Success!

[JVAshley]

Congrats Everyone!
It's so exciting to see forumites getting published!

[Wulf Moon]

Congrats to everyone! DSF is a shiny sale, and who wouldn't love a podcast of their story?! Amazing!

What Becky said. Nicely done, all!

[KD Julicher]

My WOTF workshop 24 hour story, "The Eyes of Hemshat", is available now at Abyss & Apex. Fun fact: it was actually about 1k words longer when I wrote it (in 24 hours) and was definitely the longest story written my year.

https://www.abyssapexzine.com/2020/03/t ... f-hemshat/

[DaneCurley]

I get it! Share when you can. Congratulations!

Here it is! From a WOTF Rejection, to my first published piece.
Thanks everyone again for being a part of my journey as an SF writer.

Infinite Worlds #4
In this issue: "Holy Crisis" by Dane Curley



The magazine is just fantastic. If you haven't heard of it, you can learn more about it at infiniteworldsmagazine.com
I cannot wait to see who illustrates my story.

Continued luck and success to all. Stay healthy in these trying times.
Per aspera ad astra*~

[AlexH]

Some great successes recently. Nice work everyone.

[Corbin Maxwell]

I just received a “didn’t win me over,” from F&SF. It’s my first one of those. I always get “didn’t quite grab me,” with one or two comments.

Anyway, on to another day.

[michaeljwyantjr]

My serial-HM short story, "Lavender Footsteps," is now a free podcast!

Swing by and give it a listen here: Episode 1 of The Storyteller Series "Lavender Footsteps"

[MiloMinderbinder]

My story "How to Become a Successful 21st Century Cybercriminal in Five Easy Steps" appears in the latest issue of "The Dark City Crime & Suspense Magazine."

http://thedarkcitymysterymagazine.com/howtobecome.html

[Henckel]

Congrats! I was just looking at that publication two days ago wondering if I have anything suitable for them

[WillShadbolt]

Congratulations, Michael and Milo!

[vjalrik]

I've been taking Dean Wesley Smith's free course on Fiction Kickstarters https://wmg-publishing-workshops-and-lectures.teachable.com/p/kickstarter and am giving an open submission anthology a go (it's live now!). If you're interested in which SFF authors your writing is most like (or in using computer algorithms to sift through slush piles), give it a gander:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vanalrik/despot-science-fiction-and-fantasy-anthology

[RSchibler]

I am excited to share that DisgruntledPeony and I co-wrote a story that has been selected for publication in the Hold Your Fire anthology from WordFire Press!

Proceeds from the anthology go to fund the scholarship we received. It’s a shiny ToC as well- at least one other forumite is with us but I’ll let them announce themselves.

I’m so ecstatic that our story was selected. Co-writing was a really fun experience!

[disgruntledpeony]

I am excited to share that DisgruntledPeony and I co-wrote a story that has been selected for publication in the Hold Your Fire anthology from WordFire Press!

Proceeds from the anthology go to fund the scholarship we received. It’s a shiny ToC as well- at least one other forumite is with us but I’ll let them announce themselves.

I’m so ecstatic that our story was selected. Co-writing was a really fun experience!

I'm really proud of the story we wrote together. It was a really fun project!

[TimE]

Well done DP & RS. Doubt if I could co-author.

[Wulf Moon]

Congratulations Liz and Becky! Not only is it a great anthology, but you are supporting new scholarships. Well done!

[Thomas Woodward]

Congrats Liz and Becky! You both deserve the recognition - very excited to read it when it comes out!

[chuckt]

I am excited to share that DisgruntledPeony and I co-wrote a story that has been selected for publication in the Hold Your Fire anthology from WordFire Press!

Proceeds from the anthology go to fund the scholarship we received. It’s a shiny ToC as well- at least one other forumite is with us but I’ll let them announce themselves.

I’m so ecstatic that our story was selected. Co-writing was a really fun experience!

How exciting! Congrats!

[chuckt]

I get it! Share when you can. Congratulations!

Here it is! From a WOTF Rejection, to my first published piece.
Thanks everyone again for being a part of my journey as an SF writer.

