Hi all,
We just launched the Apple Drabble writing competition today. Write a story that involves an apple in exactly 100 words. Apples of all fruit inhabit a prominent place across many cultures so we want to see what you can come up with. Have fun!
http://www.thenextbigwriter.com/contest … etition-10
Sol
After you have read it, it disappears.
The last three posts are displayed as New.
I'm closing this thread as its run a bit off course. If you want to discuss politics or race relations feel free to do it in another group. I don't want these discussions in Premium though as they usually lead to extremely divisive arguments. The group below is specifically set up for any type of conversation, debate, argument.
http://www.thenextbigwriter.com/group-fight-club-48
Sol
I have no idea where to post announcements of any kind anymore, max.
This is a great place for announcements.
Yes, I will see about removing that. Thanks for the feedback.
Lesson 1 on the use of paragraphs has been posted. It includes two assignments.
http://www.thenextbigwriter.com/posting … raph-21359
Please be sure to post the assignments using the site's posting system and not this forum. Posting it to the site allows me and others to use the inline review functionality as well as other review functionality.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Sol
Sol-just wanted to find out if the formatting option for Kindle you introduced a week or two ago was for Kindle Scout, or regular Kindle publication? JP
It's an html format that can be used for Kindle, B&N, and probably Kindle Scout. I'm not sure what format Scout requires the work to be submitted in.
I'm happy to announce the winners of the 2015 Strongest Start Novel Competition. The grand prize winner is:
The Laundromat at the Edge of the Universe by Ronald Quark
The two runner-ups are:
Congratulations!
I also want to thank BookBaby and Pubslush for helping to sponsor the competition this year.
Sol
Today, in about one hour.
I wanted to update everyone on when we will announce the winners. I am waiting on word from one more judge, who told me they will be ready bu Tuesday. So, if that holds, I will announce the results on Wed, June 10.
I do wish the closed contests had an update with the winners and a link to their winning entry. Announcing only in the sponsoring group forum seems to reduce the publicity of the contests.
Good idea. I will do tomorrow for all of the contests we have run so far.
What operating system and browser are you using? I just tested it with the text you provided and it posted okay. Did you type the review directly into the box or paste it from somewhere else?
What makes you think you didn't receive your points?
I checked and it looks like you first did an in-line review and received .63 points for it. You then did two reviews withthe following text.
"Mary had a little lamb whose fleas were white as snow and everywhere merry Mary went the lamb was sure to go."
This only has 22 words but even if it was longer you wouldn't receive points again; you already received them for the in-line review. Once you review a piece, whether in-line or regular you don't receive points again if you do another review. There is no double points for leaving an in-line and regular review.
http://www.thenextbigwriter.com/posting … erse-20080
Is this not the correct scenario? Am I missing something here?
Sol
I'll look into it.
Basic members can read and leave both regular and inline reviews. They just can't post to points groups or access any inline reviews they receive.
Welcome SJ! Nice to have you aboard. It sounds like you'll have a busy but productive year.
I received this email. I am not endorsing this in any way but rather passing the information along.
Greetings!
RUMINATE Magazine is currently accepting entries for the 2015 William Van Dyke Short Story Prize, and we would like to invite your community to be a part of it. The official call with all the details is below. If you would please share it with your followers, we would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you for your help!
Warmly,
Alexis Gresh
Ruminate Intern
Call for Submissions:
RUMINATE Magazine is currently accepting submissions for our William Van Dyke Short Story Prize. Along with publication in our Winter 2015 issue, the winner and runner-up will be awarded $1500 and $200, respectively. The entry fee is $20 , which includes a complimentary copy of the Winter 2015 issue. The deadline for submissions is August 5th, 2015. To read the complete contest guidelines and to submit, please visit our website (http://www.ruminatemagazine.com/submit/ … s/fiction/).
I received an email from a contact at Amazon today asking if TheNextBigWriter wanted to work with them on Kindle Scout. Has anyone tried this program? I'd be interested in any feedback.
I wanted to offer qualified members of the site the opportunity to teach a writing class on the site. If you have a specialty in a particular area of writing and feel like you can impart some of this wisdom on others, contact me and we can see about setting up a class. Classes can range from free to fee-based. If you decide to charge for your class, you keep 70% of any income generates while the site get's the other 30% to cover costs.
Class topics can be on writing in a certain genre, marketing your writing, novel writing workshops (write a novel in 90 days with this class), etc. Basically, any topic that you think other writers might be interested in can be covered.
If you are interested, contact me at snasisi (at) thenextbigwriter.com.
Thanks,
Sol
Hi,
Welcome to an Introduction to Creative Writing!
I'm very excited to be teaching this class. As a warm-up, I'd like everyone to provide a quick introduction. If you're new to the class, go ahead and tell us a little bit about yourself. Don't be shy! Please include the following:
(1) What type of writing (romance, horror, science fiction, etc.) do you like to do?
(2) When did you start writing?
(3) Who are a couple of your favorite authors?
(4) What's a fun or quirky fact about you?
The goal of the class is to teach you some of the basics of creative writing while having a good time.
Thanks,
Sol
What device did you post it from? And what program?
That's strange. I just did two posts within four seconds of each other. But it could be because I am an admin. I'll check it out. It sounds like an anti-spam provision.
