Jibber Jabber - Q1 - 29

For reference. And no, I don't actually want to smack Steve with a shovel (or a cricket bat). That would be mean.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeJzHSxRq40

I've wanted to see that movie for a while. Now I have to! Great Clip!!

Gatorina. It has a certain ring to it.

Sadly, it rings a bit like a bad Sci-Fi Channel original movie...

Luckily I was done with my morning coffee.

Hmm, I must have missed that one. It sounds like that was just as well. I should use this smiley more often, as I am always smiling.

Martin should have won too. Why are there only three slots? /sigh, picks up shovel Sorry Steve...

=P

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I found more pretty on Duotrope!

Look at the pretty on Duotrope!!

wotf006 I found more pretty on Duotrope!

They do look nice. Epic quarter, guys. Very epic. I'm kinda convinced now that Martin and I will be fated to duel over the Gold award 😉

I'm kinda convinced now that Martin and I will be fated to duel over the Gold award 😉

That'd be epic.

Look at the pretty on Duotrope!!

wotf006 I found more pretty on Duotrope!

They do look nice. Epic quarter, guys. Very epic. I'm kinda convinced now that Martin and I will be fated to duel over the Gold award 😉

All three of us can't duke it out for the gold. That's just not fair.

[quote="AMcCarter"
All three of us can't duke it out for the gold. That's just not fair.

It will, in fact, be a four-way uh... duel.

A... quel?

(Apparently the etymology is from 'bellum' anyway, and only had to do with the current meaning and the word 'two' when silly medieval poets decided it should.)

I'm kinda convinced now that Martin and I will be fated to duel over the Gold award 😉

That'd be epic.

Yeeeessss....all part of Evil Martin's plan.

AND Amanda too> I'm going to go hide now! Yikes! The board will turn into that scene on Life of Brian where they have all the shoe factions arguing over who's more right. People on my team will hold up a paper sub stamped 20 minutes before the deadline as a banner.

Thanks again, everyone! Mmm, feel the love!

I'm so glad the results came out yesterday. After today I'll be incommunicado for quite a while.

Third time apparently was a charm, though it's definitely been an emotional rollar coaster (lovingly illustrated below):

First finalist call: What? Say hu? OMG, I must be awesoooooooome!

First did-not-win-call: Oh. Guess I'm not that awesome. But hey, top 8! Can't be long before I'm published everywhere!

Second finalist call: Really? Ha, thought this story would be the one! I'm soooooo gonna win.

Second DNW call: My life is over. Must wallow in my sorrow. I'm never gonna pull this off. No, wait, just keep swimming, show them all!

Third finalist call: Yay! Oh, wait. I could lose. I'm so gonna lose. I've lost already and the other judges haven't even seen it yet.

Winning call: I lost, didn't I? What? I won? I won? I WON????????

Exhausting journey, but great.

Oh, and Tom, yes, I would like to revise!

And I'm really looking forward to this first-place winners' showdown.

Thanks again, everyone! Mmm, feel the love!

I'm so glad the results came out yesterday. After today I'll be incommunicado for quite a while.

Third time apparently was a charm, though it's definitely been an emotional rollar coaster (lovingly illustrated below):

First finalist call: What? Say hu? OMG, I must be awesoooooooome!

First did-not-win-call: Oh. Guess I'm not that awesome. But hey, top 8! Can't be long before I'm published everywhere!

Second finalist call: Really? Ha, thought this story would be the one! I'm soooooo gonna win.

Second DNW call: My life is over. Must wallow in my sorrow. I'm never gonna pull this off. No, wait, just keep swimming, show them all!

Third finalist call: Yay! Oh, wait. I could lose. I'm so gonna lose. I've lost already and the other judges haven't even seen it yet.

Winning call: I lost, didn't I? What? I won? I won? I WON????????

Exhausting journey, but great.

"If at first you don't succeed..."

Thanks again, everyone! Mmm, feel the love!

I'm so glad the results came out yesterday. After today I'll be incommunicado for quite a while.

Third time apparently was a charm, though it's definitely been an emotional rollar coaster (lovingly illustrated below):

First finalist call: What? Say hu? OMG, I must be awesoooooooome!

First did-not-win-call: Oh. Guess I'm not that awesome. But hey, top 8! Can't be long before I'm published everywhere!

Second finalist call: Really? Ha, thought this story would be the one! I'm soooooo gonna win.

Second DNW call: My life is over. Must wallow in my sorrow. I'm never gonna pull this off. No, wait, just keep swimming, show them all!

Third finalist call: Yay! Oh, wait. I could lose. I'm so gonna lose. I've lost already and the other judges haven't even seen it yet.

Winning call: I lost, didn't I? What? I won? I won? I WON????????

Exhausting journey, but great.

"If at first you don't succeed..."

Skydiving is not for you. No skydiving, Marina.

[quote="AMcCarter"
All three of us can't duke it out for the gold. That's just not fair.

It will, in fact, be a four-way uh... duel.

A... quel?

(Apparently the etymology is from 'bellum' anyway, and only had to do with the current meaning and the word 'two' when silly medieval poets decided it should.)

Wouldn't that be a dual duel? Shovels at 100 paces.

