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Actually, come to think of it, since Osiris pulled out there is enough for 5 in each group. We should pull someone from group 1 and stick them in group 2.
Dan is in charge of this, right?
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@Teraen: Must have missed that Osiris was bailing. Easiest setup is for you to just slide into that spot. So, revamp the groups one more time...
Group 1: WriterDan Anarresti Utahute72 Dark Warrior mbwood
Group 2: LDWriter Teraen Owasm Bent Tree Brendan
Sorry I missed that. Formatting my dissertation for the umpteenth time has got me seeing everything cross-eyed.
@BentTree: I got your story.
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Ohhhhkay... Only thing is I already sent my story to everyone in group two. Should I stick with that, or send it to everyone in group one and have group 2 ignore mine?
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I have received two stories and hopefully mine will go out later tonight but then again I still need to run it through a spell checker once more and check for a couple of words I keep getting wrong.
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I got yours Bent Tree. Also Teraen go ahead and send yours to me, I'm a little behind schedule as usual so it will be a bit before I get to it. Mine should be out at the end of the week.
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Yup, I thought you'd say that. For the receiving critiques, and the benefit of those who have me in their sights though - is group one supposed to send to me or group two?
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So far I remember seeing and critiquing stories from Bent Tree, LD Writer and OSWAM. I'm getting back into the swing of things after a hectic couple of weeks. So if anyone has sent me a story and I haven't sent you something back poke me.
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Okay, I can start on the final revision of my story even though come to think of it I never received two stories to crit.
Got less than thirty days now to marathon the revision. Actually, it shouldn't take me that long. Maybe this weekend depending how much I help my wife decorate for Christmas, if I could take a decent picture of the lighted house I would put a couple on my blog.
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And I have revised my theory about what type of stories they like. While a lot on 26 or is it 27, have a certain type of MC, which type I have discussed on another thread or two, they can go for an old fashion type of MC also. I just read a story that seems very close to a lot of the older stories I've read. The type one or two people here said they didn't like. But that's oaky, It's not at all unusual for editors to buy stories different from their usual styles because they liked something in the story and/or writing.
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I've noticed a pattern as well when I read the anthology, LD. It appears, all the winning entries were written better than the ones I turned in.
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I'm sure I'll be working on mine right up until closing time again. I'd like to get ahead of the power curve on one of these things just once.
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Thanks to Owasm, MBwood, and Jim. You all had some good points.
And that is the second group, thanks to all who critted it during the first round. I took many of their suggestions and did a few changes on my own. Don't know if those are really better now or not, but I think they are.
Whatever happens it is a better story now.
One or two thought it didn't show anything new. That's probably true but after reading #27 that may not be that big a problem. Whatever the case as I said it is better now.
And I got the confirmation E-mail. But as I left the house with three snail mail stories, I thought I should have sent in the WotF story that way. not only are there less chance of something going wrong but I miss those bookmarks they send out with the rejections. I keep losing them after I use one. Must be still in the books, hiding somewhere.
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I've been reworking mine based on the two rounds of reviews. Anticipate submitting Friday. Definitely it is a better story now thanks to the thoughtful reviewer comments.
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In! My submission is in! What a struggle. To get this written and then for the time to finish. I actually had a few notable writing projects ahead of this.
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Got a second E-mail confirmation. I am definitely entered in Q1. And Joni gave a slight history lesson on why they start with the new year before Jan.
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I'm in for 2012 Q1. It's a much improved story because of my wise readers but ... ugh. Glad that's done. Got an e-mail confirmation pretty quickly.
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Read the first report of a rejection email for this quarter. Everybody better find their kleenex - or their party hats Posts: 3072 | Registered: Dec 2007
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snapper - over at the "Wotf Critique Group -- 2011 Q03" thread JenniferHicks has probably correctly identified this duotrope report as a false alarm.
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Yeah, I don't know how a Q1 discussion ended up on the Q3 thread.
I do wish KDW would respond to Snapper's post on her message board and tell us what's going on with the quarter. (I guess she wasn't blown away by the generous offer of a signed anthology.)
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I thought that one rejection was kinda quick but sometimes it does seem to go faster than other quarters.
But now my stomach will be doing flops almost every time I check out the E-mail address I use for writing. .
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I may have missed something on another forum here but did anyone else get the E-mail talking to those who haven't sent in stories for a while?
Joni offered them help.
Since we are sending in stories we don't need help???
Of course they may not be sending in stories because they are discouraged so may need a little extra help along those lines.
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I believe Joni offered them encouragement, not help. Although possibly technical help, like click here for our guidelines and click here on how to submit, but I don't think she meant help with a story. (If that's what you're asking.)
quote:Originally posted by LDWriter2: I may have missed something on another forum here but did anyone else get the E-mail talking to those who haven't sent in stories for a while?
Joni offered them help.
Since we are sending in stories we don't need help???
Of course they may not be sending in stories because they are discouraged so may need a little extra help along those lines.
Louis, I got that email. It wasn't offering help exactly, just stuff like links to proper formatting, links to message boards, etc. It was to people who hadn't submitted in a couple quarters. It was mostly just encouragement.
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Someone is sending rejections out. According to duotrope, a rejection for story sent in mid-october was reported today.
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