As very recently remarked upon in my last post, Alan Baxter and I are looking to put together a whole bunch of blog posts about what's been learnt during this whole process.
Well Alan is a much more organised man than I am and has published a very insightful and educational post on Submitting - read it, live it - bookmark it and refer to it before you submit anywhere!
On a personal note: I haven't kept a running tally on how many stories I've read or on the word count, and now I know why - God help me. See the link for the numbers!
I'm also going to take this opportunity to thank Alan. Firstly for the opportunity to do this, secondly for being the Gatekeeper and being so fair and helpful to all the writers who submitted, and lastly for being so encouraging in how I've shaped the selection process and how I've decided to work through all this. Honestly, if you get the opportunity to work with Alan, I'm sure you'll find it as enjoyable as I have (so far...) - thanks, buddy.
The Time Machine Australia Bound
2 weeks ago
267 submissions, totalling over 1,000,000 words--way to go, BT! *a well deserved round of applause*
ReplyDeleteWow, that is a ton of reading. I don't know if I have read that much this year- Or last year for that matter.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to the posts : )
ReplyDeleteThank you too, BT. Hopefully this will be a killer anthology.
ReplyDeleteAs BT mentioned, my post about the whole thing is up. I'm not so much more organised than BT, it just happens that I was putting this post together in draft throughout the process and I haven't had over a million words to read! Here it is: http://www.alanbaxteronline.com/2009/12/01/submit-properly.html
Hi Brenton,
ReplyDeleteJust stopping by your blog after reading your story 'The Grass is Always Greener...' over at New Bedlam.
Good job, my favourite story of that zine! Good luck with the antho, sounds like a blast.
Rich
Hi Rich - glad to hear you enjoyed the story. New Bedlam is a kick ass market so I was over the moon to finally get in there. Well done yourself on your entry into 52Stitches this year. Hope you've submitted to next years as well. I look forward to reading more of your own work around the place.
ReplyDeleteI haven't subbed to 52 stitches this year. I have a couple of possible stories that need a good old spit and polish.
ReplyDeleteI'm chugging away on an entry for the New Bedlam contest, though.
You have any plans for that one?
Cheers
Rich
Not plans for the New Bedlam contest yet, but the deadline is still a well over month away so anything is possible.
ReplyDeleteNot having much luck squeezing anything in other than reading at the moment. The light is at the end of the tunnel though so maybe...
Someone actually used l33tspeak in their submission. Oh my god, you brave, brave man.
ReplyDeleteNo seriously, you're a machine. But it's going to be AWESOME :D