Thanks for reading!

The winner is….

Parimi Alca!

The judge had this to say about our piece:

While the pink and white eraser does work for an ‘ordinary’ symbol, it loses a lot of impact because of the lack of story flow. The beginning of the story seems to be focused around a deadline for an essay, but by the end, it’s about the narra…[Read more]

Lance couldn’t move his body. His skull pressed against the hard plastic of the broken headrest. His shoulders pressed into the suddenly soft cushion behind him. Static crackled over speakers, but the captain didn’t speak. Lance managed to turn his head enough to look out the window. The water…[Read more]

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Name:…[Read more]

Here it is!

@graceabounds2129, that’s a really great idea!

IT IS TIME.

(YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET)

Here’s the situation. All of our characters just bought normal old plane tickets and hopped onto our flight at KCI early this morning. Now, we’re somewhere over the great nothingness that is Wyoming and the plane suddenly runs out of fuel. The pilot lands the plane safely enough, but has a…[Read more]

@graceabounds2129, @nuetrobolt, you guys are doing a really nice job heading this up. Nice work!

WOAH. That’s a lot of words. Congratulations!

And cool! I didn’t know YWW was putting on a conference. Sounds like an absolute blast! Glad you were able to glean a lot from it!

From what I understand (don’t just go off of me though because I am also unsure), it is okay to send queries out to a handful of agents/publishers at a time, but common courtesy is that only one agent/publisher gets your full manuscript at the time. So, if you query three agents and one gets back right away asking to see more, you…[Read more]

I kind of have the same thoughts about Thor. I was okay with the fat Thor thing because it seemed to me to be a human (if really poor) way of dealing with grief. But yes, it bugged me because he never pulled out of it. It also bugged me because my…[Read more]

wow if we knew how to do that wouldn’t we all be a lot better off? I can’t give you a straight answer, but I can tell you that the newsletter is an important part of building an audience and Nadine Brandes has the best newsletter I’ve ever read. If you haven’t already, subscribe to it and read it every time it comes out. See what you can…[Read more]

Ro had a great point. Steve Laube’s blog is basically the font of wisdom for anyone looking to go the traditional publishing route. Check it out here: https://stevelaube.com/blog/

I’m hoping to get traditionally published some day. Part of it is honestly just that I want that accomplishment on my record. Part of it is that I want the…[Read more]

@wordsmith, good call. Good call. (wish I were you lol)

I think there is an Endgame topic somewhere out on the general forum… but that’s a long ways from here AND WE NEED OUR OWN.

SPOILER WARNING: Everything here is a spoiler. JUST ASSUME. You read past this point, the Endgame will be spoiled.

(Has anybody seen it? Does anyone want to talk about it?)

Instead of gushing about all the…[Read more]

HI

Thank you, @nuetrobolt (when did you change your username, anyway?) for getting a few faithful souls gathered up (@graceabounds2129, @cassidy, @corkybookworm, @missfaeriekaiti, and @pookiemonster.)

IT HAS BEEN DEAD AROUND HERE. Dead dead ded. Dead as a coffin nail.  Part of that is my fault. I’m working 50ish hour weeks and trying…[Read more]

It’s been a while since I posted one of these (or anything, really) but when I saw what Jane from Meraki had cooked up (along with help from Daeus and Faith), I had to make sure to share it. If you’re trying to decide whether you want to pursue traditional or self publishing, it’s your lucky week.

Self Publishing vs Traditional…[Read more]

Sounds like you’ve been making some breakneck progress! Nice work. (Also, short story contest YEET!)

And hey, driving school sounds pretty cool! Are you a leadfoot?

I have… sort of… returned.

BUT I HAVE A DATE. (no no, not that kind of date)

Do y’all want do know a date? A date is 6/24/19. Not a day sooner. Not *fingerscrossed* a day later. On THAT date, there will be a new lounge. So get your characters ready to… be characters!

Looking forward to it!

I really liked to situational irony and Mara having no idea what was going on. But also BRENNAN SHOULD HAVE TOLD HER WHAT WAS UP. (I mean, not really that would have destroyed the conflict but… I wanted him too.) I do wonder why he didn’t, though. Was he injured doing something he shouldn’t have been doing? And…[Read more]

WELCOME BACK

I was actually working at a jobsite for a few weeks this last month with a big silver maple storybook tree in the backyard that was home to like a thousand squirrels. Anyway, I thought of you and was like “too bad she’s not around anymore” BUT NOW YOU ARE.

That’s the point, I guess.