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When is the best time to submit work for competition?
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gabriella
 08 Dec 2009, 16:21 #78224 Reply To Post
I had read a long time ago that there were better times than others to submit your works for competitions but I cannot seem to find the article. Does anyone have any ideas on strategy? Is it early in the game or late in the game when the deadline is drawing near or does it really matter?
Jen

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Clairann
 09 Dec 2009, 09:26 #78275 Reply To Post
Hi Gabriella, I really don't think there is an ideal time to submit, unless the rules say entries will be judged on a 'first come, first served' basis. The last time I entered a competition (and was a finalist) I submitted on the last day of the deadline - strangely, another winner I spoke to had done the same. I think it was just coincidence though and I wouldn't recommend rushing something because you've left it to the last minute like I did!
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paula8888
 09 Dec 2009, 20:29 #78325 Reply To Post
I just found this:

http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/mar98/keegan6.htm
This post was last edited by paula8888, 09 Dec 2009, 20:30
gabriella
 09 Dec 2009, 20:45 #78327 Reply To Post
Quote: paula8888, Wednesday, 9 Dec 2009 20:29
I just found this:

http://www.writerswrite.com/journal/mar98/keegan6.htm


Thanks, Paula!
Jen

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paula8888
 09 Dec 2009, 21:02 #78328 Reply To Post
Check out the scary picture at the bottom of the page.

He looks like a ventriloquist's dummy. xx
gabriella
 09 Dec 2009, 21:49 #78331 Reply To Post
Quote: paula8888, Wednesday, 9 Dec 2009 21:02
Check out the scary picture at the bottom of the page.

He looks like a ventriloquist's dummy. xx


LOL! I had actually written that the pic reminds me of me after I've stayed up all night, wired on 2 pots of coffee, writing, then deleted it because I thought it rude to compare myself to another crazy-looking person.


I saw a very scary photo of an author on the back cover of a book I read the other day. He reminded me of Cornelius from Planet of the Apes, just with a little more facial hair and wire-rim glasses. Just goes to show you don't have to be beautiful to write.
Jen

"Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be controlled." William Blake

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spotty leopard
 10 Dec 2009, 13:24 #78353 Reply To Post
Quote: paula8888, Wednesday, 9 Dec 2009 21:02
Check out the scary picture at the bottom of the page.

He looks like a ventriloquist's dummy. xx


No, I think he looks like a mad scientist who's just noticed that the body part he's been seeking for ages is attached to your anatomy...
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paula8888
 10 Dec 2009, 13:49 #78358 Reply To Post
Separated at birth?
Nestat
 11 Dec 2009, 00:03 #78396 Reply To Post
Quote: spotty leopard, Thursday, 10 Dec 2009 13:24

No, I think he looks like a mad scientist who's just noticed that the body part he's been seeking for ages is attached to your anatomy...


He certainly looks like a close relation of the mad scientist who sent Michael J. Fox off in a Delorean. And I mean seriously.

Writing for yourself is writing for others: "My book could very well end up being reconstituted as a trestle table in a home for battered women." - Alan Partridge
Clairann
 11 Dec 2009, 09:39 #78401 Reply To Post
His bow tie is rather nice, though, don't you think? One of my old English lecturers used to wear a brightly coloured cravat every day and he was quite successful as a writer and actor. Maybe it's all about the neck wear? Although I don't know what us lady authors should be aiming for - a jauntily arranged scarf perhaps?
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