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I see five again: Mandamon EagleOfTheForestPath krystalynn03 neongrey kaisa

Yes, looks like we have our five for tomorrow: EagleoftheForestPath, kaisa, neongrey, krstalynn03, Kammererite.

It happens sometimes! Spieles, you're on for this week as well.

A little late to the party, but since I saw people talking above about marking stuff in a manuscript to come back to later... One trick I've picked up is using the letters TK to mark a spot that I want to come back to later for whatever reason. It's not visually distinct, but that combination of letters apparently almost never appears in the English language, so it's easy to find in a long document provided you're using the search function.

I see only two submissions so far--neongrey and kaisa. Have I missed anyone?

I'll be great just as soon as I can kick this migraine. Ugh. Thanks for stepping up. Apologies again, folks, seems to be lots of last-minute stuff coming my way in the last couple of weeks. (Not necessarily bad things, though--I was in the recording studio yesterday!) I have added a new member to the mailing list this week. That said, haven't had any indication yet about whether or not they want to submit, so let's proceed with the list as it stands in Robinski's post for this week.

For this week we have: kaisa, rdpulfer, echohansen, spieles, and krystalynn. For next we so far have one request, Kuiper. I won't start confirming requests for next week until after this submission date has passed.

Welcome back, Valthyr! Sticking with our "prioritize people who haven't submitted in a while" modus d'operandi, here's the list for tomorrow: Asmodemon Aeromancer krystalynn03 Kuiper Valthyr kaisa, spieles, since you've both had at least a couple of weeks of submitting behind you recently, I'm going to take you both up on your offers to bow out for this week. I'll pencil you both in for next time, tentatively until we see what next week looks like, but please do post requests next week so I have a reminder/confirmation. Thanks everyone!

Thanks for continuing to be a deputy, Robinski What I really enjoy about this is the implication that I'm just playing trombone all the time. Which frankly, if you broaden the net a bit to include the other instruments I play, is probably not terribly far from the truth. ANYWAY. First of all, thanks to king007 and kaisa for graciously withdrawing their submissions this week so that others could submit. To Shadowfax and/or anyone who is concerned about "taking" another person's slot, don't be! This is how we want things to work, so that those who haven't had a chance to submit recently are given prioirity, while those who've had to drop back still get a chance to submit in the fairly near future. There is no official rule that we only request for the upcoming week. I've personally never minded when people request for the following week in cases where the queue fills up quickly and think the heads-up can be useful (though definitely don't put any requests in that go farther ahead than that), but I won't respond to any of those requests until the last week is done. So yes, it's probably a good idea to wait until submission date is up to place your request for the following week, or at least remind me of your request once that time comes, because as we've just seen it gets confusing in a hurry. FYI, in cases where someone offers/I ask someone to hold off on submitting because the queue is full, I'll typically pencil that person in for the following week, assuming the following week isn't also really busy and that person still wants to submit. I don't think we've yet had a case where someone waited more than two weeks after first requesting to submit and this is something that I'd like to maintain. With all that said, here's what I make for submissions this week. Confirmed, we have: spieles Asmodemon echohansen King007 and kaisa have withdrawn for this week, so Shadowfax and Aeromancer, as far as I'm concerned you're both confirmed for this week as well. If you DON'T still plan on submitting this week, let us know and kaisa and king007 can submit after all, with you two on the list for the 25th. If you both do submit this week then I'll place kaisa and king007 on the list for next week. Clear as mud?

Yes, I count five subs for the 11th: aeromancer, kaisa, spieles, krystalynn03, and Eisenheim.

With Robinski, echohansen, and kaisa up for Monday, there are still two slots open.

So far there is. I've just added two new members to the list, but don't know yet if either will want to submit on Monday.

I feel reasonably confident! Pretty sure this is a thing I can do for you. Edit: Except I forgot the part where I have to find it first. Whoops.

Sorry to hear that, Marci. Hope all improves soon! kaisa, krystalynn, and Robinski so far for Monday.

Not a problem, Marci! That means there are still two slots available if anyone wants to sneak in a last-minute submission.

So I see four submissions for Monday, so far: EthanBasset, Kaisa, Shadowfax, and Marci. Have I missed anyone? Regarding length, as you can see we're usually at least a bit flexible with the 5k word limit. I'd agree that 6.5k is a bit long, but as long as the general feeling of the group is that it's fine, go ahead. If we had a lot of weeks where most everyone was submitting stuff that was significantly overlength, we might have to take a harder line, but I don't believe that's been a problem yet.

So we have rdpulfer and two new members submitting tomorrow: Kaisa and EthanBassett.

Thank you both! Yes, I really am sorry about that. I have no idea how I managed to overlook something like that so completely. And thanks for that, Shrike--I'll be fine, it's mostly just life stuff. Not even bad stuff for the most part, there just seems to always be a LOT of it... Oh and uh, I should perhaps mention that I'll be out of town this afternoon through to Monday again, so when I disappear (for a much shorter time this time!) it's not because I've fallen off a bridge.

Sooo... this would be where I slink back in and apologize profusely for my absence, I suppose. In all seriousness, though, folks, I am terribly sorry for going MIA. Excepting a brief stint out of town I can really only chalk it up to what was apparently a VERY extended brain fart. I've been a little more overwhelmed than I realized, apparently. So... um... hi, and so far we have Fantastic Fox for Monday? And yes, we tend to be a little flexible on the word limits, especially on quieter weeks.

I should almost add that to the Welcome thread. So, one submitter, Marci, for next week so far?

Critiquing others' writing can feel foreign at first, but it's an important part of the process. Don't worry about feeling "weird" about it--people expect you to do it. It looks to me like that's our five slots for tomorrow: Formlessfox, king007, Shrike76, smgorden, and Eisenheim. Given that it's a full story at that length, Eisenheim, I'd be fine with you submitting the whole thing--assuming those who are most active at the critiquing right now are fine with it.

Sorry, I didn't see this. I don't always have a chance to check the threads early in the week. Shrike, king007, smgorden, AuthorityHellas We also have a new member joining us this week, but not sure yet if they want to post right away.

Sooo right now I'm seeing that Robinksi AuthorityHellas, rdpulfer, Mandamon, and smgorden have asked to submit, which means that so far Robinski doesn't actually have an excuse to back out of submitting. Is that right? (Seriously though, if you're thinking of submitting and haven't done so in a while, don't hesitate to ask.)

So I have Mandamon, rdpulfer, and smgorden for this upcoming week (didn't see your comment before now, smgorden--I don't always check the forum threads during the week). Possibly a new member, depending on if they want to submit right away.

So Eisenheim, rdpulfer, AuthorityHellas, and Mandamon for tomorrow so far. There's still a slot open.