I may have to disable notifications until my Q2 is finished, ha ha. I promised myself no twitching until April but some nameless individuals (@morgan-broadhead, cough cough) stirred up the rumor pot and now my productivity is dropping. Curse you, notifications. Going radio silent until I get this darn thing written.
V39: - - - HM
V40: SHM, HM, SHM, HM
V41: HM, SHM, SHM, F
V42: DQ, P
Stories published in Triangulation: Hospitium, Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, Flash Fiction Magazine, and others.
https://kzrichards.com
[The first Thursday of March came and went without any smoke signals.]
[Seems a little early, but doesn’t hurt to check.]
[Sneaks back into hobbit hole]
Small steps add up to miles.
5 R, 5 RWC, 6 HM, 1 SHM
"Amore For Life" in After the Gold Rush Third Flatiron Anthology
"Freedom’s Song” in Troubadour and Space Princesses LTUE Anthology
"Experimenting with the Dance of Death" in Love is Complicated LUW Romance Anthology.
I may have disable notifications until my Q2 is finished, ha ha. I promised myself no twitching until April but some nameless individuals (@morgan-broadhead, cough cough) stirred up the rumor pot and now my productivity is dropping. Curse you, notifications. Going radio silent until I get this darn thing written.
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." — Douglas Adams
"There are three rules to writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
— W. Somerset Maugham
Drop me a line at https://morganbroadhead.com
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HMx5
R/RWCx6
@morgan-broadhead This is gold
V34: R,HM,R
V35: HM,R,R,HM
V36: R,HM,HM,SHM
V37: HM,SF,SHM,SHM
V38: (P)F, SHM, F, F
V39: SHM, SHM, HM, SHM
Published Finalist Volume 38
Pro’d out Q4V39
www.rebeccaetreasure.com
Managing Editor, Apex Magazine
With apologies for brevity...
WOTF: 1 HM, 1 Semi, 2 Finalists, 1 Winner
Q2,V31 - Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
Hugo and Astounding finalist, made the preliminary Stoker ballot (juried)
Published by Galaxy's Edge, DSF, StarShipSofa and TorNightfire
[strong smoke signal from Kary]
[runs screaming into the hastily put-together tent]
[hunkers under a table]
[Thursday is coming folks]
[Good luck to all]
[Looking forward to everyone's results]
WOTF results:
Vol 42: Q1 SHM, Q2 pending, Q3 ?
running totals to date:
WOTF: 6 Rs, 3 RWCs, 8 HMs, 1 SHM
IOTF: 4 Rs, 3 HMs
Check out my new website: https://www.amyrwethingtonwriterofspeculativeworlds.com/
According to Winston Churchill, "success is going from failure to failure with enthusiasm"
Somehow I lost my Guthington profile, but it's me. Amy Wethington = Guthington = Physa
@physa [I refuse to be sucked in]
[QTR2 needs to be written]
[So says the hobbit as she runs to get scones and lattes to bring to tent]
Small steps add up to miles.
5 R, 5 RWC, 6 HM, 1 SHM
"Amore For Life" in After the Gold Rush Third Flatiron Anthology
"Freedom’s Song” in Troubadour and Space Princesses LTUE Anthology
"Experimenting with the Dance of Death" in Love is Complicated LUW Romance Anthology.
Must focus on writing next submission
[gets something to drink while repeating mantra "must focus"]
[peeks at posts]
THURSDAY IS COMING
[turns music up really loud]
Focus returns
[voice whispers 'Thursday is coming']
Augh!
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."~ Henry Ford
2025 V42: RWC, (HM Resubmit), WIP, ?
2024 V41: RWC (HM Resubmit), HM, RWC, Finalist (RWC Resubmit)
2023 V40: HM, HM, R, HM
2022 V39: SHM, HM, Semi-finalist, HM (HM Resubmit)
2021 V38: ---HM (R Resubmit)
2020 V37: -R--
Good luck everyone!
V40: Q1 1st Place
V39: –, –, SHM, –
V38: R, –, –, –
V37: HM, –, R, HM
V36: R, –, HM, HM
http://www.stephannietallent.com/
Tuesday is here.
Wednesday is tomorrow.
Every day is Thursday.
"Do you think time has any meaning in this place?
