Adventures In Writing

[mini_beastie]

Congrats Kahless and Stephen. Good luck to anyone else with irons in the fire.

I admire people who can write short stories. It's not something I can really get into. It seems to demand a constant supply of good ideas.

[Starkers]

Originally Posted by kahless

Anyone still considering submitting to Pill Hill Press for the third monster hunter anthology - Use Enough Gun - there are only 8 days left.

Anyone who has already submitted - I know of one of you - this was posted on the PHP forum earlier...


I have read each submission, and if you have not yet received a response from me then I am still considering your story, so hang in there!

I have no idea who you're talking about

[Starkers]

Well another submission will be sent off today, gonna be posting a new Future Shock to Tharg. Means for the first time in a while I have a fair few irons in fires…

A Future Shock with 2000AD
Dredd story with the Megazine
Story with Interzone
Story with Pill Hill re Use Enough Gun
Story with alt.hist magazine

On the plus side the chances of something being picked up are better, but the downside as we all know here is that they might (and possibly will) all get rejected!

Two deadlines for the end of June, one is for Black Library, which I’m confident of hitting because you don’t need to have completed the whole story, the other is for the Fantasy Faction contest and I’m 50/50 on whether I can get that done in time given I haven’t started yet and I have other projects on the go.

[Starkers]

Originally Posted by Starkers

Well another submission will be sent off today, gonna be posting a new Future Shock to Tharg. Means for the first time in a while I have a fair few irons in fires…

A Future Shock with 2000AD
Dredd story with the Megazine
Story with Interzone
Story with Pill Hill re Use Enough Gun
Story with alt.hist magazine

On the plus side the chances of something being picked up are better, but the downside as we all know here is that they might (and possibly will) all get rejected!

Two deadlines for the end of June, one is for Black Library, which I’m confident of hitting because you don’t need to have completed the whole story, the other is for the Fantasy Faction contest and I’m 50/50 on whether I can get that done in time given I haven’t started yet and I have other projects on the go.

Of course I forgot the stories with Asiovs and andromeda spaceways inflight magazine. Have now heard from Pill Hill and I'm gonna be in use enough gun

[kahless]

Originally Posted by Starkers

Have now heard from Pill Hill and I'm gonna be in use enough gun

That's 3 publications we're both in!

[Starkers]

I though that too

Haven't forgotten about my beta reading by the way, just been v busy.

Have decided not to enter the fantasy faction comp, over a thousand entries already, and with time marching on I figure I'll pick my battles for the moment.

Another Interzone rejection...one day though...one day!!

[kahless]

Originally Posted by Starkers

Haven't forgotten about my beta reading by the way, just been v busy.

That's OK know you busy.

Glad to announce that a short script I submitted to Twisted Showcase has been picked up for season two.

Two new writers for S2 of Twisted Showcase

Really chuffed with this and can't wait to see the filmed episode.

[Starkers]

Nice one!!!

[Stumpy]

I wrote a short story recently.

I was advised to do it as part of my therapy for depression. I found it quite a helpful experience in a great many ways, and I actually enjoyed the process of creating a story. This idea had been in my head for a couple of years but I never got around to doing anything with it.

Now it's finished, all 15 pages of it. The big question is this.... Is it any good?

A few friends have read it and been very positive in their response. Bearing in mind this is the first time I have really tried to write anything since I was at school more than 24 years ago. But I am quite proud of it. Like a new father holding his first child in his arms.

I've sent it off to a friend who is a fairly well known author to have him look it over. We shall see what he says.

Constructive criticism is always good.

[FREEFALL]

Originally Posted by Stumpy

I wrote a short story recently.

I was advised to do it as part of my therapy for depression. I found it quite a helpful experience in a great many ways, and I actually enjoyed the process of creating a story. This idea had been in my head for a couple of years but I never got around to doing anything with it.

Now it's finished, all 15 pages of it. The big question is this.... Is it any good?

A few friends have read it and been very positive in their response. Bearing in mind this is the first time I have really tried to write anything since I was at school more than 24 years ago. But I am quite proud of it. Like a new father holding his first child in his arms.

I've sent it off to a friend who is a fairly well known author to have him look it over. We shall see what he says.

Constructive criticism is always good.

yay well done to you, i know getting back into writing can be hard, but everyone on this board is always supportive


just finished my flash fiction for wicked east and will be sending it in today


also, can i thow this out there...what do you guys think of fan fiction? Good, bad anyone ever tried it?