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Lit Mag Goonrush Submit your literary feces to the following place: http://boundoff.com/submit/ It's cool because it's a "mag" that reads your story aloud and only buys the rights for that recording, leaving the rest of your rights to you, so you don't lose poo poo for getting accepted and can publish it elsewhere. Read, understand, and follow the guidelines so you can maybe have your story read by a real human being and make a whole $20. I'd gladly pay that much to make sure you all never wrote again. Proof must be posted, as before, for consideration for winning. Shame falls on those too cowardly to do it. Those accepted should post proof to encourage the failures among us. Go show them how the loving TD rolls, fuckers.
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Erik Shawn-Bohner posted:Lit Mag Goonrush I sincerely doubt it will be chosen, but gently caress IT 
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Jan 28, 2013 09:54
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Looks like at least someone is swinging a pair. I just want you fuckers to know that you keep me up at night. Literally. Mostly with rage, but--ya know. Up all night for you all the same.
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Erik Shawn-Bohner puts the abs in absentee parenting. Additionally, a friendly reminder to use Proper Manuscript Format for all your submissions (minus the bio stuff in this case). All gratitude for saving yourself from looking the fool is to be directed to Budgieinspector, the hippest cat I know. EDIT: Better proof. Bad Seafood fucked around with this message at 10:48 on Jan 28, 2013 |
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Bad Seafood posted:Additionally, a friendly reminder to use Proper Manuscript Format for all your submissions (minus the bio stuff in this case). All gratitude for saving yourself from looking the fool is to be directed to Budgieinspector, the hippest cat I know. Wellp. That's what I get for just diving right in. At least I got the double-spacing right.  e: Withdrawn, resubmitting in just a little bit. e2: Done. BlackFrost fucked around with this message at 10:48 on Jan 28, 2013 |
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Jan 28, 2013 10:21
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budgieinspector posted:How detailed they get would be up to the individual judge, but let's say at least two specific points. No, that's fine. Just, I'm fairly new to this writing lark so a bit more than just what gets given out during the judging would help some, I think. e: Question re: the submission thing (I have no hope of ever being accepted but still)- While I'm very much in 'Murrica right now, I'm also a student on an F1 visa and we have all kinds of weird guidelines about making money off-campus for whatever reason. Is sending stuff into a literary mag kosher despite that? I'd rather not get into visa-related trouble over something like this. Actually, what would happen if I were back home? I have no idea how this poo poo works. SC Bracer fucked around with this message at 10:34 on Jan 28, 2013 |
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Jan 28, 2013 10:28
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Budgieinspector your system sounds good to me. (I will totally fail to comply with it though, because of my field of work. It's still a good system)
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Jan 28, 2013 10:38
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Re: Bracer Send it an worry about it later. If they accept it, tell them to keep the dough. It's only twenty bucks. Then, you have no conflict. Also marry me.
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Jan 28, 2013 10:40
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Bad Seafood posted:Erik Shawn-Bohner puts the abs in absentee parenting. Pfft, formatting schmormatting. They'll take my quadruple spaced turquoise font manuscript and they'll like it.  Ugh fine what a whiner. Chairchucker fucked around with this message at 10:58 on Jan 28, 2013 |
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Jan 28, 2013 10:47
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I can't say I like the way you break my tables.
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Jan 28, 2013 10:50
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Erik Shawn-Bohner posted:Re: Bracer Okay then. I'll consider it in the unlikely event they accept me, boss.  I can't say I'm entirely happy with this but I'm still grinning.
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Jan 28, 2013 11:04
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So... is that a yes to the marriage proposal?
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Jan 28, 2013 11:24
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Jan 28, 2013 11:53
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budgieinspector posted:
I never had the chance to participate in paired detailed crits and wouldn't mind this in the least. Hopefully my schedule for the rest of the year wouldn't be as mad as the previous three week's so I can provide some valuable input that would surely enrich some goon's writing experience. Erik Shawn-Bohner posted:Lit Mag Goonrush lol k 
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This sounds good to me. A question about the submission which I am doing now: their guidelines say no name in the manuscript. So following the formatting guideline posted we should keep the names in the headers but not the pseudo below the title? EDIT  What did people put in their cover letter? I put GOONRUSH LOLS LOLS LOLS STAIRS THUNDERDOMING. CancerCakes fucked around with this message at 16:17 on Jan 28, 2013 |
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Jan 28, 2013 14:48
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CancerCakes posted:This sounds good to me. A question about the submission which I am doing now: their guidelines say no name in the manuscript. So following the formatting guideline posted we should keep the names in the headers but not the pseudo below the title? I just took my name out completely, was that wrong? Herp derp. 