Skydiving is not for you. No skydiving, Marina.

Agreed.

I saw the news on Facebook so I'm late to the forum, but congratulations to Tina, Marina and Steve! And for those who didn't get it this time, a good bit of advice I was given is that it takes two things to succeed in writing: talent and persistence. You've demonstrated you've got talent, you just need to keep going at it. (Sounds kind of obvious I know, but thinking of it like this is helpful. Other factors like luck and so on crumble in the face of persistence.)

Will.

Holy cowbells!

Congratz to Tina and Marina!!!!!!!!! And of course, Steve. What a way to GO! Ladies (and gent), I shall see you at the workshops: hot me up for ice breakers, and feel free to ask me anything about either side of the contest! It's a whirlwind ride, the Awards Show is absolutely beautiful, and the pearls of wisdom you get at the workshops are invaluable .

YOU WILL HAVE SO MUCH FUN!

Finally! After the long wait -- longer for some of you who have repeatedly been there than for others of us -- finally word of success!! Super-big congrats to Tina, Marina, and Steve! Can't wait to read those stories. And congrats to everyone who got good news and great accomplishments here this quarter. This is what it's all about!

Jeremy

HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to you, Tina and Marina, and Steve!

And to the non-winning (this time) Finalists -- WINNING AWAITS!

Speaking as a Finalist-But-No-Joy TWICE before the third one brought me the whoo-weeee call -- I know how that feels -- but earning multiple Finalists is the strongest message the cosmos can hand ya that says "You got the skillz, the stories, and you're already a Winner except for the weird vagaries of Timing!"

Battle On, Battle Angels!

Holy cowbells!

Congratz to Tina and Marina!!!!!!!!! And of course, Steve. What a way to GO! Ladies (and gent), I shall see you at the workshops: hot me up for ice breakers, and feel free to ask me anything about either side of the contest! It's a whirlwind ride, the Awards Show is absolutely beautiful, and the pearls of wisdom you get at the workshops are invaluable .

YOU WILL HAVE SO MUCH FUN!

Sweet! I get to met Meghan Muriel I'm so stoked. This is going to rock! And the suspense of who will join us in the following quarters is going to totally get to me.

Congratulations, Tina, Marina, and Steve. You'll be in for a treat. I have a bit of a heads up on the hotel they're hoping to use next year and it'll be sweet if they get it. The V28 group probably remembers huffing and puffing down a few blocks from the hotel to the workshop (or maybe I was the only one running, afraid I'd be late to my panel ), but the hotel they're hoping to use for the V29 year is closer and it's a bigger place.

Congrats everyone! It couldn't have happened to a better group of forumites, except Martin. Martin should have won too. Why are there only three slots? /sigh, picks up shovel Sorry Steve...

=P

OOO! Shovels smart!

Thanks to everyone for the congrats and best wishes to all for the next round (including Martin). Keep trying, it will happen.

Steve

Congratulations, Tina, Marina, and Steve. You'll be in for a treat. I have a bit of a heads up on the hotel they're hoping to use next year and it'll be sweet if they get it. The V28 group probably remembers huffing and puffing down a few blocks from the hotel to the workshop (or maybe I was the only one running, afraid I'd be late to my panel ), but the hotel they're hoping to use for the V29 year is closer and it's a bigger place.

Sweet! It'd be cool to get a close hotel. But I'm cool on walking too, then I can stay in shape.

Congrats everyone! It couldn't have happened to a better group of forumites, except Martin. Martin should have won too. Why are there only three slots? /sigh, picks up shovel Sorry Steve...

=P

OOO! Shovels smart!

Thanks to everyone for the congrats and best wishes to all for the next round (including Martin). Keep trying, it will happen.

Steve

STEVE! You'll have to keep popping in here every once in a while so we don't start thinking of you as a yeti like creature. "We know he exists, but we've only got a few undocumented sightings."

OK, Congratulations Steve - but were are going to have to change your name. This as far too confusing for me. I keep thinking Ive won, and then I realise all the congratulations are for doppelganger Steve.

hmmm.

regards

Steve 😉

OK, Congratulations Steve - but were are going to have to change your name. This as far too confusing for me. I keep thinking Ive won, and then I realise all the congratulations are for doppelganger Steve.

hmmm.

regards

Steve 😉

When I squint you guys do look alike.

I guess it would also be weird to dub you Steve One and Steve Two.

The other one can be Steve 2, but I've been here long enough not to be dubbed anything but "Steve".

Steve
The original, and the best (OK, except for , perhaps, the whole winning thing.... sigh)

These are the Steves I know, I know.
These are the Steves I know.
These are the Steves I know, I know.
These are the Steves I know.

Some of them are Stevens...
"But most of us are Steves!"
They all have their own hands.
But they come from different moms.

**

I tried to find thin on youtube, but to no avail.
Need Stewart to find it.

These are the Steves I know, I know.
These are the Steves I know.
These are the Steves I know, I know.
These are the Steves I know.

Some of them are Stevens...
"But most of us are Steves!"
They all have their own hands.
But they come from different moms.

**

I tried to find thin on youtube, but to no avail.
Need Stewart to find it.

The only version I can find is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HImHRWr9_mE (skip to 3:00 for the music)