The 2023 Geek Pride Story Event: Official Support Page

[EmilyMiller]

OMFG that’s twice I’ve done that now - actually the other mistake was posting that I couldn’t wait for May on the On The Job thread. What is wrong with me?



Em

So submitted my On The Job story today.

But on the subject if this thread, 2k words into the final episode of my Coleoidphilia Trilogy as my Geek Pride contribution.

Em

 

[gunhilltrain]

So submitted my On The Job story today.

But on the subject if this thread, 2k words into the final episode of my Coleoidphilia Trilogy as my Geek Pride contribution.

Em

You mean that only the third part is going to be the contribution. (I know, the first two are already posted.) How many words do you anticipate that it will be?

 

[MediocreAuthor]

It has to be a word search bot. The one story that I had returned to me was for under age sex, but the reference was for an age old euphemism that military men use to describe a close, clean shave. The comparison was between a fellows shaven cheek and the southern end of a northbound baby.

I agree. I heard about one story that got rejected because the author mentioned "16 year old bottle of scotch"

I feel like no actual reader would mess that up.

 

[EmilyMiller]

You mean that only the third part is going to be the contribution. (I know, the first two are already posted.) How many words do you anticipate that it will be?

Part II was originally meant to be for Geek Pride, but I got carried away and wrote it too quickly. I can’t cope with sitting on a story for a month.

I told @ChloeTzang that I’d make it into a trilogy and target Geek Pride with the third part. Did some writing on the plane, it’s now about 5k words. I would think it would be around the same length as Determination, i.e. ~ 20k.

So I guess the whole story will be ~ 50k, which is frankly scary to think about.

Em

 

[gunhilltrain]

Part II was originally meant to be for Geek Pride, but I got carried away and wrote it too quickly. I can’t cope with sitting on a story for a month.

I told @ChloeTzang that I’d make it into a trilogy and target Geek Pride with the third part. Did some writing on the plane, it’s now about 5k words. I would think it would be around the same length as Determination, i.e. ~ 20k.

So I guess the whole story will be ~ 50k, which is frankly scary to think about.

Em

That is really ambitious. You mean 50k for all three? I don't think I've had a chapter or stand-alone story, on any site, that was more than about 12,000.

 

[Rustyoznail]

That is really ambitious. You mean 50k for all three? I don't think I've had a chapter or stand-alone story, on any site, that was more than about 12,000.

Em's trying to wrestle the "Longest Story in the Shortest Time" award away from Chloe...

 

[ElectricBlue]

Em's trying to wrestle the "Longest Story in the Shortest Time" award away from Chloe...

She'll have to put on her tap dancing shoes to do it. Chloe bangs out ten thousand before breakfast.

 

[EmilyMiller]

That is really ambitious. You mean 50k for all three? I don't think I've had a chapter or stand-alone story, on any site, that was more than about 12,000.

For all three, yes. I’ve got two stories in the region of 20k words here.

Em

 

[MisterWildCard]

My first draft of my Geek Pride story is complete! If anyone's interested in beta-reading, let me know!

 

[Rustyoznail]

My first draft of my Geek Pride story is complete! If anyone's interested in beta-reading, let me know!

I've got a bit of time. Flick me a PM and I'll send over my email address.

 

[Duleigh]

Just crossed the 9k line and I think I'm halfway there, or maybe a third there. It's one of those stories that's just fun to write however thanks to one of our Emilies, a question has entered my head. Either @Emilymcplugger or @EmilyMiller brought up Cultural Appropriation in another thread

I'm writing a story in the style of Terry Pratchett, a Discworld fanfiction, would that be cultural appropriation? and is it possible to appropriate the British culture seeing as it is spread all over the English Speaking World? And in my case being possible a descendent of British Royalty wouldn't that be cultural reaffirmation?

 

[Emilymcplugger]

Just crossed the 9k line and I think I'm halfway there, or maybe a third there. It's one of those stories that's just fun to write however thanks to one of our Emilies, a question has entered my head. Either @Emilymcplugger or @EmilyMiller brought up Cultural Appropriation in another thread

I'm writing a story in the style of Terry Pratchett, a Discworld fanfiction, would that be cultural appropriation? and is it possible to appropriate the British culture seeing as it is spread all over the English Speaking World? And in my case being possible a descendent of British Royalty wouldn't that be cultural reaffirmation?

