And the discipline I learned by writing and submitting to markets like Writers of the Future in spite of the rejections definitely helped me grow as a writer so that I could write the novel that I did." So I guess there's some truth to writing what you know, at least what you know and believe in emotionally. "Both my winning submission and my novel are stories that draw heavily from my own experiences and interests. I am still amazed and grateful that I won."
"Thankfully, I decided to give it one last shot. "So of course that one didn't even get an honorable mention." Then I submitted one of my favorite stories, a story I knew in my bones was my best in every way. "For Writers of the Future, I had submitted to the contest several times previously, and received honorable mentions.
Why this isn't classified as a psychological disorder, I have no idea." If you are serious about being a writer, you do this a lot. You write a story, truly believe in it, submit it to publisher after publisher, and get rejected by all. It was like a one-two punch of Awesome by a robot gorilla wearing enchanted gloves of Happiness." "Shortly after winning Writers of the Future, I sold my humorous urban fantasy series to Tor. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XXX, but his luck did not stop there. His winning short story will also be published in the bestselling Science Fiction anthology series – L. Here are 27 female authors who've conquered sci-fi and fantasy.Randy Henderson of Kingston, Washington was the 2nd quarter, first place winner in the annual contest. Rowling ( Harry Potter), Margaret Atwood ( The Handmaid's Tale), and Diana Gabaldon ( Outlander) has inspired some of the most popular films and television of recent years, but there are countless others who fly slightly more under the radar just waiting for their stories to become the next big thing. The article says, "Have a wander through the sci-fi and fantasy section of your local bookstore: How many of these books' authors are female? Yet these are where the big movie ideas come from." Well, actually, quite a lot of the authors are female (and many of them already have sold the film/TV rights to their books). Consequently, a much-maligned National Review article, which dismissed the Bechdel Test and wrote off an absence of women in blockbuster films as a result of the lack of women writing blockbuster-worthy stories, had us raising our eyebrows. Here at EW, we're always looking for the next great sci-fi or fantasy epic.
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