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    File : 1267548639.jpg-(711 KB, 1200x1851, Final Cover March 8.jpg)
    711 KB ZWG Editor 03/02/10(Tue)11:50 No.367703  
    For everyone who missed yesterday's thread:

    The first issue is already done. We're doing a triple-check on it, including tags and all other kinds of minor tweaks.

    >IF and only IF we feel like the whole thing is good enough, we're releasing it TONIGHT, otherwise we'll release it on March 8 as planned.

    The second issue is already on work and the tentative release date will be March 30. We currently got 8 submissions for the second issue so we're in need of some more. Feel free to contact us via

    zinewritersguild@gmail.com

    more info in

    zinewritersguild.wikia.com

    Use this thread to get all your questions answered.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)11:51 No.367705
    >>367703
    Took a second try huh?
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)11:51 No.367706
    Goldensox, i sent you nude pictures of me, will they be featured on the cover art plz thx?
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)11:51 No.367707
    Gee, Holden Caulfield on the cover. This makes me want to read EVERY PAGE.
    >> ZWG Editor 03/02/10(Tue)11:52 No.367708
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    Also, this is the final list of works and their categories. If you're an author and you feel like your work is misplaced/mistitled, please check it and report to us.
    >> ZWG Editor 03/02/10(Tue)11:53 No.367711
    >>367705
    Fail again, fail better :3

    >>367707
    It was anon's choice.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)11:53 No.367712
    >>367708

    You really think "Snow" goes under relationship? Hahahaha! XD
    >> ZWG Editor 03/02/10(Tue)11:56 No.367719
    >>367712
    Do you suggest a better fitting category? Also, it wasn't me, it was the guy who makes the categories who put it in there.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)11:57 No.367722
    Just might submit a bit longer work (about 11 pages double spaced) for the second issue if the reactions is positive for the first issue.

    And if I finish editing it by then.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)11:58 No.367726
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    >>367722
    >double spaced
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)11:58 No.367727
    You got my attention, how are you releasing?
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)11:59 No.367730
    >>367719

    Na, it's fine. Just find it funny that somebody thinks the subject matter is a relationship.
    >> ZWG Editor 03/02/10(Tue)12:00 No.367734
    >>367727
    We're releasing a PDF here, in the wiki and in the site (which is still under construction).
    >> ZWG Editor 03/02/10(Tue)12:01 No.367735
    >>367730
    We are sooooo getting rid of this category on the second issue.
    >> Subotai !!prVd2NXWGDO 03/02/10(Tue)12:01 No.367736
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    >>367708
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)12:02 No.367739
    >>367735
    Might have been easier to just stick the more general/character-orientated stuff in the fiction section.
    >> ZWG Editor 03/02/10(Tue)12:03 No.367740
    >>367739
    We could fix it right away but it seems like all the editors are offline and I'm alone here.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)12:03 No.367743
    > The best works from EVERYONE

    now, that might be slight exageration in multiple counts
    >> ZWG Editor 03/02/10(Tue)12:04 No.367746
    >>367743
    Commercial lingo man.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)12:05 No.367747
    >>367740
    Well you could knock up an alternative version to present to them later tonight and if they go for it then great and if not then no harm done.
    >> Croaker !!DDgOIlOdqYI 03/02/10(Tue)12:07 No.367750
    I'd give this a go but I'm horrible at writing to deadlines (because I write so goddamn slowly).
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)12:07 No.367753
    >>367750
    So write something and only send it in when it's ready. It's not a one-off.
    >> ZWG Editor 03/02/10(Tue)12:07 No.367755
    >>367747
    Will do.


    Also, there's something we needed to ask a long time:
    Should we keep each author's original text formatting or should we standartize all works?
    >> Elliot Stado !y9pKfgWqpA 03/02/10(Tue)12:08 No.367757
    Hey, Elliot Stado here. I'm a bit worried if you put my story in Sci-fi people will miss the point of it. I don't want people to go in expecting a space opera... I hope it's not too much hassle to place it into fiction.
    >> ZWG Editor 03/02/10(Tue)12:09 No.367762
    >>367750
    We don't actually work with deadlines. You can send them whenever you're done.
    >> Croaker !!DDgOIlOdqYI 03/02/10(Tue)12:09 No.367764
    >>367753

    If it's still going in six months, maybe I will. But most of the time whenever I write I'll spend ages on something only to wake up one morning, think it's shit and scrap it.

