Submit your short story by FEB 28th! - Page 6

Graham · 03-01-2014, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

I just sent them a picture in place of my 1000 words.

Brilliant.

(Did you really?)

Graham

Dr. Drib · 03-01-2014, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

I just sent them a picture in place of my 1000 words.

Your image was over-sized!

(A picture is worth a thousand words!)

VydorScope · 03-01-2014, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Graham

OK, everyone. I've got six of your backs!

Graham

Thanks! I needed the coverage! I think both mine were around 1,050.

Also, the headline authors were not required to stick to the 1,000 words, so their stories might be longer. So maybe its 150,000 words!

cromag · 03-01-2014, 12:32 PM

I came in at 966, so I can chip in some capacity.

Katsunami · 03-01-2014, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by cromag

I came in at 966, so I can chip in some capacity.

You said indeed that you write (very) short stories, but sub-1000 words is REALLY short. It's only three paperback pages.

I'd like to know how you make something useful out of so few words. Can you get any character development done? If you are inclined to tell more about this, you could start a new thread.

Even the part of the post above this sentence is 56 words long, which is already more than 5% of the amount you have available for a story.

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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

Your image was over-sized!

You really have an innate hatred for oversized images, don't you?

I've seen you go around the forums to delete them

VydorScope · 03-01-2014, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Katsunami

You said indeed that you write (very) short stories, but sub-1000 words is REALLY short. It's only three paperback pages.

I'd like to know how you make something useful out of so few words. Can you get any character development done? If you are inclined to tell more about this, you could start a new thread.

I suggest you go buy the first two anthologies and the third when it comes out and you will have around 100 examples of how to do this.

How ever a new thread on who to live in extremely too short shorties could be useful.

Katsunami · 03-01-2014, 01:09 PM

I might buy them. Do you have some links somewhere?

If this anthology exists next year, I might actually participate.

VydorScope · 03-01-2014, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Katsunami

I might buy them. Do you have some links somewhere?

So the last time you asked that I said...

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Originally Posted by VydorScope

I am not sure the mods will allow me to link to the prior books, but the one that contains my short story is "Something for the Journey - A Charity Anthology" and the one before that (which I was not in) was called "Something to Read on the Ride : A Charity Anthology" Both are on Amazon (and elsewhere) so easy to find.

My answer remains unchanged, unless a Mod wants to allow it.

Katsunami · 03-01-2014, 01:29 PM

My apologies. I must have either missed that answer or I forgot that I received it. I'll have a look

Dr. Drib · 03-01-2014, 03:22 PM

Since the forthcoming book is an anthology edited by Ms. Stella Wilkinson and, further, since this thread is concerned with submissions for this third anthology - and where no single contributor is promoting his or her work with a link - here then is the link to those previous two anthologies:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...ty%20anthology

-- Parenthetically, if someone sees this post as a conflict of interest on my part, then I will certainly delete my post as contrary to our posting guidelines. Please click the 'Report' button if you find that necessary.

Don
(moderator)

Katsunami · 03-01-2014, 03:32 PM

Thanks; bought them

Next year, I'll submit a story.

VydorScope · 03-01-2014, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Katsunami

Thanks; bought them

Next year, I'll submit a story.

Cool. The story I wrote in book 2, The Faceless Ones, is outside my normal genre. Was fun to write, but a bit of a challenge. I even used a different POV then I normally do. It is an exercise I suggest more authors do from time to time.

VydorScope · 03-15-2014, 02:55 PM

UPDATE!!

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Originally Posted by Stella Wilkinson

Hello all you wonderful people!!

I love the ideas here, the facebook page, the blogs, Cora's photos. Thank you all soooo much for your patience!

You will be relieved to hear that tonight I finished my editing! (well mostly formatting). I forgot how many hours of work that is. Anyway, it's going off to a professional proofreader/editor tonight for typos etc and then we should be looking at a release in a week or so. YAY.

As soon as I have a date on that then you all get the cover. In the meantime I'm going to paste a list of all the authors and I want you all to check I have not missed anyone that you know of (as some of you know, the bad weather here put my email up the spout).

