Jibber Jabber - Q1 - 29

Only Bobwriter.

LOL, yeah, I hear that a) you an' him ain't the best of mates, and b) you owe him a brewski regardless. 😉

So it goes. So it goes...

I hear Bob the Writer is very involved with this group:

http://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kswvFRaj ... tube_gdata

Ok, by my count, six of us have yet to hear anything.

You could query...

I hear Bob the Writer is very involved with this group:

http://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kswvFRaj ... tube_gdata

I've absolutely no idea. I know the treatment of donkeys in the UK (where they're used to give children rides on the beach during summer, among other things) is traditionally terrible, though.

Hooray for donkey sanctuaries!

(I'm still not Bob Writer, no matter what you all may think!)

*cues up Roy Orbison's Only the Lonely* (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysmN7dsheE8)

Ok, by my count, six of us have yet to hear anything.

4 LAMPS
Gwasch
Isto
Kary
Preston

1 Hold Pile
Michael B.

1 NNiNN
David K

Did I miss anybody?

Point of order: there are still 8 of us -- 7 on the forum, I believe -- who are also still waiting.

Ah, true, Martin, but at least we've been informed of where we stand. Everyone else is in no-news land (or, as I like to think of it when I'm there: Nninni-land)

At this point I'm at the level of pure curiosity. . . I mean since it's so obvious I can't win (this quarter!) And I did at one point nudge Joni (gently!) to make sure my piece got in--and who can blame me, given I've had ranking pieces fall off the map--and it had.

All of the SFs, whoever they are, should try to get together and share this vast cornucopia of new knowledge. Or old knowledge. Once the dust has settled.

All of the SFs, whoever they are, should try to get together and share this vast cornucopia of new knowledge.

Yeeeess!! Please! Whoever you mysterious SF people are. Out there. Some where.

All of the SFs, whoever they are, should try to get together and share this vast cornucopia of new knowledge.

Yeeeess!! Please! Whoever you mysterious SF people are. Out there. Some where.

I don't think they know yet, do they? Google suggests nobody knows.

I hear Bob the Writer is very involved with this group:

http://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kswvFRaj ... tube_gdata

I've absolutely no idea. I know the treatment of donkeys in the UK (where they're used to give children rides on the beach during summer, among other things) is traditionally terrible, though.

Hooray for donkey sanctuaries!

(I'm still not Bob Writer, no matter what you all may think!)

Riiiiight.

Point of order: there are still 8 of us -- 7 on the forum, I believe -- who are also still waiting.

Ahem. There is a difference between hearing nothing and hearing something. Those you speak of have most definitely heard something, and are waiting to hear something more.

Hrmpf!

Ah, true, Martin, but at least we've been informed of where we stand. Everyone else is in no-news land (or, as I like to think of it when I'm there: Nninni-land)

And given what we now know about the most recent quarter, it appears that some of those Ns stand for "Neener Neener." Or at least they do when Martin says it.

Maybe if I hold my breath? Go on a hunger strike? Make yet another sacrifice to the Writing Gods? I want results, people! Results! I'm ready to submit for quarter 4, which means I'll have 4 stories in. Is it thursday yet? Please don't leave me here.
Preston Dennett
(HM x 2)

Maybe if I hold my breath? Go on a hunger strike? Make yet another sacrifice to the Writing Gods? I want results, people! Results! I'm ready to submit for quarter 4, which means I'll have 4 stories in. Is it thursday yet? Please don't leave me here.
Preston Dennett
(HM x 2)

Hey, Topanga Canyon, don't let a silly detail like this hold you up! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE!

Are you kidding? I'm writing so much these days, I've got blisters on my fingers!
Preston Dennett
(HM x 2)

Is that from writing or playing the banjo with Stewie Griffin?

Maybe if I hold my breath? Go on a hunger strike? Make yet another sacrifice to the Writing Gods? I want results, people! Results! I'm ready to submit for quarter 4, which means I'll have 4 stories in. Is it thursday yet? Please don't leave me here.
Preston Dennett
(HM x 2)

Hey, Topanga Canyon, don't let a silly detail like this hold you up! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE!

Hey Preston?? Did you ever find out if you're Thee Topanga Canyon??? I think it would be so cool if you were him!!

Maybe if I hold my breath? Go on a hunger strike? Make yet another sacrifice to the Writing Gods? I want results, people! Results! I'm ready to submit for quarter 4, which means I'll have 4 stories in. Is it thursday yet? Please don't leave me here.
Preston Dennett
(HM x 2)

Hey, Topanga Canyon, don't let a silly detail like this hold you up! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE! WRITE!

Hey Preston?? Did you ever find out if you're Thee Topanga Canyon??? I think it would be so cool if you were him!!

Yes, he is. =)

Wait, Preston is Topanga Canyon?

Yep, I'm Topanga Canyon. See the Analog submission thread in Writing, for more info. But yeah, it's true. I emailed Dean Wesley Smith and he confirmed, it's me!
I feel both devastated and elated. Mostly elated. It's like I've had a glimpse into a parallel universe and was able to see what might have been, had I stayed the course. But no, I gave up. Like a marathon runner, I made it all the way the finish line and collapsed. But get this: the editors knew my name! They were talking about me! They were waiting for my next story. Even editors and agents were interested! How cool is that?
This time, I'm not going to give up.
Preston Dennett
(HM x 2)

Sorry about all the smilies, but I just can't stop smiling!

That's totally awesome, Preston. I mean, not that you gave up, but that you came back. Good luck in the future

Thanks Annie! Like the title of one of Heinlein's memorable shorts: "It's Great to be Back."
Preston Dennett
(HM x 2)

I'm really glad you came back to writing. Congrats, Preston.

What a cool story, Preston. Welcome back, and congrats on already being a legend in your own time.

Awesome, Preston. Looking forward to seeing you at an awards banquet some time soon--hopefully in person, but I'll settle for a podcast.

Yeah, Preston already has an awesome story to tell at the award ceremony. =)

Commiserations to Gwasch and David (if that was a Q1/Q2 reject). There's a lot of it going around.

*sets out fresh trays of +3 Brownies of Consolation*

I think we're out of the +5 Tequila of Oblivion after the Hold Pile stats came in. I'll make sure to requisition more for Q2.

Checked my snail-mail today. Twice. Ai gots nuffink!

Updated list:

By my count, five of us have yet to hear anything.

4 LAMPS
Isto
Kary
Preston

1 Hold Pile
Michael B.

1 NNiNN
David K

Commiserations to the recent few, I know what it feels like.

There can't be too much more left to do for Q1, so I'd expect that results would be out anytime within the next two weeks, unless there's a delay deciding on the winners? (and no I don't know anything, I'm just making some speculative assumptions)