    This gives me some good motivation though. Might see how it goes. There any limits on what we can do?
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)12:09 No.367766
    Oh nice, I'm looking forward to the new Final Fantasy game and here's a review of FF7. That should be damn useful. Or perhaps it's "humour", because goodness knows there have been very few jokes ever cracked about that game. What a wonderful find! What an unexploited gem! O frabjous day!

    ...don't mind me, just warming up for the shitstorm later.
    >> ZWG Editor 03/02/10(Tue)12:10 No.367773
    >>367757
    We'll contact the editors about this.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)12:10 No.367774
    >>367755
    I am strongly for standardization regarding font and size... maybe this can be suspended if its an integral part of the text, but in general its just annoying
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)12:11 No.367777
    >>367755
    If it's particularly integral to the design of their pages then I guess you have to leave it, otherwise standardise the shit out of it.

    I know I don't care how mine is presented, so long as it's all in the right order, but in future it might be worth asking each contributor if they have a preference.
    >> ZWG Editor 03/02/10(Tue)12:12 No.367779
    >>367764
    No pedophilia, no shit that will get us a C&D, no more than 10 pages please. Serialized works encouraged.
    >> ZWG Editor 03/02/10(Tue)12:13 No.367784
    >>367774
    The font and size are the only things we kept standartized here. We're using Palatino Linotype 12 for the text, 18 for the author's name and 38 for the title.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)12:14 No.367790
    >>367764
    I'm a lot like you, but I'm trying to discipline myself to treat this as a writing exercise as much as a chance to show-off. It's great practice to be able to force yourself to churn out a complete short story in only a few days. Usually I drive myself mad with drafting and redrafting, so submitting a short to this without overthinking it felt pretty great.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)12:15 No.367794
    >>367784
    If the font and size matches then what is there to change?
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)12:15 No.367795
    >>367790
    inb4 everyone hates your submission and the paranoia starts.
    >> ZWG Editor 03/02/10(Tue)12:16 No.367797
    >>367794
    Paragraphs, double space, walls of text....
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)12:18 No.367806
    >>367795
    I'm trying not to think about it. Part of me is a little excited by the prospect. If there's at least one constructive response out of all the haters it'll have been worth it just to hear some honest feedback for a change.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)12:19 No.367809
    >>367797
    Yeah, speaking as one of the contributors I have to say I'd be kind of pissed if I saw you'd added in paragraphs to my work, so I'm not sure what to suggest.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)12:20 No.367813
    GLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)12:22 No.367823
    >>367703
    Time to start on a second submission, methinks.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)12:23 No.367828
    And Lo! galley proofs suddenly made sense.
    >> ZWG Editor 03/02/10(Tue)12:29 No.367845
    Final compilation will be 134 pages long. Second issue will have no more than 60
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)12:31 No.367851
    >>367845
    Sounding good; I take it that stuff that doesn't make the next issue will go into the one after. What happens if you regularly get more than 60 pages' worth a month? Longer issues, or more regular ones?
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)12:31 No.367853
    Well, the editors shouldnt just edit paragraphs if none were intended.
    But to not have paragraphs in longer texts is a sign of poor craftsmanship on the authors side.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)12:33 No.367861
    >>367853
    Agreed at the moment, but if I read this thing and it's full of text-walls I might say different for the future.
    >> ZWG Editor 03/02/10(Tue)12:33 No.367863
    >>367851
    We're aiming to release at least one a month. If we get enough content for the third issue, we're releasing the second one on March 30, thus making it two releases in a single month.

    >>367853
    This.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)12:35 No.367868
    >>367863
    Ambitious.
    >> ZWG Editor 03/02/10(Tue)12:35 No.367869
    >>367861
    The textwalls aren't our current problem. Our current problem are double spaces ;_; because they eat a truckload of space that could have been used for more submissions.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)12:37 No.367878
    >>367869
    I can't see there being a particular reason you couldn't remove the double spaces. That just sounds like needless overkill to me. But I don't do that, so I can't really speak for the ones that do it.
    >> ZWG Editor 03/02/10(Tue)12:38 No.367883
    >>367878
    Some poets relay on them to make their works look prettier on paper, as they are addicted with beauty.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)12:39 No.367888
    >>367883
    I assumed as much. Never been one for poetry, myself.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)12:49 No.367918
    bump
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)12:52 No.367929
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    >>367918
    >bumping a thread on /lit/
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)13:02 No.367977
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    >>367929
    >saging a ZWG thread
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)13:06 No.367985
    Out of curiosity, what would it take to become an editor/proofreader for this?

