Success!

Congratulations. All my best. If you are writing, submitting and getting published, the pump is primed. Who knows what your subconscious will come up with next? Maybe a magnum opus to put the Iliad to shame.

Why not? Some day Shakespeare will be outdone. We'll know in 500 years for the judgment of history to gel, but she could be alive today, making her first WotF submission. Or, it could be you.

Prisoner

I just got an e-mail from an anthology stating that they were holding my manuscript for the final round of consideration. I'll take that as a "finalist" any day!

Congrats to you David! I think it's great how you've gotten a pretty steady thing going with Fantasy Magazine, she likes your style and the energy you put into your works. I loved the "Cat Rambo is not a Robot!" Interview on your blog! =)

And Congrats to you Brennan! You will have to keep us all posted! That will be great to see your work in print. And your novel is quite far in its works! I know David worked up his bio, how about you Brennan, have you started to work up a bio?

It is excellent that you are getting yourselves out there and your names seen, that's what makes it all work... when your well known it's so much easier to work your way in and up!

I am starting to work my way in more... besides the Pond Side Gallery in Canada that buys alot of my work (they are my main artistic income! besides convention sales) I am about to start submitting to print works and ezines after my next submission to IotF =)

For SpoCon a fantasy and science fiction convention in Spokane WA,
I will be on several panel/classes and get to be a moderator for a panel that I suggested about ancient civilizations, ancient astronaut theories (Sumerians, the Rig Veda, the Hopi) and how you can take alternate prehistory concepts and use them in your writing and art. The other panels I should be doing (though they have not finalized a list yet) should be "Creating creatures and advanced creatures/civilizations", one on motivation, and a few other art related panels...

A friend of mine who was a visual artist who now is a novelist, Mark J. Ferrari, author of "The book of Joby" Tor books, has given me lots of tips, The biggest tip is it's all an illusion. (He is helping me with my illusion by sharing a hotel room with my husband and I and riding up together) The fanbase and other pros will make the connection that I must be a pro if I am sharing a room and hanging out with the guy that was the last years Artist Guest of Honor. If you present yourself as a pro, then you are. As an artist at conventions and working into cover illustration that's all that it is about. People will buy you more if they believe you are a pro and feel comfortable with you so they know you will be around so that their investment in your art will grow in value. Now on the writer side of it, it works kind of the same, if you get your name out and the fanbase see's you as a pro they are more likely to buy your product (your writing) thus making you more valuable to the publishers! =) I suggest getting to conventions and doing readings of your works, along with doing panels on topics you are interested in. That way the fans get to know you and you can make great contacts and learn alot from the older pros!

Lots of love to you all! Believe in your work- it does show...
- Joey Jordan soon to be an Illustrator of the Future!

Congrats to you guys. All hail the Thread of Success!

What a tangled web we weave, but weave it we all would! To Success!

Congrats everyone!

Fantasy magazine is a really cool site. I was thinking about submitting some work there myself, David. I'll have to go and find your work there. It sounds very interesting.

Also, what antho is considering your story Brennan? Or is the antho not disclosing itself until closer to the publication date? Hopefully it's a pro pub!

Again, congrats all. Hope to hear of more successes. It's infinitely better than the doom and gloom which so often permeates the aspiring writer forums.

I just got an e-mail from an anthology stating that they were holding my manuscript for the final round of consideration. I'll take that as a "finalist" any day!

Congratulations, Brennan! Keep us posted.

I also have a story that's being held for final consideration for an anthology. It's a Wizard of Oz horror anthology--I love Oz, so I had no choice but to submit to it.

I also have a story that's being held for final consideration for an anthology. It's a Wizard of Oz horror anthology--I love Oz, so I had no choice but to submit to it.

Having read most of Baum's books, that would be an interesting anthology to read. Link to call/book?

I also have a story that's being held for final consideration for an anthology. It's a Wizard of Oz horror anthology--I love Oz, so I had no choice but to submit to it.