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budgieinspector posted:
Sounds good to me for when I, you know, get my rear end in gear and don't gently caress up when it comes down to submission time. The only thing that's between me and seppuku right now is the dream of redeeming myself in the dome next week! monkeyboydc fucked around with this message at 17:57 on Jan 28, 2013 |
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budgieinspector posted:
These sound fine but I'd take issue with the second point. Anybody should be able to win the contest they enter. A rule like that would probably work towards discouraging new entrees who just want to test the waters and see how they stack up, and not have to worry about looking like a genius in the next round, or who may simply not have the time to commit to back to back rounds. I feel like the pair judging was a good system but understand that it can lapse due to no shows. Maybe a combo system wherein people who are okay with critiquing (because we seem to have a few) can pull double duty on top of critiques we'd get from judges. There should of course always be at least a few critiques of maybe just the top (what they really liked) or bottom (what could be improved/worked upon) stories from the judges of that week. edit: 
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(although, really, Thunderdome kicks the poo poo out of writing courses that costs a hundred times that much, so you all ought to be goddamn grateful for what you've got):
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Canadian Surf Club posted:These sound fine but I'd take issue with the second point. Anybody should be able to win the contest they enter. A rule like that would probably work towards discouraging new entrees who just want to test the waters and see how they stack up, and not have to worry about looking like a genius in the next round, or who may simply not have the time to commit to back to back rounds. I agree on the issue of singling people out for not being able to judge, it seems unfair. Some weeks I would have time to judge if I won, other weeks I wouldn't, but that doesn't mean that I shouldn't be eligible to win or get critiques, especially not if everyone else who entered does. As an aside, I'm happy to critique people at random whenever, I'm just awful at remembering to actually do it.
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Canadian Surf Club posted:Anybody should be able to win the contest they enter. Fanky Malloons posted:I agree on the issue of singling people out for not being able to judge, it seems unfair. The problem, though, is that the winner traditionally becomes the new judge for the upcoming week. If the winner isn't available to judge, someone else has to step up. Would you agree that the person who won the last round has more incentive and motivation to stick around and critique than someone who's just doing the job because the gold medalist was too busy to bother? Would you agree that that sort of situation is unfair to the people who have to pick up the slack? I mean, all of the glory + none of the burden sounds like a pretty sweet arrangement, but it kinda subverts the double-edged sword ethos that so delightfully permeates Thunderdome, no?
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budgieinspector posted:Well, now that I think about it, there have been weeks where I haven't entered because I knew I wouldn't have had time to judge if I won, so you're probably right. I'd actually be more likely to enter in busy weeks if I knew there was no chance of having to judge the next round. We should still be able to get critiques though 
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I wish someone would make a thread where you're allowed to post short fiction pieces for criticism and had a rule about reciprocation.
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Srsly, folks. Just go to the Fiction Farm (http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3527097) and start posting your stuff. Harass people into following suit to post and critique. That's the place for the after-party. Pretend any rules except the reciprocation rule do not apply and make that thread good. Don't even worry about word-count until it becomes an issue. The word-count rules were always counter-productive anyway. We made this thread kick rear end, so we can make the others kick rear end as well. Stop worrying and learn to love the bomb.
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This happened: You'll note I came up with a better title.
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Jan 28, 2013 22:54
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next time circle the two "Accepted" marks in red and follow up with a 
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Jan 28, 2013 23:00
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So if I don't submit there's no chance I could win and then have to judge? I'm not submitting twice.
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Well, I managed to double space. I'm never sure what to put in a cover letter for this sort of thing. "Hi from the internet, um, please pay me for my writing?" 
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Jan 28, 2013 23:56
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I usually just attach a picture of my junk for cover letters. If you are using google chrome and hold left control while scrolling in, it's pretty impressive.
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Jan 28, 2013 23:57
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Sitting Here posted:Well, I managed to double space. I think generally you just state why you're writing, then the title of your piece and a short description of what it's about. Then thank them for their time and put your name.
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Sitting Here posted:Well, I managed to double space. Mine are literally: Dear [EDITOR--and, for gently caress's sake, take a look at the masthead to figure out who you're addressing, and then spell their name correctly], Thank you for your time and consideration of [TITLE(S)] for publication. My work has previously appeared in [PUBLICATIONS]. Best regards, [ME] budgieinspector fucked around with this message at 00:30 on Jan 29, 2013 |
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It's one of those keep it simple and you can't gently caress up things.
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