    I would probably like to submit my own work at some point, but I did a lot of writing tutoring in college (majored in linguistics), so I'd like to think I could help out.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)13:07 No.367988
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    >>367977
    >implying that to needlessly bump whilst criticising someone for needlessly bumping is somehow valid
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)13:11 No.367993
    >>367985
    Just email them.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)13:13 No.367999
    What is "zine"?
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)13:19 No.368016
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    >>367999
    Nothing, what is zine with you?
    >> GamerGirl !!WvjqTqDrspv 03/02/10(Tue)13:19 No.368017
    >>367985
    You are not worthy to be a Guildmaster
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)13:20 No.368021
    >>368017
    You lost, baby.
    >> ZWG Editor 03/02/10(Tue)13:22 No.368025
    >>367985
    You can send us an e-mail regarding this subject and we'll discuss it with the editors. It would be nice to have professional help.

    zinewritersguild@gmail.com

    >>367999
    >>368016
    Short for Electronic Digital Magazine Regarding Literature.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)13:27 No.368041
    do want
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)13:54 No.368147
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    >>367708
    >Review of The Legend of the Ten Elemental Masters
    >> Tom Waits For No Man !EswFCOOmU6 03/02/10(Tue)14:00 No.368168
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    >>367708
    >Pseudo-intellectual essay by Nicholas
    Should suit me just fine.
    >> ZWG Editor 03/02/10(Tue)14:02 No.368178
    >>368147
    This book is clearly the Beowulf of our times.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)14:14 No.368211
    You really should've had Ignatius J. Reilly on the cover.
    >> ZWG Editor 03/02/10(Tue)14:17 No.368221
    >>368211
    The second one is having Lewis Caroll or Kafka.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)14:25 No.368249
    >>368221
    So, uhh... Will we see a release tonight?
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)14:28 No.368255
    >>368211
    oh dear fuck. dear god. I just realized who that is on the cover.

    FFS
    what an embarrassment this thing is going to be. You should all be killed.
    >> ZWG Editor 03/02/10(Tue)14:30 No.368262
    >>368249
    Hardly.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)14:30 No.368264
    >>368255
    Just try to ignore it. I am.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)14:31 No.368266
    >>368255
    nerd
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)14:32 No.368268
    >>368262
    Aw.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)14:32 No.368269
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    >>368255
    >judging a book by it's cover
    >> ZWG Editor 03/02/10(Tue)14:33 No.368275
    >>368268
    Yeah I know.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)14:36 No.368286
    >>368269
    I'm not judging the book by its cover. I'm concluding that the judgment of whoever chose that cover is exceedingly poor, and extrapolating that the book is going to be exceedingly poor. This is based upon the supposition that whoever ok'd that preposterous cover is the same person who ok'd the contents of the book.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)14:38 No.368289
    >>368286

    Uh.

    1. Anon picked the cover.

    2. All works are accepted.

    3. You're still a retard.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)14:39 No.368293
    >>368286
    Then you are completely wrong, since the cover was chosen by anon on a thread and all works are accepted by the editors.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)14:43 No.368307
    >>368289
    >All works are accepted

    LOL
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)14:45 No.368321
    >>368307

    God help us all.

