Success!

steffenwolf · 2009-06-20T18:15:34Z

I didn't remember if there was a thread for anybody to share their writing successes with everybody, so I figured I'd start one. I've been taking a break from forums for a while, but I just wanted to stop back to share some exciting news. My first publication is now posted on Fantasy Magazine. It's not fiction, unfortunately, but it's still getting my name on a prestigious magazine so I am very excited. I will have an entry posted every Saturday for at least the next 3 weeks after this one. This one: an interview of author Alethea Kontis. The other three (I'm not certain of the order yet): An interview with David Wolverton (David Farland) An article titled "Wizard vs. Witch: Who's the Real Villain?" examining the Wizard of Oz. A comparison of "Wicked" the book vs. "Wicked" the movie. I'm hoping to make this a regular thing, as long as I can keep Cat Rambo interested. Finally something for my hungry cover letter template.

Jackie B.

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Congratulations all wotf010

Finalist: Q3 V29
Semi-Finalist: Q1 V30
HM x 3

Posted : March 25, 2013 11:44 am

gower21

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Wow!! Lots of congrats going around. We're rocking this thread!! Awesome everyone Smile
PS. I like that Stewart got "Stewy-ed" -- Keep him on his toes everyone. There shall be no self-deprecation in the success thread.

Tina
http://www.smashedpicketfences.com

Posted : March 25, 2013 12:24 pm

austinDm

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Nice, Ember! Cograts! wotf010

Posted : March 25, 2013 12:56 pm

Preston Dennett

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Well, I finally heard back from Andromeda Spaceways and I'm having trouble believing my eyes. I keep re-reading the email to make sure I'm not seeing things. But it looks like it's finally happened.

wotf054
wotf053

I've been waiting a long time to post here, and I couldn't be happier. My re-worked HM winning story is going to be published. I'm more excited than I have any right to be! But I don't care. I sold a frickin' story!

Preston Dennett
HM x 12
F x 1
Winner, 2nd place, Q1, Volume 35
40 stories published! (and counting!)

Posted : March 25, 2013 2:01 pm

Rebecca Birch

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Well, I finally heard back from Andromeda Spaceways and I'm having trouble believing my eyes. I keep re-reading the email to make sure I'm not seeing things. But it looks like it's finally happened.

I've been waiting a long time to post here, and I couldn't be happier. My re-worked HM winning story is going to be published. I'm more excited than I have any right to be! But I don't care. I sold a frickin' story!
Preston Dennett
(HM x 4)

Hooray, Preston! Congratulations!

wotf010

Rebecca Birch
Finalist - 2, SF - 1, SHM - 1, HM - 18, R - 6
Words of Birch
Short Story Collection--Life Out of Harmony and Other Tales of Wonder

Posted : March 25, 2013 2:27 pm

Jackie B.

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Go Preston!!! Gotta love that story-selling high. Grats!! wotf010

Finalist: Q3 V29
Semi-Finalist: Q1 V30
HM x 3

Posted : March 25, 2013 2:28 pm

Jennifer Hicks

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Posts: 95

Bronze Member

Well, I finally heard back from Andromeda Spaceways and I'm having trouble believing my eyes. I keep re-reading the email to make sure I'm not seeing things. But it looks like it's finally happened.

Congratulations, Preston! That's a great market to break into.

Jennifer Campbell-Hicks
my blog: http://jennifercampbellhicks.blogspot.com

1X Finalist
2X Semi-finalist
2X Silver HM
13X HM

Posted : March 25, 2013 4:10 pm

MJNL

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Yay Preston, big congrats! Topanga Canyon is a cautionary tale no more. Never give up, never surrender!

