WOTC: Mistress of Pain submissons, who's trying?

[Lady Mer]

I'm going to have to try. I doubt I'll get in, but writing is something I've been doing for so long that if I don't submit I'll never forgive myself.

 

[WayneLigon]

I'll certainly be trying. Very interesting experience

 

[takyris]

Dude, sure, why not? I've got short story publications, a novel sitting on an agent's desk, and a novel sitting in an open Word file that I really ought to be editing right now, and I could have fun giving this a shot. If nothing else, WotC benefits by having people buy the FRCS to brush up on their knowledge of the area.

And I for one am glad that they're having people avoid the stuff they regularly do. I don't want to write a bad knockoff of an R.A. Salvatore novel. I want to write a good Takyris novel.

-Tacky

 

[Ramien Meltides]

What the hell? I'll give this a shot, like a previous poster said, I've been writing too long to let this go by without trying.

 

[Wayside]

Ah yes, it's all coming back to me. A pretty entrancing picture, as I recall.

As a side note (HIJACK!), has anybody else heard that the Finnish "mythology" -- their big Kalevala saga that is supposedly the traditional stories of Finn culture -- was actually just made up out of whole cloth by some guy like a hundred years ago? And when this was found out, the whole country just kind of shrugged and said, "That's okay. We like the stories, so we'll just pretend it's our traditional mythology. Yay us!"?

Does anyone know if that's true?

The Kalevala is less corrupted than Beowulf, let's put it that way. It is very easy to see where Lonnrot meddled with the original stories because he was such a horrible poet. His meter and language show scarcely any resemblance to the rest of the material, so it doesn't pose much of a problem for scholarsl.

Cool story Barsoomcore!

 

[Shadowdancer]

I'm strongly considering submitting something. If I can come up with a good story idea, yeah, I'll go for it.

 

[Cedric]

I might give it a try...haven't decided yet.

Cedric

 

[NoOneofConsequence]

My hat's going in the ring as well. I haven't been writing all that fan fiction and Ceramic DM stuff just to miss this opportunity.

 

[Chauzu]

Heck, I might give this a go. It'll be hard not making this a R-rated book with a title like "Maiden of Pain", lol.

Well, never hurts to try. Yeah I think I will do this.

 

[RSKennan]

I'm not sure if I'll have the time, but if I do, I'll submit. The first contest was pretty good to me.