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2025 Writing Event Announcement - Comicality Tribute - Coming of Age

Valkyrie

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May 2, 2025 would have been Comicality's fiftieth birthday.  :(  We thought that would be a perfect day to feature a tribute to our beloved friend, author, and mentor.  We're announcing it now so that his fans will have an entire year to work on writing a story, letter, poem, or whatnot on a topic that resonates with them with respect to Comicality. 

Coming of Age - A Tribute to Comicality 

Due date for submissions:  April 25, 2025

No minimum length

Submissions may contain one chapter, or one prologue plus one chapter.  Authors may contribute more than one submission. 

The usual GA content guidelines do apply. Please use appropriate genres, tags, and story/chapter notes as applicable for your submission along with any message you wish to add to your tribute. 

Upload your story to GA; however:

 DO NOT SET THE PUBLISH DATE/TIME!  I will do this when I create the blog entry. Also, DO NOT EDIT YOUR STORY after you've posted it.  It messes with the system, and we may not be able to fix it.  

Once your story is uploaded, then post the link in the Links thread in the Writing Circle club.  

Due date to post link to thread is April 25, 2025 by 12:00 AM EST. 

I will post the link to the thread below, after I have created it (which will likely be after this blog has posted). 

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Gary L

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Great news!

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He truly will be missed.

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Only one submission per author.  I'm sure some, besides myself, will be disappointed by this news, since a tribute to Comicality can be done in different ways.  I had already considered a couple of different ideas once it had been announced that a tribute to Comicality would take place, and I've already started working on one idea.  I'd thought of different angle I might try as well, but I guess I can always post my second idea on my site with a dedication to Comicality in a story note.  

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3 hours ago, Bill W said:

Only one submission per author.  I'm sure some, besides myself, will be disappointed by this news, since a tribute to Comicality can be done in different ways.  I had already considered a couple of different ideas once it had been announced that a tribute to Comicality would take place, and I've already started working on one idea.  I'd thought of different angle I might try as well, but I guess I can always post my second idea on my site with a dedication to Comicality in a story note.  

After consulting with the other admins, we've decided to change that rule and allow multiple submissions per author.  Thanks for pointing this out! 

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Is there a maximum word count? I'll probably limit myself to a 10k word count due to the one chapter per story limit, but clarification is always appreciated. 💜

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This makes me happy, because it's a letter I already wrote. It's been sitting in my stories folder for months now.

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Oops! I must have missed this! I’ll need to get on this and cook something up.

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I have an idea, but I'm not sure how well it would be received. I'd like to make an effort at finishing one of his incomplete stories. I realize my style is so very different, and I'd never even think to suggest I'm as good a writer as he was. I just felt, I don't know, such a longing sometimes when I would come to the end that wasn't the end. Maybe vote with like/love if I should, and angry if I shouldn't. DM me, even.

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On 3/25/2025 at 3:46 PM, Lee Wilson said:

I have an idea, but I'm not sure how well it would be received. I'd like to make an effort at finishing one of his incomplete stories. I realize my style is so very different, and I'd never even think to suggest I'm as good a writer as he was. I just felt, I don't know, such a longing sometimes when I would come to the end that wasn't the end. Maybe vote with like/love if I should, and angry if I shouldn't. DM me, even.

Well, I did it. I hope you don't all hate me. The link is posted. I want it to be a complete surprise, so no editor or beta reader. Apropos, since the first 4 chapters were done solo too.

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2 hours ago, Lee Wilson said:

Well, I did it. I hope you don't all hate me. The link is posted. I want it to be a complete surprise, so no editor or beta reader. Apropos, since the first 4 chapters were done solo too.

 Can’t wait!

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I just saw the reminder regarding the upcoming deadline. I really wish I had the time to contribute to it but to be honest, I can't seem to get a good system to smooth out monthly releases for his magazine. Haven't even had the time or the brain power to get to continue my own story :(

Can't wait to see what is posted, may need to mention it in IMAGINE Magazine ;)

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@Valkyrie, have you posted the links page in the Writer's Circle Club for the Comicality tribute yet? 

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1 hour ago, Bill W said:

@Valkyrie, have you posted the links page in the Writer's Circle Club for the Comicality tribute yet? 

Yes, here it is.

 

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1 hour ago, Valkyrie said:

Yes, here it is.

 

Thank you, and I'm surprised I didn't find it when I was looking through everything.  I'm sorry if I caused you extra work. 

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