BIG Congrats to everyone who made the cut. And to the vast majority who didn't -- we feel your pain. We've all been there. Every one of us have been eliminated from contests, from consideration for jobs, grants, assignments, from so many things. Being a writer means you have to learn to take getting whacked upside the head repeatedly and pretend you're OK with it.
The only thing I can say is, hey -- yeah, it sucks, BUT... maybe it's only a draft away. Check out the feedback and really study it closely. The stuff that made the reader balk could be fixable relatively easily. It's worth that extra level of scrutiny. It's easy enough to say "These people are idiots" and forget about it. And maybe we are. But if the feedback is even close to the mark, then as students of the biz we should all take it under consideration and at least chew it over. Knowledge is power, and sometimes even iffy notes can make us think of creative solutions or better ways to approach situations in your story. Best of luck to everyone, and to all my fellow writers: I APPLAUD YOU.
Now comes the hard part: whittling these down to the top ten by the end of April, when they will be posted right here and of course on our facebook page. Yikes.
Much love -- Jim C.
WOTS VI SEMIFINALISTS
FEATURES
20 Million Rides To Earth by Erik Ratiff
A Rising Tide by Chris Knight
All God's Children by Natalie Hanson
American Supervillains by Andrew Watt
Arctic Circle by Daniel Ragussis
The Basement by Dawn Marie Guernsey
The Bond by Kim Putman
Bullets for Silverware by Jim Antonini
Cake by Patrick Tobin
Carn Evil by Jason Siner
Clouds of Sorrow by Jack Davidson
Common Ground by Robert Fullerton
Confiteor by William Shedlick
The Contestant by Allen Hahn
Covers by Francis Jay
Damascus Cover by Daniel Berk
Dead Dolores by Michael Yagnow
The Deal by Brian Fox
Due Process by Shaun Raad
Equipoise by William Shedlick
Francis Lange by C.M. Robinson
Fury by Dane McCauley
The Galaxy’s Littlest Prince by Joe Borriello
The Guide by Henry Radoff
Hap by Brian Nicol
The Heckler by Mike Hanson
The Idea of Fireflies by Don Balch + Zack Smith
Illusion by Suzanne Kelman
La Mujer (The Woman) by Steve Lucas
The Last Lifeboat by Luke Yankee
Lawman by Kingston Medland + Kingsley Medland
Lulu by Samuel Bernstein
On the Edge (aka Speedville) by Patrick Hunt
One Bad Day by L.E. Bond
Orange Dissection by TJ Barkwill
Passing Through by Robert G. Rhyne
Petrology by Colin Mummery
Probable Cause by Shane McCabe
Resilience by Lena Slachmuijlder
The Rim Of The World by Bettina Moss
Rum House by Michael Sieve
Second Earth (aka Divergence) by Victor Grippi
Self-Storage by Glenn McGee
Seven Times Seventy by Laura Lagasse
Silas by Scott Parisien
Sleeping Beauty by Tony Boland
Slippery Things by Lane Baker
The Taloquan Network by Robert Hestand
Theory of Everything by Tim McSmythurs
Wild Bill Rides Again by Jim Antonini
Wormweed by John + Jessica Walker
TV
Borderland by Mark O'Neill + Jonathan Ross
Ditch Plains by Bernard Urban
Freebird - And This Bird You Cannot Change by Simon Kay
Freetown - Pilot by Jeremy Dickens
Lovecraft by Levi Bailey
Messiah Project by David Baugnon
Path by Michael A Wright
The RetroCog by Steve Morris
Shaman by Eric Ian Steele
Sitters by James Papa
Stealing Home by Sebastian Arboleda
Strategic Services
Teen Spirit by Jacob Burstein-Stern
The Thief and the Prophecies by Barry Leach
Triple Agent by Steve Morris
The World by Kathleen Cromie
Wilbur Shaw by C.M. Robinson
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