~Marina

WotF Winner Q1 2012 (Vol. 29)

WotF Finalist Q2 2010 (Vol. 27)
WotF Finalist Q4 2011 (Vol. 28)
http://lostetter.wordpress.com/
http://twitter.com/#!/MarinaLostetter

Posted : March 25, 2013 4:26 pm

AlistairKimble

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Bronze Star Member

Congratulations, Preston! That's awesome news!

wotf010

Alistair Kimble

v28 Q4: Finalist
HM x7

http://thedashingchap.com/
http://twitter.com/#!/AlistairKimble

Posted : March 25, 2013 4:33 pm

dantzel

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Awesome! Congrats Preston!

Vol 29 Q3 Semi Finalist

http://www.dantzelcherry.com

Posted : March 25, 2013 5:39 pm

dantzel

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Is this the one I read?

Vol 29 Q3 Semi Finalist

http://www.dantzelcherry.com

Posted : March 25, 2013 5:39 pm

MeganG

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Yay Preston! That's awesome, congratulations!

2X HM
1X Silver HM
2X Semi-Finalist

Posted : March 25, 2013 6:38 pm

David K

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Posts: 149

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Well, I finally heard back from Andromeda Spaceways and I'm having trouble believing my eyes. I keep re-reading the email to make sure I'm not seeing things. But it looks like it's finally happened.

I've been waiting a long time to post here, and I couldn't be happier. My re-worked HM winning story is going to be published. I'm more excited than I have any right to be! But I don't care. I sold a frickin' story!

Well done Preston, I'm sure the story was excellent wotf008

Very sporadic submitter but 9 HMs: latest Q1 2021
Author of Gateway Through Time: Available at https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1112672

Posted : March 25, 2013 7:38 pm

austinDm

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Awesome! Congrats, Preston!

Posted : March 25, 2013 10:36 pm

Strycher

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Well, I finally heard back from Andromeda Spaceways and I'm having trouble believing my eyes. I keep re-reading the email to make sure I'm not seeing things. But it looks like it's finally happened.

I've been waiting a long time to post here, and I couldn't be happier. My re-worked HM winning story is going to be published. I'm more excited than I have any right to be! But I don't care. I sold a frickin' story!

wotf006 Yay! Congratulations! wotf010

"The Filigreed Cage" || "Bitter Remedy" || "Heartless" || "The Newsboy's Last Stand" || "Planar Ghosts"

Posted : March 25, 2013 11:39 pm

Ember

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Wooohooo Preston, congrats!

And thanks guys.

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Call me - "klevang" - my login if registration issues get fixed.

Volume 33: Q2 - R ,Q3 - SHM

The "real" Ember is a good friend and let me borrow her account, she won with "Half Past" in Vol. 31

Posted : March 26, 2013 2:45 am

s_c_baker

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Well, I finally heard back from Andromeda Spaceways and I'm having trouble believing my eyes. I keep re-reading the email to make sure I'm not seeing things. But it looks like it's finally happened.

I've been waiting a long time to post here, and I couldn't be happier. My re-worked HM winning story is going to be published. I'm more excited than I have any right to be! But I don't care. I sold a frickin' story!

Yahoooooo! wotf010 wotf010 wotf010

Stewart C Baker - 1st place, Q2 V32
My contest history: Semi-finalist, R, HM, R, R, HM, HM, R, R, R, R, HM, R, R, R, R, Winner
My published fiction, poetry, &c.

Posted : March 26, 2013 3:43 am

morshana

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Congratulations, Ember!

And congratulations, Preston!

wotf010 wotf010

Jeanette Gonzalez

HM x4, SHM x2, F x1

Posted : March 26, 2013 5:30 am

s_c_baker

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wotf006 Well done Marina!

I made a sale to DSF recently. It is my second sale there, but the first that will count as SFWA qualifying as the first one was so short.

And I missed this one. Victory is yours! wotf007

Stewart C Baker - 1st place, Q2 V32
My contest history: Semi-finalist, R, HM, R, R, HM, HM, R, R, R, R, HM, R, R, R, R, Winner
My published fiction, poetry, &c.

Posted : March 26, 2013 5:42 am

gower21

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Hooray!! Congrats Preston!!

