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    StewartCBaker replied to the topic First Challenge in the forum Gauntleteers 2022 11 months, 4 weeks ago

    Same… Or simply not notice that the prompt is up and then scramble to catch up…

    Er, you do realize that the prompt is already up, right? 🙂

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    StewartCBaker replied to the topic First Challenge in the forum Gauntleteers 2022 1 year ago

    As Virgil once said, “Who statisticizes the statisticians?”

    I’m pretty sure that’s the correct Latin, anyway.

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    StewartCBaker replied to the topic Jump, Magic, jump in the forum Gauntleteers 2022 1 year ago

    Looking forward to another gauntlet, and digging the revised format!

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    StewartCBaker replied to the topic First Challenge in the forum Gauntleteers 2022 1 year ago

    Flash fiction? Heck yeah!

    I plan to use my time wisely, by which I mean I will put off starting anything until the day before the deadline and then scramble to turn it in with minutes to spare.

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    StewartCBaker replied to the topic First Round Closed in the forum Gauntleteers 2021 1 year, 11 months ago

    Alas!

    I did not quite make it in this time around. Too much real life and dayjob, not enough writing time. (I never made it past the outline.)

    That said, I greatly enjoyed reading the story and don’t think I’ll forget it anytime soon. Thanks for sharing that one with me! Parts of it remind me of Sarah Pinsker’s Two Truths and a Lie, which has a…[Read more]

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    StewartCBaker replied to the topic 1 week to go! in the forum Gauntleteers 2021 1 year, 11 months ago

    Well, I’m not turning anything in just yet but I do have an outline.

    …

    What? Don’t look at me like that. I’ve still got more than 24 whole hours! I’ve written masters theses in less time than that. (Okay, I haven’t.)

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    StewartCBaker replied to the topic 1 week to go! in the forum Gauntleteers 2021 1 year, 11 months ago

    Gack! I’ve been so busy with Real Life that I managed to forget about the competition completely…

    Do these forum posts go out to folks, by the way? I haven’t been getting any notifications at all. Maybe a BCC blast would help. 🙂

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    StewartCBaker replied to the topic Welcome to the Fold in the forum Gauntleteers 2021 2 years ago

    More importantly, is this a valley fold, a petal fold, or an inside reverse fold?

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