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Renee Stevens

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I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. Since I'm running late today, let's get right into it!

 

Monday we shared a review of lomax's Kissing The Dragon.

 

Wednesday we revisited a past blog post from Cia called Cia's Torturing Me. It's all about what might keep your story in the moderation queue and what you can do to make sure your story is approved quickly.

 

Thursday we had our guessing game for the Secret Santa contest. I received a compilation, from someone who wishes to remain nameless, of who guessed, so here it is:

 

Seven Swans got 11 guesses on 5 names, none guessed correctly

Chrisis Eve got 8 guesses on 4 names, one person guessed correctly (AC Benus)

All I Want For Christmas got 7 guesses on 5 names, one person guessed correctly (craftingmom)

Twenty-Three Days of Adven got 7 guesses on 5 names, three people guessed correctly

Myrthcottle’s Memories got 7 guesses on 4 names, three people guessed correctly

The Modern Magi got 7 guesses on 3 names, three people guessed correctly

 

AC Benus made 6 corrects guesses

craftingmom made 5 corrects guesses

Puppilull, Valkyrie, Mikiesboy made 3 corrects guesses

everyone else had one or two correct guesses

 

Twelve stories had someone guess the correct author:

 

La Gracier Et La Paix (The Pardon and the Peace) - most people (5) guessed this one

Elves (3)

Myrthcottle’s Memories (3)

The Modern Magi, or Miracle at the Angel Tree (3)

Twenty-Three Days of Advent (3)

Cruising For Love At Christmas (2)

Mistletoe Balls (2)

All I Want For Christmas (1)

Chrisis Eve (1)

Habibi (1 - I'm not counting Puppilul guessing her own story, lol)

Meeting Santa (1)

Operation Wonder (1)

 

Nine stories had no one guess their author

 

From Santa

Julebukking

My Very Own Secret Santa

Santa's Little Helper

Seven Swans

The Baker's Helper

The Letter: A Christmas Tale

The Old Ways

The Secret Santa Game

 

There were no new prompts on Friday of this week. Instead, we announced the winners of the Secret Santa Short Story Contest as well as had the author reveal. Were you surprised by who wrote what? How many did you guess correctly?

 

Anthology Announcements:

 

***NOTE: All Deadlines are for submission to the Anthology Proof Team**

  • 2016 Spring Anthology: Crossing the Line - Due February 26th, 2016
  • 2016 Summer Anthology: Wicked Games - Due May 26th, 2016
  • 2016 Fall Anthology: Blindsided - Due August 26th, 2016
  • 2016 Winter Anthology: The Forgotten - Due November 26th, 2016
  • All Pre-2016 Anthology Themes - Due December 14, 2016


By our Promoted Authors:

 

*Note* Though they'll be a week late, the stories in the Secret Santa Contest will be added to the weekly wrap up next week after the reveal.

 

The Degan Paradox by Rob Colton; Book 3 of Galactic Conspiracies *Premium*

 

All I want for Christmas by Graeme *Secret Santa Contest*

 

Chrisis Eve by Headstall *Secret Santa Contest*

 

Julebukking by Cole Matthews *Secret Santa Contest*

 

Mistletoe Balls by Aditus *Secret Santa Contest*

 

Santa's Little Helper by craftingmom *Secret Santa Contest*

 

The Modern Magi, or Miracle at the Angel Tree by AC Benus *Secret Santa Contest*

 

The Old Ways by Valkyrie *Secret Santa Contest*

 

Twenty-Three Days of Advent by Thorn Wilde *Secret Santa Contest*

 

Sauna Christmas by Thorn Wilde; Book 2 of Tales From the Sauna

 


Black Widow by Mark Arbour; Book 16 of Chronicles Of An Academic Predator (CAP)

 


HMS Valiant by Mark Arbour; Book 7 of Bridgemont

 


Aditus' prompts and circumstances by aditus

 

Thwarted by Renee Stevens

 

It Had to be Good! - Christmas at Famous-Barr 1929 by AC Benus

 

No Flash by Cia

 

The Holly and the Ivy by aditus

 

My Brother Daniel by Nephylim

 

2015 Prompt Responses by Valkyrie

 


Sword of Kings: Tempered by Fate by Bill W; Book 3 of Sword of Kings

 

Holding Back by Thorn Wilde

 

The G. M. Os. by CarlHoliday

 

Innocence & Carnality by Mann Ramblings

 

Don't forget.... Read, Write, and REVIEW!!!

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Mikiesboy

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Nice breakdown on the Secret Santa guesses, Renee. 

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AC Benus

AC Benus 36,635

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I don't know if I should be credited with six correct guesses, as I cheated and allowed some double names, etc. But anyway, I did get a few with only one guess ;) 

 

Thanks to everyone who organized, contributed and read the Secret Santa stories! It sure was a lot of fun!!!  

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Timothy M.

Timothy M. 50,252

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On the other hand, AC, you did not 'guess' your own story or mine (which you edited). And you were not the only one with double names, I think Lisa did it too.

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Puppilull

Puppilull 18,787

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In my defence, I feel I must point out I guessed all stories and it felt even stranger to leave mine empty. It irked my semester of order and symmetry. So it wasn't technically a guess. LOL

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AC Benus

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On the other hand, AC, you did not 'guess' your own story or mine (which you edited). And you were not the only one with double names, I think Lisa did it too.

Yes, and I didn't leave a guess on The Letter either, because I had edited Tim L's story as well...

Renee Stevens

Renee Stevens 26,952

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Nice breakdown on the Secret Santa guesses, Renee. 

 

Thanks, Mikiesboy. Unfortunately, I can't take the credit, it was sent to me by someone else and I simply included it.

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Puppilull

Puppilull 18,787

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Hmm... Who do we know who likes numbers..? More guessing! Just kidding! :)

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Valkyrie

Valkyrie 110,350

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Thanks for including the breakdown.  And thanks again to W_L, Renee, AJ, and crew for offering such a great contest and to all who wrote stories and voted.  It was a tremendous amount of fun and I look forward to the next one :)

Timothy M.

Timothy M. 50,252

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In my defence, I feel I must point out I guessed all stories and it felt even stranger to leave mine empty. It irked my semester of order and symmetry. So it wasn't technically a guess. LOL

 

True, and I have to admit I thought you were doing it to throw us off the track. LOL.

Lisa

Lisa 6,487

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On the other hand, AC, you did not 'guess' your own story or mine (which you edited). And you were not the only one with double names, I think Lisa did it too.

Tim, I just piggybacked on AC's idea! :D

Lisa

Lisa 6,487

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Hmm, I did so poorly! I should have "guessed" on the ones I edited! :P That would have boosted my numbers up. lol

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Timothy M.

Timothy M. 50,252

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Hmm, I did so poorly! I should have "guessed" on the ones I edited! :P That would have boosted my numbers up. lol

 

Or put Cole's name on more stories. :rofl:  No one guessed he wrote Julebukking.

Slytherin

Slytherin 24,489

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Or put Cole's name on more stories. :rofl:  No one guessed he wrote Julebukking.

I was so looking forward to post my guesses in the Secret Santa guessing game and Julebukking was the story I was 100% sure I would guess right on. I think it has "Coles name" written all over :) Unfortunatly I couldn't guess because one admin who shall remain anonomous, posted the red winner banners in the Gallery and I saw them... 

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