Deano

He's right.

The drought is almost over... RESULTS incoming!

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Yay!

@writingbattle.bsky.social

Congrats! Me too 😎

Stoked to score an HM is this comp for my 500-word story, “The Permanent Collection”. A pleasant surprise to start the year! 😎 Thanks Jerboa!

Hahahaaa I've been soooo bad at reading, I also have a pile of bookmarks and RR to work through!

I won! 🔥 @writingbattle.bsky.social

OK, I checked and that one made the LL (and a shout out from me in that ep I think) -- it was Josh Lowe's "Tell Me What The World Looks Like"...!
So, not your story, but congrats on YOUR LL too!

December is your month!

Yeah it's annoying but verbatim for this one!

You got this!

My granny supermarket heist "Aisles 11" is through to the finals of Autumn writing battle! @writingbattle.bsky.social

The 250-word Microfiction Challenge — nycmidnight The 250-word Microfiction Challenge is an international creative writing competition that challenges participants to create very short stories based on genre, action, and word assignments in 48 hours.

Last day today to enter! Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social 250-word Microfiction Challenge on December 5th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/250

Change your name to Chad

Which one?

The first one, but that doesn't mean it made it!

Yeah, I agree. Definitely not as many that were outright NO this time around, although a lot in the 'minus' category!

Stay tuned for a “Nicest Nine” vague tweet from me…

I actually don't allocate 'favourites' - mainly as A&E have final say and I'm essentially just recommending if it should go in the LL or not. (But yes, I have faves, and obviously they were your stories, duh.)

a close up of a grinch sitting on a couch with his eyes closed . ALT: a close up of a grinch sitting on a couch with his eyes closed .

Final tally of @notquitewrite.com judging from this Grinch:
YES: 9,
MAYBE+: 50,
MAYBE: 162
MAYBE-: 101,
NO/DQ: 22

two women are dancing in a club and one is covering her face with her hand . ALT: two women are dancing in a club and one is covering her face with her hand .

Not sure if it was the @notquitewrite.com prompts, but some nice "sister" stories coming through this round. That is all.

a digital clock displays the number 08 and the words so close ALT: a digital clock displays the number 08 and the words so close

So the @notquitewrite.com story idea I'd like to steal is currently sitting with #609139. A fun story that involves a countdown...

As for batch 9, also no YES stories from me. Well, hey, at least we have different tastes as judges...

Okay, so batch EIGHT:
Fave/Yes: 0
Maybe+: 8
Maybe: 10
Maybe-: 2
No: 0

So okay, there were no "no's" at least. But a little underwhelming. Let's see if batch 9 delivers?

#batchplease

You mean your entry from 2024, although who knows, your Nov 2025 could do just as well!

a woman in a light blue sweater is looking at a man in a white shirt ALT: a woman in a light blue sweater is looking at a man in a white shirt

Wait, could it be? Is this the mythical @notquitewrite.com BATCH 8 standing before me, asking me to love it?
Deep breath...

a woman in a black shirt is holding a blue item ALT: a woman in a black shirt is holding a blue item

Okay @notquitewrite.com story #408011, I'm never looking at that kind of phone the same way again.

a cartoon character from tangled is asking what have you done ALT: a cartoon character from tangled is asking what have you done

Oh no. They even left a brief explanation about how they hit the other prompts. But, alas, this @notquitewrite.com story had NO BOOT. Not even a booth or a reboot. So we gotta boot it out.
DQ.