- Morpheus (paraphrased)
Career: 1x Win -- 2x NW-F -- 2x S-F -- 9x S-HM -- 11x HM -- 7x R
Like me: facebook/AuthorTJKnight
@tj_knight Nice to see you around during twitching time.
Small steps add up to miles.
5 R, 5 RWC, 6 HM, 1 SHM
"Amore For Life" in After the Gold Rush Third Flatiron Anthology
"Freedom’s Song” in Troubadour and Space Princesses LTUE Anthology
"Experimenting with the Dance of Death" in Love is Complicated LUW Romance Anthology.
Every day is Thursday.
"Do you think time has any meaning in this place?
- Morpheus (paraphrased)
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."~ Henry Ford
2025 V42: RWC, (HM Resubmit), WIP, ?
2024 V41: RWC (HM Resubmit), HM, RWC, Finalist (RWC Resubmit)
2023 V40: HM, HM, R, HM
2022 V39: SHM, HM, Semi-finalist, HM (HM Resubmit)
2021 V38: ---HM (R Resubmit)
2020 V37: -R--
Best of success, everyone! May the Force be with you!
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[The hobbit sits on the ground in front of the twitching tent, holding her hands over her ears with her eyes closed.]
[I will not twitch, precious, no twitch]
Small steps add up to miles.
5 R, 5 RWC, 6 HM, 1 SHM
"Amore For Life" in After the Gold Rush Third Flatiron Anthology
"Freedom’s Song” in Troubadour and Space Princesses LTUE Anthology
"Experimenting with the Dance of Death" in Love is Complicated LUW Romance Anthology.
Must focus on writing next submission
This! So much this!
We have only a little over two weeks till the next deadline. I am on track but I was not expecting Thursdays or twitching till April. Now it's so hard to focus and I MUST focus on editing my Q2!
"...your motivations for wanting to write are probably complex. You may have a few great passions, you may want to be rich and famous, and you may need therapy."
- Dave Farland, Million Dollar Outlines
Writers of the Future:
2025 Q1: HM Q2: P Q3: TBD Q4: TBD
2024 Q1: F Q2: HM Q3:SHM Q4: SHM
2023 Q1: RWC Q2: SHM Q3: SHM Q4: R
2022 Q4: R
Submissions to other markets:
2025: 52 submitted 3 acceptances
2024: 53 submitted 8 acceptances
2023: 74 submitted 13 acceptances
2022: 22 submitted 1 acceptance
2025 goals: a. New Novel b. New piece submitted/month c. 100 rejections
@gideonpsmith Same! I was lulled into thinking I can stay in my bubble of not knowing for another month, I am not ready for reality yet 😀 Still gotta wrestle and finish my current WIP and time is going so fast.
Today is Thursday, but is it THE Thursday, That is the question.
Small steps add up to miles.
5 R, 5 RWC, 6 HM, 1 SHM
"Amore For Life" in After the Gold Rush Third Flatiron Anthology
"Freedom’s Song” in Troubadour and Space Princesses LTUE Anthology
"Experimenting with the Dance of Death" in Love is Complicated LUW Romance Anthology.
Today is Thursday, but is it THE Thursday, That is the question.
My empty email says this is not that day.
"There are three rules to writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
— W. Somerset Maugham
Drop me a line at https://morganbroadhead.com
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HMx5
R/RWCx6
Today is Thursday, but is it THE Thursday, That is the question.
My empty email says this is not that day.
Argh. But wouldn't it run off PST? so its quite early Thursday in CA to rule out completely yet
"...your motivations for wanting to write are probably complex. You may have a few great passions, you may want to be rich and famous, and you may need therapy."
- Dave Farland, Million Dollar Outlines
Writers of the Future:
2025 Q1: HM Q2: P Q3: TBD Q4: TBD
2024 Q1: F Q2: HM Q3:SHM Q4: SHM
2023 Q1: RWC Q2: SHM Q3: SHM Q4: R
2022 Q4: R
Submissions to other markets:
2025: 52 submitted 3 acceptances
2024: 53 submitted 8 acceptances
2023: 74 submitted 13 acceptances
2022: 22 submitted 1 acceptance
2025 goals: a. New Novel b. New piece submitted/month c. 100 rejections
Today is Thursday, but is it THE Thursday, That is the question.
My empty email says this is not that day.
