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(Paraphrased) As long as the page numbers are there, you are fine... Just make sure next time you include it.
- Joni

Whew.

Still, don't be like me folks. Uh, follow the simple instructions.

p.s. I'm still going to blame this if I get rejected.

I did e-mail Joni. I agree with the leniency of the SMF, but this is a rule. I'm hoping it's more of a guideline. The word *must* is what gets me. wotf018 Even if it's not a DQ, will it count against me? Like, man, this slacker can't follow the basics... To the R pile with you! (Consequently, if I d...

Paper.
I haven't subbed in a long time. :(

I'll email Joni tomorrow. Still, if I get DQ'd I'd rather it be before it gets read. Maybe that explains some early rejects?

So I'm perusing V.27 and I notice in the regs that I was supposed to number each page along with having the title on each page. Well I forgot the title. Anyone know if this negates my entry? If it is highly frowned upon by KDW? Or if it is a formatting thing and not that big a deal? I had a total bl...

Whew... Finally sealed the envelope on my story. No more tinkering!
I'm going to bring it to the post office and watch them stamp today's date on it.

Good luck to everyone!

I was totally being sarcastic.

Well, one way is to post on every writing website and forum you come across.

But you already knew that...

Damnit Jennifer... I saw your name and clicked on this thread so fast...

The color is all wrong on that sunrise opening... It's purple. Indeed describing a setting through a character's eyes is like sneaking plot in without the reader necessarily realizing it. Which is why long descriptions are generally considered bad. I have a character in a techno bar. He can't think ...

Soulmirror, I wrote an alien creature called a targ. It's the centerpiece of a coming-of-age struggle for my MC.
I received feedback on that one... "Did you know a targ is a Klingon creature, pretty much exactly how you described it?"

Mine is sitting for a week to give me some distance.

This is extremely difficult considering I'm going to mail it on the 28th.

So, to more properly identify with my MC for my Q1 story, who is bald, I shaved my head today. Ok... what really happened was I mistook the 3/8" attachment for the 7/8" one. wotf018 However, my MC really is bald, and the association seems to be working, so I may do this again in the future...

I will snail until they turn that option off in settings.

Formatting is a good reason, and so is my use of dark courier.
Another reason is last time I tried e, my story failed to submit. Just kept getting errors. If I e on the last day, and it fails, I'm out.

If you are still trying to sell it to markets, yes.

I don't know what the limit is, but on the Orson Scott Card writing forums, they say it's the first 13 typed lines of the MS. (13 lines given the title and white space is the top of the page, the 13 lines the bottom, thus, only your first page.)

I have a brand new 450 ready for critique exchange. It's based on the idea from my previous story. (scrapped) I'd love for someone whose read my previous to take a look and let me know how they feel about the changes. However, I would also love to get some new eyes on it. (Someone who doesn't know w...

Grats on the sub Delli!
Sometimes it's best to just letter rip. (and get thinking about the next quarter.)

I'm in the process of rewriting mine from word one. Not an unusual path to storytelling for me.

Martin,

I'm referring to WotF only.

Strycher, I'm pretty picky about what I send in. It's like an interview. If I know I'm not going to get the job, I don't show up. No matter how well dressed I am. A reject on an idea means the idea has dead ended. So if I like the idea, I just skip a quarter and keep refining. It takes me a while to...

Marina, You could do what I do, which is finish a story, edit it, rewrite it, edit it, rewrite it... So, yeah, I finish early, only I don't finish at all. Got my Q1 back from my alpha yesterday... Complete rewrite coming. :( I may not make Q1 at all. And since I don't have a new idea burning a hole ...

Rebecca, e-mail me the picture you want to use.

I take the frust out of frustrating.

Did I mention I used to do tech support for a living?
Yup. Years of it.
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I too can offer to host, if need be. SC beat me to it. =) I think in celebration, I'll change my icon. I've got a zillion just sitting there from years of use and abuse. Name's Ash - housewares. P.S. named my son after this bad boy. Seriously, his name is Ashton. (had to disguise it a little so the ...

I think this board hides our e-mail address.
When I click it opens a form.

I'll probably remove it in it's current format. It's my work e-mail after all.

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Hi JLM.
Sorry to hear about your smiley failings. Stick around long enough, I am sure you'll get better at it.


Grats on the HM. That's the top 5-10% of the contest!

Welcome, Patrick.
I'm the other new face.

I couldn't help but notice you recently changed your signature. =(

I'm ready to do this for Q1 if anyone else is.

Just bomb me with an e-mail if you're ready, and I'll return with mine.

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Hi all, After an exhausting five week wait for the Q3 results, I find myself in 4th place. Just off the medal stand, but genuinely clapping for the winners. I sent Meghan a congrats through FB, and have since learned what you all already knew, which is that she's a great gal. I tweeted my congrats t...