    I hope this eventually turns into something that just offers short stories. Seeing fantasy/creepypasta alongside short fiction just seems wrong to me.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)14:46 No.368326
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    >>368307
    >>368286
    >> ALLCAPS !.pYd/wiLLY 03/02/10(Tue)14:48 No.368339
    >>368321

    ...skip past the parts you don't want to read?
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)14:51 No.368350
    >>368321
    Because you can't have short stories in the fantasy genre?
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)14:51 No.368353
    >>368339
    NO, THAT'S UNCONCEIVABLE! I HAVE TO READ EACH AND SINGLE WORK SO I CAN SAY HOW SHITTY IT WILL BE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE SET OF BALLS TO SUBMIT MY OWN WORK AND PROVE HOW SUPERIOR I AM!
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)14:52 No.368357
    >>368321
    Since when are fantasy and short fiction mutually exclusive?
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)14:53 No.368360
    >>368357
    >>368350
    Sounds like a dismissive snob. Ignore.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)14:53 No.368361
    >>368357

    Since churning out blocks of wood for novels has been an American institution.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)14:55 No.368366
    >>368361
    >Lots of fantasy books are way too big, therefore it is impossible to have a fantasy story that isn't a doorstopper.
    Do you have any idea how retarded you sound?
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)14:55 No.368368
    >>368366
    Apparently not. Oh to be 17 again.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)14:57 No.368372
    >>368368
    And the troll-switch comes on. I like that, thanks to 4chan, I have come to recognize the momenttttt

    Wait a minute. I don't want to post anything positive in a ZWG thread.

    sage
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)14:59 No.368380
    >>368372

    counter-sage
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)14:59 No.368381
    >>368372
    I believe the moment was a little further up, anon.
    >>368307
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)15:02 No.368389
    The fantasy nerds are mad.

    Hang on, using ten pages to describe an elven forest and its pointy-eared people.

    Fantasy is riveting stuff.
    >> AKD !kaq/m/0w6U 03/02/10(Tue)15:03 No.368395
    Shit just got real. Can't wait. P.S. Just got back to work on the site. Got nothing else to do today, so I'll be working on it for most of it.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)15:05 No.368400
    >>368366

    Not half as retarded as I imagine you look...

    And I got a great imagination.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)15:08 No.368409
    >>368381
    But I'm the guy who posted the LOL -- and I'm no troll. Are you one of those fellows who thinks that anyone who speaks negatively of something is always a troll? Or is it just that when someone speaks negatively about something you like?

    I find this whole thing preposterous, and it's pretty obvious that it's going to be awful. As someone who has enjoyed /lit/ to this point, I'm not looking forward to this zine (or the other one) staining our good name with terrible 4chan literature.

    It's frankly pretty embarrassing. That doesn't make me a troll. In fact, I have the opposite opinion: this whole thing is a troll on /lit/.

    It has to be. It absolutely has to be.
    >> Goldensox !gHNR8PgoEg 03/02/10(Tue)15:10 No.368413
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    >>368409
    >> ZWG Editor 03/02/10(Tue)15:11 No.368417
    >>368395
    Godspeed bro. Let's wait until Caesar is on to give you a hand.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)15:11 No.368420
    >>368409
    No-one is forcing you to participate. If you're not a troll then you must be aware you're in the minority about this. Given that I would try to have a little more class about your disapproval. For someone who says they enjoy this board you're awfully dismissive of seeing something positive attempted on it.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)15:11 No.368425
    >>368420
    There is nothing positive about this.
    >> AKD !kaq/m/0w6U 03/02/10(Tue)15:12 No.368428
    >>368417
    Yeah, I emailed him not to long ago. I need the version of MySQL and PHP that he is running so I don't make it for the wrong versions.
    >> GamerGirl !!WvjqTqDrspv 03/02/10(Tue)15:12 No.368430
    >>368420
    You force bump
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)15:13 No.368436
    >>368425
    As opposed to another Rand thread, right?

    >>368430
    Oh hey, Gamer Girl! :3
    >> GamerGirl !!WvjqTqDrspv 03/02/10(Tue)15:14 No.368442
    >>368436
    they are at least some what funny
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)15:15 No.368445
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    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)15:16 No.368446
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    >>368442
    Good one.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)15:17 No.368451
    >>368409

    >our good name with terrible 4chan literature.
    >good name

    LOL. GOOD ONE, TROLL.
    >> ZWG Editor 03/02/10(Tue)15:19 No.368457
    >>367985
    We forwarded your email to all editors and they'll contact you.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)15:25 No.368473
    Even if the idea of 4chan literature disgusts you... you're still on 4chan! /lit/ is not some magical insulated bubble where decent content is being made everyday, it's a sea of piss.
    >> Anonymous 03/02/10(Tue)15:29 No.368486
    >>368025

    Electronic AND digital, bitches. Accept no substitutes.

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