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Anthology Discussion - February 12th!

Renee Stevens

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With only about three months until the next anthology is due, I thought I'd take a moment to see how everyone is doing with their anthology entries! 

 

Feel free to share something about your anthology entry, or planned anthology entry, in the comments. Just a reminder, the two themes are In the Stars and Snapped.

 

Also, for veteran anthology authors, what is your favorite aspect of writing for the anthologies, and what advice would you give to authors who are contemplating writing their first anthology story?

 

If you're a new anthology author, what are you most concerned about concerning the anthology? Do you have any questions that the veteran authors may be able to answer for you?

 

Unsure what they anthologies are? You can read the guidelines here, and to check out last years anthology entries, just click on the banners below!

 

Happy Writing!!!!

 

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Timothy M.

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I like the new possibility of having more than one author for a story. It's fun to collaborate (right, @aditus ?) - so I can recommend it, if you get stuck when on an Antho theme.

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Marty

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I'm hoping to submit something, but at the moment I cannot come up with anything suitable...

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Aditus

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36 minutes ago, Timothy M. said:

I like the new possibility of having more than one author for a story. It's fun to collaborate (right, @aditus ?) - so I can recommend it, if you get stuck when on an Antho theme.

Absolutely! Get the AI team ready.

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Valkyrie

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Also, for veteran anthology authors, what is your favorite aspect of writing for the anthologies, and what advice would you give to authors who are contemplating writing their first anthology story?

My favorite aspect of writing for the anthologies is finding questions to explore and try to answer.  I like using the anthologies to explore themes or writing styles I might not use otherwise.  

 

My advice to new anthology authors is to just try it.  Remember you don't have to embrace the theme--a tangential link to it is all you need.  

 

I have ideas for both themes, so I'm hoping to have two submissions this spring. :)  

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CassieQ

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I've written for 13 anthologies, does that make me veteran?  :gikkle:

 

I love the anthologies.  They give me ideas for stories that I might never write otherwise and they are open to so much interpretation.  I love seeing how other people write for the same themes that I write for.  

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Aditus

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Okay, I'm a veteran too.  :whistle:Anthologies inspire me. Multi chapter stories are time consuming, at least for me.  Short stories are a chance to try something new. 

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Parker Owens

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I’m not really a veteran. I agree that I like the chance to write something outside my comfortable space, or to try something new. @Valkyrie is right. One should just try it and see where one is taken. 

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CassieQ

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1 hour ago, Valkyrie said:

My advice to new anthology authors is to just try it.  Remember you don't have to embrace the theme--a tangential link to it is all you need.  

I also love how the themes are inclusive, not exclusive.  Otherwise, some of them might have scared me off.  :P

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Valkyrie

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1 hour ago, CassieQ said:

I've written for 13 anthologies, does that make me veteran?  :gikkle:

This made me go count my own anthology participation.  I've participated in every anthology since Summer 2014.  Fourteen anthologies and twenty stories.  ⭐ Can you tell I like them?  :gikkle:  

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Renee Stevens

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I just got an idea.... authors.... please pick ONE of your anthology stories and PM a link to it to me along with a short paragraph about your experience when writing it. Thanks!  For the subject of the PM, please put Anthology flashback.

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Headstall

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7 hours ago, Valkyrie said:

This made me go count my own anthology participation.  I've participated in every anthology since Summer 2014.  Fourteen anthologies and twenty stories.  ⭐ Can you tell I like them?  :gikkle:  

Wow. That's impressive! I guess I'm a rookie with seven. :)  Three were for one anthology, though... the Winter Rewind: Pre-2016 themes. I loved having that kind of choice... it inspired me. 

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Thorn Wilde

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I've only written for one anthology before this one... But now my story for the Snapped theme is practically finished already; just needs beta and editing. It's interesting, because when I read the themes I realised I had a story I started ages ago but never got anywhere with (I had like two scenes written) would fit really well, so I got that one out of hibernation. The whole thing changed, of course, but I guess maybe this is why it didn't take me longer than this to write it. At 10k words it's the longest short story I've written to date.

 

It's kind of weird that I haven't participated in more anthologies, given how much I like writing short stories... Out of my 39 stories, only 6 are novels or novellas.

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Parker Owens

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So something came to me in a dream last night. Now can it be made into a readable story? Hmmmm. 

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Thorn Wilde

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5 minutes ago, Parker Owens said:

So something came to me in a dream last night. Now can it be made into a readable story? Hmmmm. 

You can! I believe in you! :hug: 

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Valkyrie

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1 hour ago, Parker Owens said:

So something came to me in a dream last night. Now can it be made into a readable story? Hmmmm. 

:yes:  

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northie

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12 hours ago, Headstall said:

I guess I'm a rookie with seven.

This'll be my fifth, so not a veteran number-wise, but I've done every anthology so far since I became an author. So perhaps more a serial contributor or something ... I've not really settled down to my current attempt. I've decided this weekend'll be spent pushing it on, hopefully. 

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Defiance19

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Maybe, possibly, this time around. I had an idea when the theme came out, wrote about 1000 words and put it away.. Now to see if they make an actual story. 

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Thorn Wilde

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11 hours ago, Defiance19 said:

Maybe, possibly, this time around. I had an idea when the theme came out, wrote about 1000 words and put it away.. Now to see if they make an actual story. 

Do the thing! You'll do great! :hug: 

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