Having read most of Baum's books, that would be an interesting anthology to read. Link to call/book?

http://jwschnarr.webs.com/submissions.htm

It's planned to be a PoD antho, so if I do get in I'll need all the word-of-mouth advertising I can get! One nice thing about having the interviews/articles in Fantasy is that I can alter my bio to advertise upcoming publications (if I get some publications that is), so hopefully that will get some more people interested.

That's great, David. It looks like you are "breaking in."

I hope you are still okay to submit to WOTF and if not you'll be an officially published author. Well done!

Peter

That's great, David. It looks like you are "breaking in."

I hope you are still okay to submit to WOTF and if not you'll be an officially published author. Well done!

Peter

I'm nowhere near to being ineligible yet, so I intend to keep on trying.

This is free and happens to have one of my stories in it as well as one from another person (at least one) who sometimes posts here:

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/2942

It's the Editor Unleashed/Smashwords Flash 40 Contest Anthology. Some interesting flash pieces in it.

'Guardian demon' I like that! congrats, JR.

Congratulations, Jeanne. Very cool!

Peter

Thanks.

By the way, I had said that I'd post this so here it is.

Warrior's Duty is finally published and available on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Warriors-Duty-J-R ... 296&sr=1-2

There's also a sample chapter on my website at http://jeannetomlin.com/gpage.html

Congratulations Jeanne . I can't imagine how great it must feel to see your name on a book cover. I'm looking forward to the day I can experience the same

Thanks, Emery. Yes, it's a thrill even if only from a small publisher.

Thanks.

By the way, I had said that I'd post this so here it is.

Warrior's Duty is finally published and available on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/Warriors-Duty-J-R ... 296&sr=1-2

There's also a sample chapter on my website at http://jeannetomlin.com/gpage.html

Congrats, Jeanne!

I just got my very first fiction sale as of this morning!

I've sold my horror and SF story The Disconnected to Pseudopod, a horror podcast market. I don't know when it will be available yet, but it will be distributed as a free download of an audio reading of my story.

I got a rewrite request for the story yesterday, I sent them the small revision yesterday. I received the acceptance email today as well as the contract. The contract is signed and faxed back to them.

Needless to say, I'm very excited.

Huzzah! Hurrah!

Congrats to you and to us all!

ETA: Well, whut I meant to write : Congrats to YOU both ... and may we ALL someday soon share your growing Successes!

Congrats Jeanne. Looks good on Amazon

And congrats on the sale, steffen.

I'm waiting to hear from one market in particular. Made the second round of readings with my Q1 reject. Should hear a decision this week. (Mind you, I thought that last week too! lol)

Steve

I just got my very first fiction sale as of this morning!

I've sold my horror and SF story The Disconnected to Pseudopod, a horror podcast market. I don't know when it will be available yet, but it will be distributed as a free download of an audio reading of my story.

I got a rewrite request for the story yesterday, I sent them the small revision yesterday. I received the acceptance email today as well as the contract. The contract is signed and faxed back to them.

Needless to say, I'm very excited.

Fantastic, Dave! Congrats!!

Jeanne, you've got to feel very satisfied about your book being in print.

I want to extend a big to our good friend and JBU slushmeister Gary Cuba, who had to wait the better part of a year before scoring a W with Abyss & Apex.

Mega-kudos to Dave and Gary both for bringing home the gold this week.

EXCITING!!!

What's a W Brad?

And congratulations on your first publication Dave

To join in on the festivities, I've sold a story as well. But I'm unable to give any further details until it's announced publicly :

Sorry. W = sportspeak for WIN!

What's a W Brad?

And congratulations on your first publication Dave

To join in on the festivities, I've sold a story as well. But I'm unable to give any further details until it's announced publicly :

WHOA! That's three this week!

haha well my news came a few weeks ago, I just thought i'd throw it out there now since everyone else was