Secrets of the Hidden Library - 2nd Annual FIction Competition - WINNERS ON PAGE 6

Slave Posts : 23 Join date : 2014-04-12

Thor665 wrote:: I copy that.

I suggest polling your audience to make sure...just beware if any of them are also in the contest

Wise counsel. Sadly, I've yet to attract any comments on either story - but there's still a few weeks to go.

Slave Posts : 12 Join date : 2014-05-16

Throwing my hat into the ring!

"Pride Goeth"

Alternate Title: "Sweet Little Thing," but this way seems fancier.

At first I just followed the writing prompt as a fun exercise, but then I said to myself, "Armchair, you wrote it anyway, may as well send it in!" Forgive my prior lurkishness.

Good luck all the other entrants!

Heck, you get points from me just for your avatar.

Slave Posts : 12 Join date : 2014-05-16

Thor665 wrote:: Heck, you get points from me just for your avatar.

Mission accomplished! Ride that drunk skellington all the way to victory.

Ooh, I'm itching to see the results. June can't come quickly enough!

And, just for the record, we re down to about 3 weeks now for the final submission of your entries.
Basically this is about the halfway point of the competition.

Remember when I said we were down to three weeks a week ago?

We're down to two weeks now. We're past the halfway point, and we're at the stage where you might find yourself getting a bit tight on time if you, like me, suffer semi-regular writer's block.

Just a friendly reminder to get those stories in. I am a martinet when it comes to deadlines.

ArmchairOrrery wrote:: Throwing my hat into the ring!

"Pride Goeth"

Alternate Title: "Sweet Little Thing," but this way seems fancier.

At first I just followed the writing prompt as a fun exercise, but then I said to myself, "Armchair, you wrote it anyway, may as well send it in!" Forgive my prior lurkishness.

Good luck all the other entrants!

moooooore wiiiiine...

Slave Posts : 22 Join date : 2012-03-01 Location : 716

Remember when Thor said we where down to 3 weeks two weeks ago? ;-D
One week to go! So excite!

Definitely excited. Was there a huge surge of late entries last year?

Slave Posts : 8 Join date : 2014-05-31

I'm new to the dark city, but I love dark eldar and I love writing fan fiction so here's my entry:

http://www.thedarkcity.net/t9430-the-burning-sensation-secrets-of-the-hidden-library-2nd-annual-fiction-competition

I think I did it right, but if i haven't please tell me Smile

I personally love everybody's stories so far and I really like the competition

Jimsolo wrote:: Definitely excited. Was there a huge surge of late entries last year?

There were. I know there's at least two that have been promised to me that I'm hoping show up.

Slave Posts : 8 Join date : 2014-05-31

ok i found out that my entry was about 300 words too long but I shortened it so it should be fine now Very Happy

Welcome to the competition!

The Crystal Archon wrote:: ok i found out that my entry was about 300 words too long but I shortened it so it should be fine now

Good catch! I am a stickler for that. I'll admit, I actually refuse to read any entries until after the competition is over (just a personal desire to do my judging within a short period of time so that hopefully I'm assessing them in the same way)

The big rule is, naturally, the word count.
Other than that, I'd advise you to do a spell check and grammar check on it, as that can and will affect your score.
Also, if your use of the theme word is really interpretive, I'd suggest maybe sneaking in an explanation in the comments on your story, just to make sure the judges 'get' it.
Other than that the only rule is to have fun. Wink

She Who Must Be Obeyed Posts : 1102 Join date : 2011-05-18

Quote :: Also, if your use of the theme word is really interpretive, I'd suggest maybe sneaking in an explanation in the comments on your story,

Ah, we can put comments? Thanks! That's actually really useful to know, I was pondering if we could. Not to explain the use of the keyword, actually, but a character side note.

Still interrogating my possible entry to see if it passes muster.

Malys, for every day that you don't post that story, I'm going to make a guinea pig curry. Twisted Evil

She Who Must Be Obeyed Posts : 1102 Join date : 2011-05-18

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I will point out that it's only five days left till deadline.

She Who Must Be Obeyed Posts : 1102 Join date : 2011-05-18

There it's done! Put down the curry powder step away from the guinea pig!

"RELEASE THE GUINEA PIGS!"

Oh wait...at first when you said 'make a guinea pig curry' I thought you meant 'serve curry to a guinea pig,' not 'make curry out of a guinea pig.' For some reason, and I know this is bizarre, I find the first idea much more sadistic than the second.

What kind of person does that make me? (An awful one, probably...)

Back on topic though: Thor, are you the sole judge?

She Who Must Be Obeyed Posts : 1102 Join date : 2011-05-18

So long as there is no guinea pig / curry interface, I am satisfied.

Jimsolo:

Thor wrote:: Myself and the other two judges will begin judging the stories on June 8th.

Now I can't think of anything but how curried guinea pig might taste...I bet it's so good...

Will the judges read our entries anonymously, or will they know who wrote the story as they read it?

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