Recent content by X Equestris

14-day form rejection from Bothered Stories, which makes it my first of the year.

Just started “Stardock” in Fritz Leiber’s Swords Against Wizardry.

My first playthrough was a paladin. What a blast he was! Hard to hit, harder to kill, and he was an incredible healer thanks to Oath of the Ancients. In the fight at he must’ve been surrounded by over half a dozen enemies and never took more than a scratch over three or four turns. The...

My last submission went out yesterday, and I doubt an answer is coming in the next few hours, so my numbers for the year should be finalized: 26 total submissions 15 Rejections (3 Personal, 1 Rewrite Request) 10 Acceptances (3 short stories, 6 drabbles, 1 poem) Five of the drabbles were for...

Yeah, it’s almost wholly divorced from them in terms of plot. What connections there are either get explained outright or are understandable even without added context. Very easy to get into, especially if you’re already familiar with D&D in general or the Forgotten Realms in particular.

Medieval III has me very excited, though it’s a good thing it’s so far off. Gives me more time to find a PC that can run it!

Not very far south. Just Oklahoma. While snow on Christmas isn’t at all common for us, we’d normally be at least a little chilly if not cold. This almost felt like summer! Of course, a cold front is supposed to roll through over the weekend, so it’ll be right back to winter once the warmth is...

Some very good news arrived late on Christmas: PayPal closed the case I filed over the scam cover art in my favor and issued a full refund! Apparently the seller just…never answered them? So it was the private arbitration equivalent of a default judgement.

Really, really didn’t feel like Christmas at all, in no small part because it’s been in the 70s most of this week. We actually set new record highs on Christmas Eve & Christmas Day: 80 for both! The only silver lining is we’ve also had clear skies, so this weather made for far more comfortable...

Finished off a major project this afternoon, so I’m done with work on this contract, and more or less done with all work for the rest of the year. Biscuits turned out excellent, I’m cozy under a blanket, and OU vs. Alabama is about to kick off. It’s been an excellent day😍

Generally, editors are buried under enough submissions they aren’t going to encourage authors they don’t truly want to see more stories from, but some do use this kind of language in their basic form rejections. Most of the time, I’d call encouragement to submit more stories in the future a...

Had to call a helpline for clarification on something with a particular program: “Your estimated wait time is 133 minutes.” Yeah, no, I’m just gonna figure out the answer on my own 😅

People now reporting they were stabbed to death by their son:cry:

A happy ending of sorts for one thread of my cover art snafu previously detailed in the Unhappy thread: I talked to some folks over on an indie authors Discord server while looking for people who could identify other AI hallmarks to bolster my case and met someone who offers free replacement art...

Exactly. Resolve the copyright issues and I couldn’t care less if someone wanted to make and sell AI “art”. I just wouldn’t hire them. But to portray yourself as a traditional digital artist who doesn’t use GenAI at all, then continue to lie about it when confronted with irrefutable evidence of...