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inkpoperika

wrote 1 day ago

Hi Lauren!

This is just a reminder that content for Saturday's WWC blog post is due to me by tomorrow afternoon - Thursday, September 2, 2010.

Thank you so much, Lauren; I hope that you're having a wonderful day!! :)

xoxox,
Erika

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LA Knight

wrote 5 days ago

also for the WWC - has there been a challenge for romance where the romance HAS to end on a tragic note? Maybe they break up, or it just wasn't meant to be, or something? Just wondering.

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LA Knight

wrote 5 days ago

First thing: I like Siobhangrants' challenge idea, but I also think certain people (me) might have an unfair advantage, lol. =)

Second thing: I know my entry for the 24 Days of Summer doesn't count, but I would like to get some feedback on it from the judges. Can I have that?

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LA Knight

wrote 10 days ago

Oh, and do I have to put WWC15 in front of my project title? Or just WWC?

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LA Knight

wrote 10 days ago

You can do a romance challenge without the summer part. Maybe Romance Through the Ages or something? Choose from several historical categories (Ancient Greece, Regency England, the Old West, WWI or WWII, Revolutionary War, Civil War, Medieval times, Ancient China, primitive Africa, whatever).

I would also like to see a fairytale challenge, but one where there's a reversal-type thing. So, maybe in the Little Mermaid, the prince is actually a sea-faring rapist taking advantage of an impressionable young girl (a la The Mermaid's Madness by Jim C. Hines) or the MC is NOT the MC of the fairytale (for example, instead of it being from Sleeping Beauty's point of view, maybe it's the evil fairy). That's my pet idea right there. =)

Also, a superhero contest would be fantastic. It would definitely help me get my book Combine Masquerade off the ground.

And perhaps, at some point, a scramble challenge like this one, only all the stories have to be connected? Just a theory.

I'd like a monster-mash-up, especially if we can do romance (but you MUST forbid vamps and shapeshifters, unless they turn into things like a unicorn or a dodo bird or something - something that doesn't exist now. And NO angels/demons - all have been used too often).

I would also like to see challenges that require really unusual things, maybe for special events. Like, if we have an Autism Awareness Month, one of the WWCs should have autism as a theme. Or for Breast Cancer Awareness Month or something (do they have that?). Maybe an Arbor Day Contest, you have to write something about a tree?

OH! I NEED AN EXTENSION!
Didn't want to forget about that. Can I turn junk in on the 25th? Preferably the 26th or 27th, since instead of a 1-week challenge it's more like a 3-week challenge so a 3-day extension instead of 1? See, 'cause, from Wednesday, the 18th, to this Friday, I'm working 111 hours. I've had 12-hour shifts from Thursday the 19th to this coming Friday, and had a 4-hour shift on Wednesd

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LA Knight

wrote 16 days ago

That's what it looked like to me. I was kinda sad about it, actually, lol. =) I wanted to do zombies twice, but couldn't. =)
I'm working on mine (did #1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 so far) but #5 is out of order for some reason and I can't get it to fix. So... yeah. Just saying. And I had 3 questions.

1 - did the biography/memoire genre have to be a true-life memoire/bio? or could it be in the memoir style, but about a fictional individual?
2 - you said the titles of each entry had to be original. my book is called 24 Days of Music cuz each title is the title of a song (they're not song-fics, though, except #7). Is that okay?
3 - places like "desert island" and "cave" - do they have to literally be those things? or could I, for example, have someone hole up in their closet and refer to it as "their cave?" and then use description to transform what would normally be a messy closet into a cavelike area?

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loveslife

wrote 18 days ago

Heyy! Thanks for reading and commenting and picking my book, Quant3m. I hope that you get a chance to finish what I have, and just let me know if you'd like to be updated when I put more up :)

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Anne Pf

wrote 18 days ago

I'm so glad you like it -- yes, I will let you know as more comes out... Thanks! Anne

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Anne Pf

wrote 19 days ago

Thanks so much for supporting The Wedding Cake Girl. Three new chapters JUST added, if you're interested !

