 Fantasy: December 11, 2013 Issue [#6044] |
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This week: Submitting is a Challenge Edited by: Dawn Embers  
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Have a fantasy or sci-fi story? What do you do with it now that you're done? Try submitting it for publication as there are many opportunities out there. I plan to send out my work, so now the challenge goes out to you.
Writing is one step, but later comes more. Are you ready?
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Hello fellow writers of speculative fiction. I'm back already since my technology newsletter was the week before last. It was fun but now, I'm ready for a different topic: submitting for publication.
I haven't been published, yet, but I have submitted a story a few times. In fact, it was a story I first wrote for the Writer's Cramp many years ago. A round I believe I won. After some editing, I decided the story was ready and sent it out to 3 different places (not at the same time though) and got back during that time 3 rejections. Two were a bit formulaic, though encouraging, and one, well that one had notes. It was exciting and even the rejection didn't make me feel bad at all.
Yet, I have only submitted about 4 times and I've been on WDC since 2005... Time to fix that.
Fantasy and Science Fiction have some great sources for publication. While the novels may be long, short stories and flash fiction are also popular. Can even find some places for novelettes and a stray novella if you do your research right. With the different options out there, it's a good genre to write. But are you ready?
 First, write a story. That is the fun part, right? I find it fun at least.
 Then you need to rewrite and edit the story, get a little feedback and polish it up. Make that story shine.
 Once it's all pretty and sculpted, then is the time. Find somewhere to submit.
Sounds easy, right? Well it can be and yet at the same time it isn't. Considering the number of writers out there and the number of stories that get published, it does become daunting: the uphill battle. Some will never even try to submit a story for publication, and that can be okay too. But if you want to have a story published, and you have something that is ready, then time will come to send it out into the publication world. And there may be rejection. In fact, yes, there will be rejection. But that's okay too. Rejection isn't so bad because in truth, it's just one person's thoughts on one story. Try to remember the publisher isn't rejecting you, just the story that time. When one gets back, send it out somewhere else while you write another story. That is the plan.
And I'm going to do it. I have been writing for years now, I have some things written, rewritten and edited. Next comes the nerve-wrecking stage. And to motivate myself, I challenged a friend. We have to submit 7 stories and to at least 4 different places by February 14th, 2014. The time has come to push the stories out into the big, wide world of publishing. Am I ready? Have to wait and find out. But I hope to see others talking about submitting stories in the future.
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Great group for writers of fantasy.
The rest are stories I found that are either fantasy or science fiction and have been updated recently. They vary from zombie sleeping beauty tales to rainbows and the end of time. Check them out and see what some of the writers here on WDC have to offer and maybe send a review. Help them get ready to submit.
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Are you ready to submit a story for publication? If not, do you hope to be in the near future?
Also, if you have a story, I dare you to submit it somewhere and let me know when you do. 
Last time I wrote about adding technology into a fantasy world. I got a number of great responses and here are a few:
By Voodoo Shampoo 
although elves and fairies and other fantasy creatures might possess magic capabilities, they would find a cell phone just as useful as you do simply because they wouldn't have to conjure up some weird magic and chant a long boring text, but instead simply quick dial a number on their cellphone, besides it stores all numbers correctly so unlike chanting it has less chances to go wrong
i'd say you should definitely add in some modern technology into your fantasy world!
- An interesting look into the world. While magic has its place, technology does have many uses. Good suggestion.
oe_leider and Bob DeFrank  both mentioned Steampunk in their comments, which is an excellent example of fantasy including technology, specifically the tech that is around the "steam" era. I must admit that I like the idea of Steampunk but the era and the often link with alternative history has kept me back a bit. But It's a great subgenre and hope to explore more in the future.
By Kenny Dickens
Fantasy and Sci-fi are one in the same. Any Sci-fi can be turned into a fantasy, and vice versa. A general rule that I like to follow is this; If an operation can be performed by pushing a button, it's Sci-fi. If that same operation can be performed by magical means (little to no scientific explanation, i.e a prayer, chant, or amulet/charm) then it is fantasy.
- Well, I would disagree that they are one in the same, but they do have similarities. That is an interesting analogy that the operation can be performed defines the genre. I'm sure some other readers have opinions on that concept but we'll have to wait for another newsletter.
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