Infinite Worlds #4
In this issue: "Holy Crisis" by Dane Curley



The magazine is just fantastic. If you haven't heard of it, you can learn more about it at infiniteworldsmagazine.com
I cannot wait to see who illustrates my story.

Continued luck and success to all. Stay healthy in these trying times.
Per aspera ad astra*~

How awesome. Can't wait to read it.

[SCAFontaine]

I am excited to share that DisgruntledPeony and I co-wrote a story that has been selected for publication in the Hold Your Fire anthology from WordFire Press!

Proceeds from the anthology go to fund the scholarship we received. It’s a shiny ToC as well- at least one other forumite is with us but I’ll let them announce themselves.

I’m so ecstatic that our story was selected. Co-writing was a really fun experience!

Congrats to both of you!!!

[MiloMinderbinder]

My story The Greatest Secret appears in the just published "Heartbreaks & Half-truths" anthology from Superior Shores Press.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088ZGF18Y

And I have an essay up at Art Taylor's "The First Two Pages" talking about how I crafted the beginning of the story.

https://arttaylorwriter.com/2020/06/09/ ... es-blakey/

[storysinger]

Congrats on the sale James. I read your first two pages and reread The Bicycle Thief. Good stuff.

[disgruntledpeony]

Awesome, Milo!

[AlexH]

Congrats everyone! I'd love to read about how you worked this out together Liz and Becky. Is there a blog post coming? Maybe co-written! I read an article about co-writing stories recently. Maybe it was a link shared here.

[RSchibler]

Congrats everyone! I'd love to read about how you worked this out together Liz and Becky. Is there a blog post coming? Maybe co-written! I read an article about co-writing stories recently. Maybe it was a link shared here.

I’ll write something up!

[SCAFontaine]

Congrats Milo! You've been on a roll lately!

[Andy Dibble]

I sold three stories last month, two to Sci Phi Journal and one to Speculative North, a new semipro zine out of Toronto. One of the two to SPJ is out:
https://www.sciphijournal.org/index.php/2020/06/26/the-meaning-of-his-own-words/

The first edition of Speculative North is also out, albeit not the one that my story is in:
https://www.amazon.com/Speculative-Nort ... B089KW21WV

[disgruntledpeony]

I sold three stories last month, two to Sci Phi Journal and one to Speculative North, a new semipro zine out of Toronto. One of the two to SPJ is out:
https://www.sciphijournal.org/index.php/2020/06/26/the-meaning-of-his-own-words/

The first edition of Speculative North is also out, albeit not the one that my story is in:
https://www.amazon.com/Speculative-Nort ... B089KW21WV

Nice!

[Reuben]

I submitted for the first time to a pro-paying market--Science Fiction and Fantasy, I was worried it would give me a bad name and maybe I should push it off, and I got a "didn't win me over"!

I'm a little stunned.

Can anyone confirm that this still means something good?

[disgruntledpeony]

wotf049 I submitted for the first time to a pro-paying market--Science Fiction and Fantasy, I was worried it would give me a bad name and maybe I should push it off, and I got a "didn't win me over"!

I'm a little stunned.

Can anyone confirm that this still means something good?

That's a rejection, but I'm pretty sure that one means Charlie read the story all the way through. Kind of like getting an HM from WotF.

[FishyGoo]

wotf049 I submitted for the first time to a pro-paying market--Science Fiction and Fantasy, I was worried it would give me a bad name and maybe I should push it off, and I got a "didn't win me over"!

I'm a little stunned.

Can anyone confirm that this still means something good?

I assumed 'win me over' was his higher tier response, but I've received so many variations from that magazine..."didn't grab me" "didn't quite grab me' "didn't win me over" "didn't quite win me over"...on twitter Charlie has said these are not specifically tiered so hell if I know what the difference is. The closest I've gotten to a personal was "interesting idea but didn't quite win me over."

All my rejections from SFaF have also been signed Charlie, so I'm not convinced he's read every story through to the end, though I could be wrong. I think it's on all the form rejections.