Autumn 2023 Workshop is a go!

Just so happens I have a story in the (early) works that fits this workshop definition. I'm definitely going to finish it and toss it into the running. I suspect it might be a bit long when I'm done, and most certainly well above the 1000 word minimum.

 It is about a semi-retired Protector (Michelle) who is recovering from injuries after fighting Primes, and she's looking for a quiet place to settle down away from the war.  The locals talk her into teaching a hands-on workshop in Velorian Culture at the local University. On this planet, nobody had ever heard of Velorians before Michelle arrived.

She quickly becomes a sensation among her students, given her belief is that you can't understand Velorian Culture without first understanding Velorians. The last is proving to be quite exciting for her students.

And then in the middle of that, the Kintzi arrive. They are murderous humanoid half Arion, half Tiger genetically-engineered monsters that I'm recycling from the Old AU.  Kintzi think humans taste indescribably delicious, and given that bullets just bounce from their yellow-furred skin, and they are incredibly strong as well as the ultimate feline hunters, they are indescribably dangerous too. They target Michelle and her students in an attempt to eliminate all knowledge and presence of Velorians from the planet. 

Not sure yet where the story will go from there...

Thanks for kicking off the Autumn workshop, and thanks for setting a minimum and not a maximum size. I seem incapable of writing short stories.

Shadar

Glad to hear that you’re onboard Shadar!

And yeah, we talked about a word limit, but ended up dropping it as it proved to be a problem for people in the past workshops,

Would adding a new chapter to a story that I submitted to a previous workshop 10+ years ago be acceptable for this?

Not that I'll definitely have time to write anything in the next month, but I've been wanting to get back to 21st Century Magic: Gotcha! for a while now, and it certainly meets the subject matter criteria.

That should be fine as long as the school theme is incorporated into it.

For all of you in the Discord server, a forum has been created so that people can go to one single place and talk with people about everything about the workshop. 
Be it story ideas, feedback, and so on, you can do it there!

I'm still planning on finishing a story that I can submit by the 13th. 

Shadar

I am also writing a story which I can hopefully finish before the 13th of October!

I’m close I’m gonna try to finish it when I can

I'm working on mine. It should be ready before the due date.

Very unfortunately, I won't be done in time.

I've been very busy with RL stuff the last week and the next, that I didn't expect, so my writing time has been minimal. 

Sorry...

Shadar

Unfortunately I am also not going to make it. Last week was quite busy and didn't have time to finish the story.

Will finish for sure, but not in time for the workshop deadline!

It's a shame to hear you guys not being able to meet the deadline, but I hope you two will still complete your projects for all of us to see!

Rjjt456 wrote:

It's a shame to hear you guys not being able to meet the deadline, but I hope you two will still complete your projects for all of us to see!

Yup, I will. But I'm not talking hours or days late, but maybe a couple of weeks or so. So much for my planning and handling RL commitments. The older I get, the worse I get at staying on focus and on time. 

Shadar

shadar wrote:

Rjjt456 wrote:

It's a shame to hear you guys not being able to meet the deadline, but I hope you two will still complete your projects for all of us to see!

Yup, I will. But I'm not talking hours or days late, but maybe a couple of weeks or so. So much for my planning and handling RL commitments. The older I get, the worse I get at staying on focus and on time. 

Shadar

Oh! Here I thought this would maybe take a few days or so. 
In any case, I'm already excited to see it when it arrives!

shadar wrote:

Rjjt456 wrote:

It's a shame to hear you guys not being able to meet the deadline, but I hope you two will still complete your projects for all of us to see!

Yup, I will. But I'm not talking hours or days late, but maybe a couple of weeks or so. So much for my planning and handling RL commitments. The older I get, the worse I get at staying on focus and on time. 

Shadar

Still something to look forward to. Honestly, seeing a new story from you is always a good thing, regardless of when it comes out.