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Fantasy: January 04, 2012 Issue [#4804]

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  Edited by: Prosperous Snow celebrating Author IconMail Icon
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1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
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About This Newsletter

Happy New Year 2012


It’s that time of year again,
When we sit down to make a new writing plan,
When we look at last year’s successes and failures,
When we sit word count goals,
When we look at last year’s plots and characters,
Decide how to rewrite their stories and lives.

It’s that time of year again,
Time to kick our science fiction and fantasy plots
Into high gear.


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Letter from the editor

A New Year is a mixed blessing. It is time to look at the accomplishments and failure of the preceding twelve months. I purposely put accomplishments first in the last paragraph because we usually look at our failures before we look at our successes (accomplishments) and pat ourselves on the back.

As writers, we have to know why one story is a success and another remains unpublished or in eternal rewrite. The first step to making a story a success is having something to compare it to and to do this we have to know why a publisher accepts one story for publication or rewriting and another does not. Therefore, we have to analyze our success and then our failures.

While we often learn more from our failures then our successes, we have to know why something failed. In order to know why one article or story failed we have to know why a similar article succeeded so that we have a comparison. Sometimes a written item fails because of internal mechanics of the item and at other times it is operator error i.e. is there something about ourselves we need to change.

It is a New Year and time to make new resolutions. It is time to look at last year’s successes and failures, so that we can determine where we want our writing to go this year. It is also time to start something new such as a story, poem, journal, characters, science fiction or fantasy plot. Write on in 2012.


Editor's Picks

Stories and Poems


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Excerpt: He struggled to remain awake;
he fought the need to doze.
He felt himself begin to shake
as eyes began to close.


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Excerpt: James stood on the podium next to the stranger and waited...

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Excerpt: South of his lofty position in Tempest stations observation tower, Kane De Souza observed a vast cyclonic column of dust drifting across the Syria Planum...

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Myth written as a tie in to my story. older style of English. Please enjoy.
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Excerpt: Long ago, ere many centuries to present, there lived three children. The eldest a boy, second a girl and another girl several years below each. These children had not any family to call their own, for even they were not of same blood. Howsoever, they each cared for the two others as if kin....

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About a drone
#1836854 by FireFlowerHanabi Author IconMail Icon

Excerpt: You're about to drone on
Mindless, through the motions


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An interview with my wolfess ex-thief turned law officer. Dialogue form. Contest Entry
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Excerpt: “Here we are in a rare interview with Zena, the legendary leader of the Wild Beasts.”

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Ask & Answer

BIG BAD WOLF is Howling Author Icon writes: I prefer wolves in my stories, though I will write about others. Of course, if you have any questions about anthros, call me.

chameleon666 writes: None so far, but it would be cool to write one!

atwhatcost writes: I never thought of my characters as antrhos before. I just thought they were walking, talking, always hungry teddy bears. They'll be thrilled. They keep thinking that the bear part should give them a little tough-guy credentials, but it doesn't. "Anthros." Good word. ;)

Otakon Author Icon writes: I developed this race for a story of mine a while back. They were created by another species to act as couriers and messengers. What do you all think?
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bertiebrite hoping for peace Author Icon writes: Please tell me what an "antro" is?

Prosperous Snow celebrating Author IconI think “antro” is a misspelling, it should be “anthro” and refers to an animal or sentient creature with human qualities.


I wish every one a happy, prosperous, and successful New Year.
Prosperous Snow celebrating Author Icon


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