Tina
http://www.smashedpicketfences.com

Posted : March 26, 2013 7:14 am

E. Caiman Sands

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Awesomeness, Preston. wotf006

And grats Ember too.

And pleased to see you remembered the wotf054 emoticon. I think I might have forgotten to use it a month or so back when I made my first sale. How could I have done that?? Gator is rightly ashamed of me. wotf014

SF x 1 (Extreeemely happy snappy gator)
HM x 9 (Happy snappy gator)
"Europa Spring" - buy from Amazon
The Happy Snappy Gator Bog! Er, Blog...

Posted : March 26, 2013 9:21 am

Preston Dennett

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Thank you, everyone. I'm super excited and won't believe it until I actually see it. Finally, one of my babies has found a home.
(Dantzel, no, you haven't seen this one.)

Preston Dennett
HM x 12
F x 1
Winner, 2nd place, Q1, Volume 35
40 stories published! (and counting!)

Posted : March 26, 2013 1:38 pm

Alex Kane

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Congrats, Preston! That's awesome. wotf010

Posted : March 26, 2013 2:32 pm

bobsandiego

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Great news Preston!

Literary saboteur
Blog: http://www.robertmitchellevans.com/
HM X 5
SF X 3
F X 1
Current Rejection Streak: 0

Posted : March 27, 2013 2:08 am

s_c_baker

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And pleased to see you remembered the emoticon. I think I might have forgotten to use it a month or so back when I made my first sale.

If it helps to mitigate Gator, I think I forgot to use it too... wotf019

I also just had a haiku accepted in Heron's Nest. Hooray for haiku. wotf007

Stewart C Baker - 1st place, Q2 V32
My contest history: Semi-finalist, R, HM, R, R, HM, HM, R, R, R, R, HM, R, R, R, R, Winner
My published fiction, poetry, &c.

Posted : March 28, 2013 6:27 am

MJNL

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Posts: 505

Silver Star Member

I also just had a haiku accepted in Heron's Nest. Hooray for haiku.

Yes, hip-hip hooray!

~Marina

WotF Winner Q1 2012 (Vol. 29)

WotF Finalist Q2 2010 (Vol. 27)
WotF Finalist Q4 2011 (Vol. 28)
http://lostetter.wordpress.com/
http://twitter.com/#!/MarinaLostetter

Posted : March 28, 2013 8:28 am

E. Caiman Sands

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And pleased to see you remembered the emoticon. I think I might have forgotten to use it a month or so back when I made my first sale.

If it helps to mitigate Gator, I think I forgot to use it too...

Shame on us.

I also just had a haiku accepted in Heron's Nest. Hooray for haiku.

Grats! wotf006

SF x 1 (Extreeemely happy snappy gator)
HM x 9 (Happy snappy gator)
"Europa Spring" - buy from Amazon
The Happy Snappy Gator Bog! Er, Blog...

Posted : March 28, 2013 12:52 pm

bobsandiego

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Posts: 394

Silver Member

I love seeing all this good news wotf013
No Jealousy here DW!

Literary saboteur
Blog: http://www.robertmitchellevans.com/
HM X 5
SF X 3
F X 1
Current Rejection Streak: 0

Posted : March 28, 2013 1:18 pm

Ember

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Posts: 85

Bronze Member

I also just had a haiku accepted in Heron's Nest. Hooray for haiku.

Awesome! You're on FIRE!

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Call me - "klevang" - my login if registration issues get fixed.

Volume 33: Q2 - R ,Q3 - SHM

The "real" Ember is a good friend and let me borrow her account, she won with "Half Past" in Vol. 31

Posted : March 29, 2013 12:56 am

Alex Kane

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Fran Friel did a pretty cool interview with me, over at Amazing Stories. A number of my peers--including WOTF Forumites--are mentioned as "new writers to look out for," or as mentor figures who've supported me over the years.

Posted : March 29, 2013 5:17 am

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