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Naomi Night

wrote 20 days ago

Thanks so much for the pick!!!! I really appreciate it :)
-Naomi Night

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Curtis Rainey

wrote 20 days ago

Hey Sila! I was wondering since yu have a FREE PICKSLOT! would you mind taking alook at my book "Elements" which recently made it to the TOP 100. I'd love to read anything of yours. A Pick for elements could ensure it's place for dfinite in the TOP 100 XD. :) Thanks, and I hope u enjoy!

--
Curtis

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lilium23

wrote 22 days ago

Can you read some of my poems and tell me what you think about them? I would really appreciate it. And if you like it can you recommend it to others?

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Akiko

wrote 25 days ago

Hi, Sila.
Are you the one in charge of the Adopt a Plot Bunny website? If so, I sent you an email a few days ago asking about one of the bunnies on your list.

Name: Akiko
Email: try.a.new.approach@gmail.com
Link to writing profile: http://inkpop.com/profile/6fb95597-690e-4425-a3c8-caa18a9c0077/akiko/
Bunny-writing time frame: I will have something written within one month from the 4th of August.
Bunny: 18
Additional idea: The brother of the mysterious boy was framed. While he is still the one she's been running from, it was actually someone else she saw during the crime; mistaking it for him. The crime is directed towards MC; she's not just a witness.

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ElanorLawrence

wrote 27 days ago

Hey Master of the Universe! I just saw that you picked 'Because You Laughed'. Thanks so much! Did you like it? You didn't leave a comment, did you? That's fine (I've been getting so many comments they all seem to say the same after awhile...) I'm just curious... :)
~Elanor

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inkpoperika

wrote 29 days ago

Hi Lauren!

This is just a reminder that content for Saturday's WWC blog post is due to me by tomorrow afternoon - Thursday, August 5, 2010.

Thank you so much, Lauren; I hope that you're having a wonderful day!! :)

xoxox,
Erika

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ElevenSaysEverything

wrote 39 days ago

Yeah it's been forever! I'm pretty good, my summer's been pretty awesom, and actually, I'm working on four things (gasp!) at the moment! They are all really different, and I'm really having fun with writing them :)

I did check out the Give a Vamp a Chance challenge, but by the time I had an idea it was too late :( I really want to try and get back into them in the next couple of weeks though! I'm really excited to work on them A. because the challenges seem to be getting pretty amazing and B. because The prizes really are awesome! I still can't believe how big WWC has gotten! Seems like only yesterday that I was working on my first challenge... Ah, memories!

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ElevenSaysEverything

wrote 40 days ago

Hey Sila (a.k.a master of the universe) I was wondering if you had time to read my short story called GRIM?

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linzilooloo

wrote 45 days ago

Hiya!
I just came across some information about Reuts Publications and noticed you’re currently looking for submissions. I saw on your profile you listed The Nutcracker Princess as one of your favourite stories on Inkpop (Thanks mucho!) and just wanted to ask if you think it would be worthwhile submitting some work to Reuts? My writing on Inkpop is largely unedited; however on my computer I have the completed and edited copies of The Nutcracker Princess and French Kissing & Not Telling. Anyway, just wanted to quickly know your opinion on whether or not to submit something?
Thanks again!
Linzi x
Ps. Also wanted to ask whether or not you need any assistance with editing etc. for Reuts? I just got my Bachelor of Arts degree in publishing (Now studying for my honours year and dissertation, doing industry work placements etc.) So if you need anyone to help out with anything, I’d be more than happy too :)

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galapagos

wrote 45 days ago

Hello, I would just like to let you know something. I am sure you get alot of requests for reads but i am trying to promote my book that is currently a short story. Stephen and Markers is a book in progress and i would love your opinion on it, i am open to swaps: poems, books, and short stories, all is welcome. I am really trying to get some good and bad criticism so please help me out and check out my book and leave a comment please and thank you :)

If you have already gotten a message like this before, this is an update on my book. It now has a part two of the book. It is split up into two short stories. The first part has been update multiple times, so please check it out. Part Two has only one chapter so far but it is new so check it out too, if you want.

Please and thank you :)

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inkpoperika

wrote 49 days ago

Hi Lauren!

This is just a reminder that content for Saturday's WWC blog post is due to me by this afternoon - Thursday, July 15, 2010.

Thank you so much, Lauren; I hope that you're having a wonderful day!! :)

xoxox,
Erika

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