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I have a confession to make.

I'm cheating.

But it's not just me!  Dynamaso is doing it too!

We are posting various and sundry writings at abctales.com.

This is a British writer's site, so lots of "pissing myself" and other expressions I have to research to understand.  Heh.

BUT...generally this is how it works.

You sign up for an account.  It's free.

Then you post your stories, poems, whatever.

The editors choose the best selections of the day and give them "cherries."  When you are given cherries, your story goes on a special list on the homepage.  (Kinda like being featured here.)

Then every three months they publish a magazine with certain writings from the site.

You don't get paid for it.  And you have to print the magazine yourself (pdf).  But they take the time to do a bio of the author, a picture, and make it look professional.  I've looked at a couple past issues (linked on their site) and most of the authors are already published (for Money), teach creative writing, or are in the business somehow.

So basically if your work is chosen, you get bragging rights.  It also gives you exposure to published authors and who knows, maybe someone in the business.

Here's the kicker.  The stuff I read which gets cherries on the site is usually really good.  But I will say with no pretense, that most of the writers in our own JUWC are as good and better.

The only draw backs are:

1.  You can only submit 3 entries a day.  (Because the editors actually read them all....or so I was told when I posted like 20 Chapters of Cade in one day...hahahaha...an editor sent me an email and asked me to have mercy, then they made it an official rule, only 3 a day....buwhahahaha)

2.  It's an English site, so some of our colloquialisms don't translate well.  (I'm assuming this because some of theirs leaves me scratching my head.)

I teased Maso and said they were Anti-American because I was never featured.  Then GUESS WHO gets featured right off the bat?  MASO...why I otta...hahahahaha.  It must be because he's Australian.

What?

That doesn't sound plausible?

Pffft.

Talk about Karma..once I told Maso about the site...I was cherry picked.  (thank you, thank you)

Ok, back to draw backs...

3.  There is a comment section on the bottom of every entry...but you will see that prior to about a week ago few people leave comments.  I don't know if its a British thing or what.  But I can tell you once I started leaving comments, things took off...ok maybe not took off, but at least more people are commenting now.

I get the sense people are leery about stepping on other people's stuff...stiff upper lip and all that.  How will anyone ever get better?

4.  You might get addicted.  Some of the writers are that good.

5.  You might feel much better about your own stuff.  Some of the writers are that bad.  Heh.  Just kiddin.

 

The great thing is, you don't have to write anything new today for it.  Take some of your older stuff from the JUWC and put it up.  Everything I put up there so far, I also posted here.

And HONESTLY, every single member of JUWC can do well there, I mean REALLY well.

You all got skills...ya know it.

So now you know.

Maso and I are having an affair of the art.

Wanna play?

 

 

 

 


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on May 15, 2008
on May 15, 2008

I was pissing myself while watching this video!  Is that Rick Springfield?

 

The part where he pops up awake is HILARIOUS!  The blindfold dancing?

lol  thanks for the laughs and the need to do laundry.

on May 16, 2008

 I'm happy to share our 'affair'; the more the merrier, as far as I'm concerned.

Some of the writing and poetry on ABCTales is very good indeed while some of it...  okay, honestly, is crap.  You're right in saying our JUWC would kick butt over there.  So c'mon ladies and gents, come to the 'write' side bwhaahahaha...

The biggest surprise for me was having two of the four pieces I've posted cherry picked already.  This means I have to live up to their initial appraisal.  Sheesh...

on May 16, 2008
You little "Ho's"!LOL! What's that you say....a writing forum....?

Thanks for sharing! I'll check it out! Congrats on both your features!
on May 16, 2008

Some of the writing and poetry on ABCTales is very good indeed while some of it... okay, honestly, is crap.

So happy to see I'm not the only one who thinks so...I avoid the poetry all together because I find myself gagging.....

You were featured Maso because your work is good.  It's fresh too.  The editors are probably happy to finally get some new stuff there.

One of them sent me an email complimenting step-monster, said he reads hundreds if not thousands of stories a week and that one is sticking in his head.

(Too bad it wasn't fiction.)

That Lee guy has a couple books published.  I went to Amazon.com and checked them out.

Anyway, it seems like mostly guys doesn't it?

Lovin that.

~whispers~ There is an erotica section.

I was pissing myself while watching this video! Is that Rick Springfield? The part where he pops up awake is HILARIOUS! The blindfold dancing? lol thanks for the laughs and the need to do laundry.

I know its so funny...I couldn't stop laughing..and is that EYE LINER?  Gotta love the disco ball.

 

on May 16, 2008

Thanks for sharing! I'll check it out! Congrats on both your features!

It's fun, no matter what genre you like, they have it.

on May 16, 2008

on May 16, 2008

What happened to my comment up there?

Tova, not only were you cherry picked but you also got the story of the week.

Congrats on both.

on May 16, 2008

You were featured Maso because your work is good. It's fresh too. The editors are probably happy to finally get some new stuff there.

Thanks...  It was a very pleasant surprise, to say the least.  I have read a few different writers there now and frankly, I not overly impressed with a lot of it.  Most of the writing seems quite self-indulgent but not in a good way.

I'm super-impressed with the site, though. 

on May 16, 2008
Most of the writing seems quite self-indulgent but not in a good way.


Most of my writing is self-indulgent.

I hope it's not in a bad way.
on May 16, 2008

SanCho,

As you know, the very nature of fiction writing, in particular, is indulgent by it very nature.  And I think we're all prone to 'bad' self-indulgence but most of the time, our internal editors and critics point and laugh before we embarrass ourselves in a public forum.

on May 16, 2008

Going to check it out..and congrats to both of you for losing your cherries!

 

on May 16, 2008

Well, the above comment made no sense. You got your cherries back!

Now, for a real question Tonya. In the different genres there is a category called Talecatching. What is that?

on May 16, 2008
I have a confession to make.

I'm cheating.

But it's not just me! Dynamaso is doing it too!


I... I... I feel so used, so cheap....



The editors choose the best selections of the day and give them "cherries."


Well, that would be good. I haven't been cherry in years.
on May 16, 2008

Tova, not only were you cherry picked but you also got the story of the week.

Really?

I didn't see that.

Thanks....

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