Success!

[Rebecca Birch]

My story "Heartless" is up at Fantastic Stories of the Imagination. It got an HM from DF if that is of interest to anyone.

Reread the story, Krystal. Just as good as I remember. Congratulations!

[Rebecca Birch]

I have a time travel sci-fi short out today in Perihelion Science Fiction. Feel free to check it out! Blink Twice

[preston]

I have a time travel sci-fi short out today in Perihelion Science Fiction. Feel free to check it out! Blink Twice

Another excellent story, Rebecca. Nice twist on the time-travel trope.

[Imagination Vortex]

I have a time travel sci-fi short out today in Perihelion Science Fiction. Feel free to check it out! Blink Twice

Another great story Rebecca! I always love reading your work.

[george nik.]

Congrats, Rebecca!

[Rebecca Birch]

I have a time travel sci-fi short out today in Perihelion Science Fiction. Feel free to check it out! Blink Twice

Another excellent story, Rebecca. Nice twist on the time-travel trope.

Thanks, Preston, glad you liked it! I actually am supremely uncomfortable with time travel stories, but I was at a workshop where we were informed we would be writing two time travel stories, and so we did, and this was one of them. It's a difficult task to write outside your comfort zone, but I found it to be a rewarding experience, too.

[Rebecca Birch]

Thanks, George and Stephanie! Also, Stephanie--

Another great story Rebecca! I always love reading your work.

--so many happies! I appreciate it.

[Ishmael]

Well, this is still quite a novelty for me, but 2015 is off to a good start. Stupefying Stories have accepted a 2700 word piece entitled 'ALL OF THE PEOPLE, ALL OF THE TIME'

Urban Fantasy, would you believe? I've decided I really do like writing this sort of thing after all!

Borrows the shades.

Arr, Phil lad, that's what comes o' writing more stories than any man in the world, oh arr. Yer puts thirty out there an' somethin's got to give!

Ahem. I'd like to think it's a matter of quality, not quantity, Long John.

[ThomasKCarpenter]

Well, this is still quite a novelty for me, but 2015 is off to a good start. Stupefying Stories have accepted a 2700 word piece entitled 'ALL OF THE PEOPLE, ALL OF THE TIME'
.

Grats!

[E.CaimanSands]

Well, this is still quite a novelty for me, but 2015 is off to a good start. Stupefying Stories have accepted a 2700 word piece entitled 'ALL OF THE PEOPLE, ALL OF THE TIME'

Urban Fantasy, would you believe? I've decided I really do like writing this sort of thing after all!

Borrows the shades.

Arr, Phil lad, that's what comes o' writing more stories than any man in the world, oh arr. Yer puts thirty out there an' somethin's got to give!

Ahem. I'd like to think it's a matter of quality, not quantity, Long John.

Huzzah!

[preston]

Way to go, Ishmael!

[Ishmael]

Thank you Thomas, Elinor and Preston.

And belated appreciation to Rebecca, whose Perihelion story I only just read today. Nice twist to the ending.

[Rebecca Birch]

Well, this is still quite a novelty for me, but 2015 is off to a good start. Stupefying Stories have accepted a 2700 word piece entitled 'ALL OF THE PEOPLE, ALL OF THE TIME'

Urban Fantasy, would you believe? I've decided I really do like writing this sort of thing after all!

Congratulations, Ishamael!

And I'm glad you enjoyed Blink Twice. Thanks!

[s_c_baker]

Nice going, Ishmael!

[george nik.]

Congrats, Philip!

[Ishmael]

And thanks to Rebecca, Stewart and George. Now Long John, on the subject of the other twenty nine ....

Oi bin countin' see. It's over thir'y again, ain't it?

Well ... That may depend on how you count. Some things don't count, some things don't really count, some things have been queried ....

An' some things probably got stolen on the way by some o' they highwayman, eh?

Nonsense, there haven't been any highwaymen since .... well at least since they stopped charging tolls on the Forth Bridge ...

[george nik.]

And some news of mine; in fact more than one piece of good news, interestingly enough.

First, I just got an acceptance from Sci Phi Journal.

Second, I'm now officially participating in sfcomet, an international contest in Chinese, which also means that a story of mine has been translated in Chinese for the first time.

At this point, I'd like to strongly suggest to all of you to apply for participation in SF Comet. The contest winner receives 500 $, and even the losers get paid nearly pro rates for publication; not to mention that you have the chance of attracting many Chinese fans. Among the authors that participated in the last six months are Mike Resnick, Nancy Kress, Alex Shvartsman, Deborah Walker, Gary Cuba and Ken Liu. This month I'm running against Anatoly Belilovsky and 3 Chinese authors. Win or lose, it will be great.

[Rebecca Birch]

And some news of mine; in fact more than one piece of good news, interestingly enough.

First, I just got an acceptance from Sci Phi Journal.

Second, I'm now officially participating in sfcomet, an international contest in Chinese, which also means that a story of mine has been translated in Chinese for the first time.

At this point, I'd like to strongly suggest to all of you to apply for participation in SF Comet. The contest winner receives 500 $, and even the losers get paid nearly pro rates for publication; not to mention that you have the chance of attracting many Chinese fans. Among the authors that participated in the last six months are Mike Resnick, Nancy Kress, Alex Shvartsman, Deborah Walker, Gary Cuba and Ken Liu. This month I'm running against Anatoly Belilovsky and 3 Chinese authors. Win or lose, it will be great.