Argh. But wouldn't it run off PST? so its quite early Thursday in CA to rule out completely yet
You, sir, are not helping!
"There are three rules to writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are."
— W. Somerset Maugham
Drop me a line at https://morganbroadhead.com
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HMx5
R/RWCx6
You, sir, are not helping!
"Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right."~ Henry Ford
2025 V42: RWC, (HM Resubmit), WIP, ?
2024 V41: RWC (HM Resubmit), HM, RWC, Finalist (RWC Resubmit)
2023 V40: HM, HM, R, HM
2022 V39: SHM, HM, Semi-finalist, HM (HM Resubmit)
2021 V38: ---HM (R Resubmit)
2020 V37: -R--
[Eyes groggy from a long night staring at phones]
[Oh the twitching can be bad sometimes]
[curser is blinking on WIPs]
[should be writing, YES]
[but first...]
[heads to dragon station to toast marshmallow for a yummy s'more]
[write, write, write]
[yeah, right 
]
WOTF results:
Vol 42: Q1 SHM, Q2 pending, Q3 ?
running totals to date:
WOTF: 6 Rs, 3 RWCs, 8 HMs, 1 SHM
IOTF: 4 Rs, 3 HMs
Check out my new website: https://www.amyrwethingtonwriterofspeculativeworlds.com/
According to Winston Churchill, "success is going from failure to failure with enthusiasm"
Somehow I lost my Guthington profile, but it's me. Amy Wethington = Guthington = Physa
Ha ha! (Nelson laugh) I turned in my Q2 two months ago —on the premise I'd pro out before April Fools day.
More fool me, that hasn't happened...yet. But hey, I got a couple weeks to be proven prophetic! (or pathetic, whichever comes first)
HAPPY THURSDAY!
@DonMarkmaker
Today is Thursday, but is it THE Thursday, That is the question.
My empty email says this is not that day.
Argh. But wouldn't it run off PST? so its quite early Thursday in CA to rule out completely yet
In my limited experience, Joni cares not for the regular working hours of mortals. She operates at a level beyond the limitations of time.
Rooting for all of you to win so much!
VOL 40 2nd Quarter: Third Place ("Ashes to Ashes, Blood to Carbonfiber")
Past submissions: R - HM - HM - HM - HM - HM - SHM - SHM
www.jd-writes.com
Kindle Vella - Ashes to Ashes, Earth to Kaybee
@ease Yes I have had a number of emails after 10PM EDT.
Im not sure about the entry I put in this quarter. Expecting an R.
Small steps add up to miles.
5 R, 5 RWC, 6 HM, 1 SHM
"Amore For Life" in After the Gold Rush Third Flatiron Anthology
"Freedom’s Song” in Troubadour and Space Princesses LTUE Anthology
"Experimenting with the Dance of Death" in Love is Complicated LUW Romance Anthology.
If it's going to be some form of an R, I'd like to hear on today's Thursday to get it over with. If it's something better, I'd rather wait until tomorrow's Thursday as a birthday gift.
V38: HM, R, R, HM
V39: RWC, HM, RWC, HM
V40: RWC, HM, SHM, R
V41: R, RWC, R, R
V42: RWC, WIP, WIP
@chwalter I hope it not on my B-Day, either way.
Small steps add up to miles.
5 R, 5 RWC, 6 HM, 1 SHM
"Amore For Life" in After the Gold Rush Third Flatiron Anthology
"Freedom’s Song” in Troubadour and Space Princesses LTUE Anthology
"Experimenting with the Dance of Death" in Love is Complicated LUW Romance Anthology.
It never would have occurred to me that I need worry about a WOTF result in mid-March....@chwalter I hope it not on my B-Day, either way.
V38: HM, R, R, HM
V39: RWC, HM, RWC, HM
V40: RWC, HM, SHM, R
V41: R, RWC, R, R
V42: RWC, WIP, WIP
Will Joni use her time morphing power and make today a Thursday?
Small steps add up to miles.
5 R, 5 RWC, 6 HM, 1 SHM
"Amore For Life" in After the Gold Rush Third Flatiron Anthology
"Freedom’s Song” in Troubadour and Space Princesses LTUE Anthology
"Experimenting with the Dance of Death" in Love is Complicated LUW Romance Anthology.
