're...

WOOHOO!!

Hi everyone. There is an older thread about this, but nobody has responded in over a year. I would like to see if anyone who had gotten HM or SHM recently would be interested in exchanging crits in order to improve our stories for re-submission to WotF or for other markets. I think I know what my f...

BrandieJ wrote:Hey guys. I don't post a lot here, rather keeping to the shadows. But I found out I'm a finalist for this quarter. I am so excited and so nervous. And then excited again.

Wow! Congrats! (Does that mean you're still in the running?)

AND IT'S NOT EVEN THURSDAY!!

R.

Oh well, I was expecting it, and it only goes up from here.

IN other news...

CONGRATS BECKY ON SEMI-FINALIST!

Awesome! I've been trying to get into The Colored Lens for a while!

Hi Apollo, and welcome! wotf007 Personally, when I get into a rut, I make myself sit down, imagine I'm the character, and basically get myself into the zone. I'm not sure if this would address your problem, however, as it's hard to tell by what exactly you mean by the words not flowing. (I might not...

Get thee to a Twitchery! Ha! But don't forget what Hamlet says just before that... To know, or not to know, that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous rejection, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die—to s...

I don't want to clog up this thread so I'll send you a pm.

Of course, if anyone thinks this could benefit them in anyway, feel free to pipe up.

Reuben, When I'm working on something my body wakes me up between 4 and 5 consistently. Maybe that's why I'm scared to start! I could commit to 5am. Lately I'm pushing 6 and I get up and watch the news for an hour before playing video games until I start work. Bad habits! Let me know what time work...

They're showing as a little behind on the Grinder, yeah. A lot of places take a break in July and August, I've noticed. Usually that is for peak conference season, but I'd guess this year people are just flat burnt out. A lot of markets have been slower than usual. Good luck! I've had a story with ...

I'm ready to start, but can't make myself get up in the AM. I'm out of the habit. Anyone have any tips for getting butt out of bed and into chair? I'm afraid to say that I don't have any real advice. I haven't yet solved the great problem of getting up early myself. The problem being that I tell my...

Anyone submitted to Asimov's recently? I submitted a week ago and haven't yet been rejected. Is this normal?