I've got two nearly finished.

What do we do with completed stories? I can't remember.

I've written one story for each theme and sent the stories to my editor.  I should be posting them soon! 

13 hours ago, chris191070 said:

What do we do with completed stories? I can't remember.

Chris, you submit the stories to your own site, but don't publish them in any way.  Just get a copy of the link for the story or stories and send it to Valkyrie (it wwould also be smart to tell her which theme it is for) and she'll take care of including your story or stories in the anthology under the correct theme.  

Mea culpa, I forgot a step.  Please see Lee Wilson's post below for complete process. 

12 hours ago, chris191070 said:

What do we do with completed stories? I can't remember.

Submission instructions are here:

12 hours ago, Bill W said:

Chris, you submit the stories to your own site, but don't publish them in any way.  Just get a copy of the link for the story or stories and send it to Valkyrie (it wwould also be smart to tell her which theme it is for) and she'll take care of including your story or stories in the anthology under the correct theme.  

That’s actually step 3:

Submission Procedure *Please read carefully*

Once your story is complete and has gone through your beta and editing team, please complete the following steps:

• Contact @Valkyrie via PM. Include in the PM the following information: Title, original editor, genre, synopsis, word count, and excerpt in the body of the PM. Attach your story file as a Word document.  Please send as a .doc or .docx if possible.  We have had issues with .odt documents.  You will be paired with a proofreader from the Anthology Proof Team who will perform a final proof for the anthology and return the file to you. *Please Note: Prior editing required before submission.*
• Once you receive your proofed file, complete your edits and submit your story into the GA Stories Archive. For help, please read How do I upload my anthology entry into GA Stories?

Only one story from me. With my editor now. Maybe I’ll put something short together for “Unspoken.” Although I pointed out a subtle link to it in my “Horizons” entry.

I've written zero stories, but I have an idea.

1 hour ago, Lee Wilson said:

That’s actually step 3:

 

Submission Procedure *Please read carefully*

Once your story is complete and has gone through your beta and editing team, please complete the following steps:

• Contact @Valkyrie via PM. Include in the PM the following information: Title, original editor, genre, synopsis, word count, and excerpt in the body of the PM. Attach your story file as a Word document.  Please send as a .doc or .docx if possible.  We have had issues with .odt documents.  You will be paired with a proofreader from the Anthology Proof Team who will perform a final proof for the anthology and return the file to you. *Please Note: Prior editing required before submission.*
• Once you receive your proofed file, complete your edits and submit your story into the GA Stories Archive. For help, please read How do I upload my anthology entry into GA Stories?

Oops, I forgot about the proofreading step!  Mea culpa.  

I have one - I'm experiencing first time jitters and trying not to drop the ball. 

I've got about 8k words in, and I think my timing is all wrong to find a editor on time. I feel like if I put in a post now ( with it not finished) its too soon, but I am mindful that with the deadline looming I need to give someone time to do any editing work. Let alone let the post be seen to find said editor, and the act of navigating the site to publish it correctly too. 

17 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

I would suggest looking for an editor now.  Sometimes it can take some time to find one.  If you don't have any luck, then do your best to self-edit it and we'll go from there.  And don't worry about dropping the ball.  There's plenty of helpful people on the site, and if you have any questions, feel free to PM me.  

ON it!

Thanks for the encouraging words. I do see often how this community of people come together to support each other ( in my time of lurking). If i don't catch someone this time. I hope to catch someone for the next story. Questions and I are best friends so you'll find me in your PM's eventually. Thanks again!

31 minutes ago, Quilah said:

I have one - I'm experiencing first time jitters and trying not to drop the ball. 

I've got about 8k words in, and I think my timing is all wrong to find a editor on time. I feel like if I put in a post now ( with it not finished) its too soon, but I am mindful that with the deadline looming I need to give someone time to do any editing work. Let alone let the post be seen to find said editor, and the act of navigating the site to publish it correctly too. 

My time is limited, but there’s plenty of time for me to give it a round or two. My email is on my profile.

Can't wait to see what all of our wonderful authors come up with for this one...