Justin & Jon are back! And even better... on summer vacation! Our goal is to bring you a new episode once a week over break, & we're starting off strong. We've done episodes about generating stories: live outlines, various competitions, even "how-to" episodes for elements of a story... but we haven't talked much about what comes after you've finished. In a recent survey on our Patreon, our WiPpersnappers indicated that their most wanted episode was one detailing the details of submitting stories to presses. Ask & ye shall receive. We teachers assigned each other homework: submit 5 stories for publication this week. As is representative of our current status as functioning human beings: Jon completed 11 submissions and Justin managed 3. Some of this episode might seem rudimentary to many of the oft-published veterans in our audience, but to anyone still a novice in that area, this may prove to be one of our most valuable episodes! Important links are below, so read on... but first, our sponsor! We are grateful to Tadpole Press for sponsoring this week's episode of Writing in Progress. They specifically wanted to share with our audience that submissions are open for their 100 word writing contest, ending November 30th. Entries must be 100 words or less (including title!), can be previously published, you're allowed multiple entries (but must pay the $15 fee each time), first prize wins $1,000 USD, open to all writers. You can submit (and find further guidelines) here! Important links mentioned: The submission grinder can be found here. - Pretty old school, but searchable and thorough Chill Subs searchable database can be found here. -This one requires you create a profile. Although Justin discovered this function live during the episode, he has since made a profile and it is now his favorite submission resource. If you'd rather just browse a ranked list from Chill Subs, you can find their Fish List here. -Not searchable, but a very useful list that doesn't require a profile to access. Finally, we need to plug our Patreon, we'd be so honored to have you as a member of our community. You can join here. Remember the tiers/perks are as follows: Good Samaritan ($1 USD/month) -Access to posts/surveys/updates on the Patreon Website -1 entry into giveaways -Good Karma for supporting small-time podcasters WiPpersnapper ($5 USD/month) -Access to bonus audio episodes, exclusive to the Patreon. (Currently 4 available). We aim to record about one 20 minute bonus episode per month. -5 entries into giveaways -Name shouted out at the end of all public episodes (if you'd like!) Episode Sponsor ($20 USD/month) -Whatever topic/service that is desired will be discussed and promoted at the start of an upcoming episode. (Books, Websites, Contests, Services, Social Media, Publications, Websites, etc.) -Appropriate links and descriptions will be included in episode descriptions and social media posts. -20 entries into giveaways. We released a bonus episode, exclusive to the patreon, just last week on May 15th. On it, we gave away 3 books to members of our communities. The one caveat: they had to choose a book written or contributed to by a guest of our pod. So far, MM Schreier's "Bruised, Resilient" and Trey Dowell's "The Protectors" have been claimed!
