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nod1v1ng
NYC Midnight Black Belt Joined: 26 Jul 2016 Location: ChillybytheSea Status: Offline Points: 12497 |
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Posted: 21 May 2019 at 7:10am |
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I sold mine to "Write Ahead The Future Looms" https://www.writeaheadthefuturelooms.com/ It was a cyberpunk story so I targeted them as my first choice (as that's their niche.) They're a semi-pro mag, so I ended up making back a little more than what I paid for the contest. So that's a win in my book. If I manage to sell my R1 story, that will be gravy.... Edited by nod1v1ng - 21 May 2019 at 7:10am |
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tenaciousdgor
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Where do you sell your stories?
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Jhill
NYC Midnight Black Belt Joined: 19 Jul 2017 Location: Maryland Status: Offline Points: 4065 |
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Congrats!! And to you, too, nod!
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Mystic Platypus
NYC Midnight Addict Joined: 29 Jan 2019 Status: Offline Points: 973 |
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Wow congrats to you both!! I hope I have the same luck!
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nod1v1ng
NYC Midnight Black Belt Joined: 26 Jul 2016 Location: ChillybytheSea Status: Offline Points: 12497 |
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High five! ^_^/ I sold mine a couple days ago to a magazine, myself. (Def takes the sting out of not moving to R3) |
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patsy
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Just sold my 2nd Round HM story to an anthology. Feeling a bit better now, lol.
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BarbaraFL
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I had the same experience! I didn't even get an HM, so I was expecting my judge's feedback to be brutal, but it was so positive that I want to work on the story and submit somewhere. The items needing work were pretty positive and solid things to tackle, similar to the feedback I received on the forum. Too funny. It was fine, I was glad I advanced to R2 at least, but the feedback was MUCH better than I expected.
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DeLynn
NYC Midnight Groupie Joined: 29 Jan 2019 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 187 |
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Alex, I couldn't LOVE that more!!!! Judging was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO confusing and frustrating for me! I mean, I didn't really expect to move forward, but the feedback for both rounds was totally unexpected. I won a 1st Place in round 1 with mostly 'negative' feedback and judges who didn't even understand my story, and didn't get anywhere in round 2 with GLOWING feedback. My head is spinning.
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DeLynn
NYC Midnight Groupie Joined: 29 Jan 2019 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 187 |
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Huge CONGRATULATIONS to the Round Two winners! I didn't make it through, and frankly, I didn't expect to, but one always grasps that withered seed of hope, right? I have to say that I was flummoxed when I received my judges' feedback, especially after my First Round feedback (which earned me a 1st spot). It was GLOWING. Even the 'negatives' were pretty positive, as if the judges struggled to find something they had to pick at. Intriguingly, the feedback for my first-round story was precisely the OPPOSITE; so-called 'positives' all held negative edges; most of the judges clearly didn't even "get" the story--most confused the gender of the MC, one thought she was a psycho killer (?!?!?), and one totally missed the most important connection in the climax of the story (and judge-splained to me how I could make it better)... yet, the story earned a 1st Place spot in the First Round. SMDH!!! It leaves me wondering if the majority of the judges just want "deep", convoluted pieces--even where they themselves cannot fully comprehend the meaning (layered or obvious)? And for the record, Forum members seemed to have few issues understanding the substance/content of the story. Very weird. My second story was a crime caper with raccoons. One judge called it "cartoonish". Ummmmm, yeah! CAPER! No sour grapes about not moving forward... I knew my story wasn't strong enough, especially the closing. And once I read others in my Heat (and many other Heats!), I was blown away. I am always honored to watch Talent receive its due. And I have most certainly enjoyed feasting on all these amazing stories! Thank-you ALL for that!! See you in FFC2019!
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Heartstart
NYC Midnight Regular Joined: 28 Jan 2017 Location: Canberra Status: Offline Points: 383 |
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First in my heat!!! That was... completely unexpected. I honestly would have been over the moon with a simple HM.
There were also some amazing stories I read on these forums which didn't get through to Round 3 (both in my heat and others), which really surprised me. Oh well, I guess you just can't tell how the judges will decide. It's the federal election here in Australia this Saturday too. I'll have to vote in the morning, and start planning/writing in the afternoon. I was also planning on going to my friend's party on Saturday night, to knock back some wines, watch the polling results on the ABC, and laugh at all the politicians. Might have to re-think those plans now! Edited by Heartstart - 15 May 2019 at 8:34am |
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