Anyway I'm back from the Gobi, and I promise I've been working hard. It looks fantastic to me and I'm really excited for your comments on the new cover too. Please check the list below! Thank you thank you thank you all for donating! x

(Please note this is a rough draft order and is subject to change, but if you have any concerns then do contact me)

Refusal of the Call
By Cora Buhlert
Frankenstein & Igor
By Dan Fiorella
Super 88
By Erin Garlock
Twilight Raid
By Edward M. Grant
Green, Green, Blue.
By Kevin A. Lyons
Controlled Experiments
By Kevin J. Anderson
The Cyclist
By Samuel Clements
A Wish For Smish
By David Gerrold
The Last Lodger
By Stella Wilkinson
The Pawnbroker of Personalities
By Richard Wolanski
Stylish Headwear and the Problem of Free Will
By Jamie Horyski
Recall
By Graham Brand
Fuzzy’s Diner
By Michael Carmella
Vietnam with a Side of Asparagus
By Lindy Moone
All Mine
By Jamie Campbell
The Vet
By Frank Zubek
Alone
By Paul B. Kohler
Roadworks
By Edward M. Grant
Large Animal/Small Animal
By Ron McLarty
And The Chimps Shall Lead
By Paul Levinson
The Long Elegance of Sleep
By Helen Cho
More Than A Feeling
By Cate Dean
A Flurry of Footsteps
By H.S. Stone
The Skylight Room
By Karen Tucker
Tonianna Gallager
By Mary Kincaid
Scout’s Ninety Seconds of Enlightenment
By Joe Tannian
A Change of Heart
By Cate Dean
Whither Time
By Sheila Guthrie
Mason and Me
By Kelly Lytle
Involuntarily in Charge
By T.L. Champion
The Spitwalk Contest
By Richard Wolanski
Faceless
By Neil Bursnoll
Looking Down
By Dario Solera
Wasteland, Part 1
By Vincent Trigili
Wasteland, Part 2
By Vincent Trigili
The Last President of the United States
By Stephen Drivick
Peregrine Comes To OJO
By Ron McLarty
Following String
By Jamie Campbell
A grown man’s love story
By Debadatta Pati
Moving
By Donald R. Broyles
Surprise, surprise!
By Aditi Bathia
The Not Wanting
By J. David Core
What Is The World Coming To?
By Rich Walls
What Ever Happened To Annie Garrett?
By Frank Zubek

cromag · 03-15-2014, 05:44 PM

Without actually checking, this one looks a lot bigger than the first two anthologies.

Graham · 03-15-2014, 05:57 PM

Wow! That's a lot of stories!

Graham

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03-01-2014, 12:32 PM	#79
cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 26,354 Karma: 459765791 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	I came in at 966, so I can chip in some capacity.

03-01-2014, 01:09 PM	#82
Katsunami Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,111 Karma: 34000001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: KPW1, KA1	I might buy them. Do you have some links somewhere? If this anthology exists next year, I might actually participate.

03-01-2014, 01:29 PM	#84
Katsunami Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,111 Karma: 34000001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: KPW1, KA1	My apologies. I must have either missed that answer or I forgot that I received it. I'll have a look

03-01-2014, 03:22 PM	#85
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 45,458 Karma: 59592133 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour	Since the forthcoming book is an anthology edited by Ms. Stella Wilkinson and, further, since this thread is concerned with submissions for this third anthology - and where no single contributor is promoting his or her work with a link - here then is the link to those previous two anthologies: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...ty%20anthology -- Parenthetically, if someone sees this post as a conflict of interest on my part, then I will certainly delete my post as contrary to our posting guidelines. Please click the 'Report' button if you find that necessary. Don (moderator)

03-01-2014, 03:32 PM	#86
Katsunami Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,111 Karma: 34000001 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: KPW1, KA1	Thanks; bought them Next year, I'll submit a story.

03-15-2014, 05:44 PM	#89
cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 26,354 Karma: 459765791 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	Without actually checking, this one looks a lot bigger than the first two anthologies.

03-15-2014, 05:57 PM	#90
Graham Wizard Posts: 2,742 Karma: 32912427 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: North Yorkshire, UK Device: Kobo H20, Pixel 2, Samsung Chromebook Plus	Wow! That's a lot of stories! Graham

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