General Discussion : (Un)Official Presents: WAR - ROUND 1 - IS OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS TO THE VICTORS

Thx will do plus I still got to put those packages together :-) I got one good story out of it. I'm sure it'll be placed in a good home in a short time. Fortunately I used the contest to write a short story that could be compiled with the rest of my short stories so that brings me one step closer to completing a collection. The timing was funny bec the moment it became obvious I couldn't win I received a text from my writing partner in l.a. So once I finish up one last short story for thunderdome I'm going to be bootie deep in screenplay. :-) I've got a box of notes for that and it's time to pump that shiz out. This was a great opportunity to get in that mode.

:-) totally moon!

@flaminia i was spanked so hard there is no way i can catch up given three weeks let alone until sunday. i know, it sucks. i think i will always lose out in the beginning no matter how wonderful my writing is because my content is so disturbing and i'm not willing to play it safe for a contest. i mean, seriously, my story was written really well and to get spanked so hard ... i mean, geez! are you fucking kidding me?

i write short stories because i really enjoy doing them and because they act like business cards for me- not to win contests. i mean, i'm willing to temper myself for screenwriting because i can make money off that but, that said, the only reason i'm writing an actor's passion project right now is because he read "Sick Ticket" and "Bitchin Vans & Bloody Hippies" and saw that not only was i an excellent writer with a huge imagination but i was also willing to take risks. i mean shit, in "Sick Ticket" Marilyn Monroe's limbless body gets fist fucked by the devil in Venice Beach ... so i urge all you other losers to keep chugging on and be bold.

good work is polarizing. i mean, palahniuk couldn't get invisible monsters published so he got really pissed and wrote fight club. And jean auel was told by the first publisher she took Clan of the Cavebear to that she'd never get that thing published anywhere, ever. But the very next publisher she took it to offered her a $500,000 advance and that was what? like 30 years ago.

@utah i'd actually prefer to just resign now and have my work pulled from the site as i've already sent it out and should hear back from one of the two places in the next few days. Plus i think it'd be awesome for meat seeker to know all week (if she doesn't already) that she's a WINNER and she spanked my sorry ass.

totally tapping out! now pull my shiz.

Can we know which story Nikki wrote since she bowed out. Is that okay with you Noirkitty?

Hey, Nikki.

Tis a bit of a shame to see you leaving us so soon. Alas, I shall be dropping you the odd line on FB to see how you are getting on. Neon boneyard forever eh?

EDIT - my refreshing finger was a little slow there. Yeah you better stay. I just chained your ass to the radiator. You are stuck here now. :-)

yes, neon boneyard forever! @martin thx!

@manda i will know in two days or so whether my story has a place. and i'm staying and voting on all the stories! :-) yes, come sit next to me darling ... we can sling some shiz together. do more than bump the threads.

@conley you're such a lover! we're not going anywhere. :-)

stayin fo sure. and actually i'd be interested in starting or attending a portland writing group. my bf just bought me a mini so i could get around easier. so if you're interested chestie or anyone else local for that matter then we should get in touch when things settle down for me in the next month or two.

thx meat. good luck! i look forward to watching the next round. good job. :-)

Hahaha, bring it, meat. I'm not afraid to take out a woman. Seriously though, I am glad I am moving up and now I really wanna be one of the top four for that Tarot card deck.

I shave my balls.

I just need a couple more votes to steal this thing. And not a moment too soon I'm coming up the rear!!

I read the last two matches and Danny's story earlier today and put in my final votes.

Many thumbs up to each and every participant. So many good stories. Some matches were really hard to vote for. I voted without looking at any of the results beforehand and ended up mainly going with the consensus, though I think three times I went for the underdog. Also, brutal to see a couple of matches are still tied. The suspense!

The more stories I read the less confident I became about picking out authors too. Some I have no idea but can't wait to find out. The ony ones I would bet money on getting right are Richard's and Dakota's along with Covewriter's and Flaminia's. I also nailed Nikki and Meat's matchup before the big reveal.

I now have to vote in the best-of thread. Hmm. Tough call. The authors of The Executioner's Son, Vision Quest, ATTN: Human Resources, and Quarter Tank of Gas should all be taking bows. And Danny, King Me was cool too. Hmm indeed.

Really? I guessed them all and voted accordingly.

If you read the posts IMO you wouldn't be confused but I will lay it out for you. I lost fair and square so I asked for my story to be pulled so I can get on with it being published. I don't appreciate not cool comments IMO.

If you have a problem with me take it up with me. I'm actually really cool. I'm not throwing a fit. If you read the posts I explain exactly what I'm doing.

It's all biz. Nothing personal. It's a small world really no need to be making enemies you know?

I'm not making enemies, i didn't think. I thought people say what they think here, maybe not.  I'm sorry you are leaving. It just didn't seem right to me. I'm sorry. If you won you would have also pulled your story? 

if I won I would've pulled my story right away as I'm in the biz of getting shiz published and noticed. I rarely share my work with this many people before publishing. Just a very few souls. So if there's no need to have it up I don't see the harm on pulling it to maintain control over my work.

If this is a problem then next time war is done it can be stated that the work stays up for the entire competition but I don't see how that would benefit the voting process etc. It's all good. Honestly I thought the competition is going great with very few probs and I have a lot of love for @utah et al I mean what an accomplishment to pull this off! Crazy.

^can't believe you lost, nikki. sorry to see you get knocked out. but yeah, for sure, pull the story, i'd do the same thing, and will likely pull all of my stories after the competition is over too, if i'm submitting them. if a story is READABLE, @coverwriter, or if you Google search and can find it via a title, then yeah, it's considered published. that's why nikki is pulling her story. lots of "upsets" i imagine.

now i have to go see what story was yours. i have a guess.

I sent out my WAR story to publishers already, I didn't know if it's here it is considered published.  Although after the round is up, I assume it will be taken down. I just like to stick out things until the end and face the consequences.

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I'm glad to hear you sent your story out already @alien that's awesome. I can't wait to hear all the success stories that come out of this. I hope it gets done again with as little construction as possible. It's already helped me produce faster and got me in the mood to finish The Tube Top Shebop Tang Yeah Woo as well as sort through the pieces of my novel and screenplay.

Awesome awesome awesome. I might be a little more neurotic than y'all about having my work up but Im also more culpable bec of my background. Maybe you shouldn'tve known better but I should've.

Can't wait for the gloves to come off for the next round...