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Woohoo!! This is exciting.

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Dec 9, 2022Liked by J.E. Petersen

Can’t wait to read this! The first round was so much fun to do.

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Me me me a thousands times, me please! The first one was some of the most fun I’ve ever had as a writer, let’s DO this!

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Thanks for organizing! I have signed up and hope to torture at least one other Fictionistas author with my contribution... should I be chosen that is. There is a lot of talent floating around in the community now and I love it.

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That there is!! So many good writers on SS!

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Signed up just now. Hope I get chosen to do this again- if you pick me you won’t regret it! 👍

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Not sure it makes sense to apply since I haven’t yet published my Substack, but I’d love to throw my hat in the next round! (There will be a next round, right?!)

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Dec 9, 2022Liked by Meg Oolders, J.E. Petersen

I believe Jordan has signed a 300 year contract to organize these challenges under penalty of banishment from the community 😁

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Why only 300?? 450 year seems appropriate here 🫰

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That’s really going to come down to what kind of advances we make in life extension technology.

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This is awesome. I'm very new to Substack, only just setting up my new publication 'From Ashes' now. Can I still apply to participate?

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Yes! Totally up for this. I missed the first one, so fingers crossed I can hop on this time. :)

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Expressed interest in this last time but came to it too late. Just submitted my form. The reason the early weeks are blacked out for me is because I will have a newborn arriving. But March looks good, if my application is successful!

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Yay! The first one was wild! This is going to be fun :-)

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🙋🏼‍♀️

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Anyone hesitating to do this should go for it! It's off-the-rails fun and you get to bond with some of your fellow fictionistas with just a commitment of one post. Hosting and participating in round 1 crossed an item off my bucket list. Very excited to see where round 2 goes!

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Do we still have to be writing on Substack to participate?

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It might be difficult to maintain consistency of format, layout, etc. across different platforms.

Are you thinking of quitting Substack? :o

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oh, i quit a little while ago

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Dec 9, 2022·edited Jan 23, 2023Liked by J.E. Petersen

Honestly (with a caveat that I’m not running the show), since this is an activity for fiction writers on Substack, and the chapters are posted on our Substacks, it feels to me like you should be publishing a Fiction Substack to participate.

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Sounds fun! Is there any sort of minimum (or unspoken, but expected) word count for the chapters?

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With the first round, IIRC, we aimed for 1000-1200 words per chapter. Not sure if Jordan will stick with that for round #2, though.

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This sounds fun, I wish I could commit to it. Maybe next time.

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Sounds like a blast! Thanks so much for organizing this.

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