Fabulous, George!

I've heard about SF Comet, but haven't studied it in detail. It sounds like a fabulous opportunity all around. Good luck!

[ThomasKCarpenter]

Grats, George!

[Ishmael]

Well done George.

I saw you were in the hold pile at Sci Phi because I was too. I''ve heard nothing since. I wonder. NNINN I suppose.

[E.CaimanSands]

Excellent, George.

[george nik.]

Thanks, Rebecca, Tom, Philip and Elinor!

Rebecca, you should really try SF Comet! And the others should, too! It would be nice to have many forumites competing in China!

Philip, I'd seen you in that hold pile too. It seems he's slowly going through the pile, and he's mostly accepting at the moment; so there's still a chance we'll be sharing an issue over there.

[preston]

And some news of mine; in fact more than one piece of good news, interestingly enough.

First, I just got an acceptance from Sci Phi Journal.

Second, I'm now officially participating in sfcomet, an international contest in Chinese, which also means that a story of mine has been translated in Chinese for the first time.

At this point, I'd like to strongly suggest to all of you to apply for participation in SF Comet. The contest winner receives 500 $, and even the losers get paid nearly pro rates for publication; not to mention that you have the chance of attracting many Chinese fans. Among the authors that participated in the last six months are Mike Resnick, Nancy Kress, Alex Shvartsman, Deborah Walker, Gary Cuba and Ken Liu. This month I'm running against Anatoly Belilovsky and 3 Chinese authors. Win or lose, it will be great.

Congratulations, George! Or as they say in Chinese...(Oh, yeah. I don't speak Chinese!)

[george nik.]

Thanks, Preston! Or, as they say in Chinese, 谢谢!

Well, I hope they say so in Chinese. At least Google Translate insists they do.

[Ishmael]

Philip, I'd seen you in that hold pile too. It seems he's slowly going through the pile, and he's mostly accepting at the moment; so there's still a chance we'll be sharing an issue over there.

You may have a future in fortune telling, George. I just got an acceptance from Sci Phi too. Whether we will be in the same issue remains to be seen. It appears there may be a queue. Nevertheless - steps back in amazement - the past fortnight has produced as many acceptances as my entire short story career to date (2) plus a rewrite request.

If I am dreaming, please don't wake me up too soon because I'm enjoying this!

[Rebecca Birch]

Philip, I'd seen you in that hold pile too. It seems he's slowly going through the pile, and he's mostly accepting at the moment; so there's still a chance we'll be sharing an issue over there.

You may have a future in fortune telling, George. I just got an acceptance from Sci Phi too. Whether we will be in the same issue remains to be seen. It appears there may be a queue. Nevertheless - steps back in amazement - the past fortnight has produced as many acceptances as my entire short story career to date (2) plus a rewrite request.

If I am dreaming, please don't wake me up too soon because I'm enjoying this!

Woo-hoo!

[E.CaimanSands]

Philip, I'd seen you in that hold pile too. It seems he's slowly going through the pile, and he's mostly accepting at the moment; so there's still a chance we'll be sharing an issue over there.

You may have a future in fortune telling, George. I just got an acceptance from Sci Phi too. Whether we will be in the same issue remains to be seen. It appears there may be a queue. Nevertheless - steps back in amazement - the past fortnight has produced as many acceptances as my entire short story career to date (2) plus a rewrite request.

If I am dreaming, please don't wake me up too soon because I'm enjoying this!

Huzzah!

[Elen Tel'Ithil]

Philip, I'd seen you in that hold pile too. It seems he's slowly going through the pile, and he's mostly accepting at the moment; so there's still a chance we'll be sharing an issue over there.

You may have a future in fortune telling, George. I just got an acceptance from Sci Phi too. Whether we will be in the same issue remains to be seen. It appears there may be a queue. Nevertheless - steps back in amazement - the past fortnight has produced as many acceptances as my entire short story career to date (2) plus a rewrite request.

If I am dreaming, please don't wake me up too soon because I'm enjoying this!

So much good news! Congrats!

[george nik.]

Philip, I'd seen you in that hold pile too. It seems he's slowly going through the pile, and he's mostly accepting at the moment; so there's still a chance we'll be sharing an issue over there.

You may have a future in fortune telling, George. I just got an acceptance from Sci Phi too. Whether we will be in the same issue remains to be seen. It appears there may be a queue. Nevertheless - steps back in amazement - the past fortnight has produced as many acceptances as my entire short story career to date (2) plus a rewrite request.

If I am dreaming, please don't wake me up too soon because I'm enjoying this!

[preston]

Philip, I'd seen you in that hold pile too. It seems he's slowly going through the pile, and he's mostly accepting at the moment; so there's still a chance we'll be sharing an issue over there.

You may have a future in fortune telling, George. I just got an acceptance from Sci Phi too. Whether we will be in the same issue remains to be seen. It appears there may be a queue. Nevertheless - steps back in amazement - the past fortnight has produced as many acceptances as my entire short story career to date (2) plus a rewrite request.

If I am dreaming, please don't wake me up too soon because I'm enjoying this!

Go, Ishmael!