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Ismael Arguing against freewill by invoking an agent isn't free to choose an action that is physically impossible strikes me as specious. Free will is a tricky concept, particularly for writers. Say I have a script in which Cdr Will Riker comes onto the bridge. Kills Worf, beats the crap out Picard,...

My story "The Monastery of the Parallels" is up today at OSC's Intergalactic Medicine Show! This story got an R last year from the contest. I almost didn't send it out again, but some awesome friends (you know who you are!) told me to get it the heck out again, because I loved it so much....

Do you set the A.I. with the instructions Since it is capable of thinking for itself shouldn't it make the decision to do whatever it wants? Why should Intelligence mean free will? I see no contradiction in the idea that a machine may be intelligentt and still bound by programming. (In fact that wa...

So question for all you very talented SF writers: Picture a human colony that starts from germ cells. Artificial wombs, A.I. computers to raise at least the first generation of people. (Saves a bundle on shipping costs.) Assume that you expect said colony will have no future contact with Earth. Now ...

Ishmael wrote:Dibs? Dibs? What language is this sirrah?

Meanest thou 'Bags I'?

I'faith, the colonies contain much strange speech!

At least we utilize the correct number of 'U's.

A 131 day one line form rejection from Analog? wotf020 I guess I'll have to file that with my 209 and my 126. I had the impression from my last few submissions to them that par for me was around 78 nowadays. When this one went so long I thought I might have cracked it at last. Foolish boy! wotf016 ...

Ishmael wrote:I got "The story is cute, but I’m afraid it's not quite right for me. I look forward to your next one, though. " from Sheila Williams at Asimov's. I haven't seen this before. Can anyone advise?

Personal rejection with a desire for more?

Well done

After a period of purdah, I can report a sale to the forthcoming anthology Chilling Ghost Stories (due 15 August or thereabouts). This story is 3700 and at pro rates, though Flame Tree Publishing is not yet a recognised SFWA market. I guess that for the purposes of WotF this counts as sale number t...

Oh -- officially -- R

Martin L. Shoemaker wrote:Ah, yes... It's that time again... Time for the submission system to close early and send people into panic...

Memories...

I deserved that for all the dithering I did....

Hi, My name is Tyler. I Just submitted my very first entry to Q3. I am 42 and living in Utah. I have been wanting to submit to WOTF for almost 30 years now. I first discovered it as a young teenager on the grocery store book shelves when Volumen III was fresh out. Dave Wolverton (or Farland) won th...

Victory dance!! Lots and lots of white guys Victory dancing!!
I can announce that I am now repped by the Virginia Kidd Agency.
We're off and running trying to sell my novel.

Like George I'm still waiting for publication news from Sci Phi. The acceptance to publication delay is tantalising but considerably less stressful than awaiting the outcome of a longstanding submission. wotf008 I would agree, up to a point. Both my MSJ sale and my new BSQ sale had an expected 6-7 ...

I'd been expecting a lot of rejections this week, and many arrived indeed -- I had 5 rejections yesterday, which is a personal record. But there was an acceptance as well, so it wasn't all that bad after all! wotf014 wotf008 wotf005 Congrats on the yes, and yeah getting a bunch in one day is downer...

Just got a peek at the artwork for my upcoming story story publication --
http://www.sciphijournal.com/a-bunch-of-news/

I love it.

amoskalik wrote:I've made my first sale. I sold two 100 word stories to SpeckLit

Congrats! There's no feeling that that thrill of the first kill--I mean sale.

Dustin Adams wrote:Karyn,
No worries. I'm only teasing.
Wait, I meant ribbing. I wasn't kidding...

Of course you weren't kidding. you'd never give birth to baby goats...

Dustin Adams wrote:Sweet!
Now I can have all my stories rejected.

we'll drown our sorrows together

storysinger wrote:Thanks for the help guys. I finally found something that loaded but it shows an ad now and then.
It's a start of a learning curve I'm sure.

oh it's a real ad -- I just thought it was hipster irony!

Hi everyone, my name is Brenna. My dad won the contest back in '95. The first time I entered was when I was a preteen. I've been entering every once in a while ever since (I'm 22 now). I have a couple of honorable mentions under my belt so far, but I'm still working towards that elusive win. Figure...

I just got the most amazing 28 day personal rejection from Cory Skerry at Tor.com for my latest submission. Among other things, it ended with: " Please send us more of your stories in the future. I would consider it a personal favor if you addressed your next cover letter to me so my co-worker...

I'm not creative enough for an alter ego....

Allow me a small rant not connected to the contest. I hate waiting!! This is an industry in which there is a lot of waiting and I know that going in, but I hate the waiting. Current stressor on that front is my potential agent. Nov 2014 request for full from one of the agency's owners.. (yay!) Dec 1...

Rooms are had, membership is had, flights next, but I will be there

Thank you. I'm pretty sure I still don't understand, but now I have a much better class of ignorance. I shall continue to operate on the Groucho principle of not wishing to belong to any club that would have me for a member. (Except this forum, which remains a blessed haven in which we can even dis...

I am very sad to see America's Political Civil War has come to the Hugos....

Rebecca Birch wrote:I have a new piece of flash fiction out today at Every Day Fiction. Like a Lover's Hands.

congrats

Ishmael wrote:

bobsandiego wrote: CoD works best for my as a stress reducer. I can play it for 20 min, get beaten horribly, but still have fun.

I play chess against my computer. And cheat. And more often than not I still lose!

I play chess, but I am a poor to very mediocre player.
FPS games are better for stress relief.

Thank you for you kind words. I added to my anxiety levels by going to the dentist. see I'm bright. The Synopsis is off and running, now I think I'll play lots of Call of Duty MW 3 while I wait.... First of all agree with Ishmael about you writing that is. My feelings would be the same for a synops...

They have the entire book why do they have to have a synopsis? Because they have several readers specialising in different sub-genres and they don't know which one to give it to. Relax. We all know your stuff is good! wotf008 Thank you for you kind words. I added to my anxiety levels by going to th...