That would be Miss Miller however as a Brit I can say that you writing in Pratchett’s style would not be cultural appropriation.

Look at HOT FUZZ, that takes US cop tropes and acts as a homage to them. Is that cultural appropriation or something that’s just for the Greater Good?

 

[NoTalentHack]

That would be Miss Miller however as a Brit I can say that you writing in Pratchett’s style would not be cultural appropriation.

Look at HOT FUZZ, that takes US cop tropes and acts as a homage to them. Is that cultural appropriation or something that’s just for the Greater Good?

 

[MediocreAuthor]

Is that cultural appropriation or something that’s just for the Greater Good?

"Uhhh... Narp?"

 

[Emilymcplugger]

I’m still amazed I manage to work in a plug for my story HOT AND FUZZY.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Just crossed the 9k line and I think I'm halfway there, or maybe a third there. It's one of those stories that's just fun to write however thanks to one of our Emilies, a question has entered my head. Either @Emilymcplugger or @EmilyMiller brought up Cultural Appropriation in another thread

I'm writing a story in the style of Terry Pratchett, a Discworld fanfiction, would that be cultural appropriation? and is it possible to appropriate the British culture seeing as it is spread all over the English Speaking World? And in my case being possible a descendent of British Royalty wouldn't that be cultural reaffirmation?

Wasn’t me either, hun. Someone on a thread I started.

Em

 

[gunhilltrain]

That would be Miss Miller however as a Brit I can say that you writing in Pratchett’s style would not be cultural appropriation.

Look at HOT FUZZ, that takes US cop tropes and acts as a homage to them. Is that cultural appropriation or something that’s just for the Greater Good?

Hot Fuzz is a weird movie because it mixes U.S. cop tropes with a distinctively understated British humor - esepcially about English small towns. Then it finally goes into a higher gear in the last fifteen minutes or so. Overall quite funny, but it takes some getting used to.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Just crossed the 9k line and I think I'm halfway there, or maybe a third there. It's one of those stories that's just fun to write however thanks to one of our Emilies, a question has entered my head. Either @Emilymcplugger or @EmilyMiller brought up Cultural Appropriation in another thread

I'm writing a story in the style of Terry Pratchett, a Discworld fanfiction, would that be cultural appropriation? and is it possible to appropriate the British culture seeing as it is spread all over the English Speaking World? And in my case being possible a descendent of British Royalty wouldn't that be cultural reaffirmation?

It''s mostly fun to write here, but Geek Pride was especially so. But I'm impressed - 9K words and you've got halfway or two-thirds of a way to go. I did 11,600 K words, and it's the longest stand-alone story I've ever done.

 

[NoTalentHack]

Well, I thought it was only going to be 6K words, but I'm already past that and I like these two characters too much, so maybe 8K? 10? We'll see.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Well, I thought it was only going to be 6K words, but I'm already past that and I like these two characters too much, so maybe 8K? 10? We'll see.

Yeah, I like mine so much that I'm probably going to do one or two sequels about them.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Just crossed the 9k line and I think I'm halfway there, or maybe a third there. It's one of those stories that's just fun to write however thanks to one of our Emilies, a question has entered my head. Either @Emilymcplugger or @EmilyMiller brought up Cultural Appropriation in another thread

I'm writing a story in the style of Terry Pratchett, a Discworld fanfiction, would that be cultural appropriation? and is it possible to appropriate the British culture seeing as it is spread all over the English Speaking World? And in my case being possible a descendent of British Royalty wouldn't that be cultural reaffirmation?

I don't think you have to be concerned about cultural appropriation, nor do you need to justify a connection with British royalty. Or were you being tongue-in-cheek?

 

[gunhilltrain]

I agree. I heard about one story that got rejected because the author mentioned "16 year old bottle of scotch"

I feel like no actual reader would mess that up.

Yep, this is why I see a bright future for AI. Or maybe that story about the scotch was apocryphal?

 

[Duleigh]

I don't think you have to be concerned about cultural appropriation, nor do you need to justify a connection with British royalty. Or were you being tongue-in-cheek?

Back in the 1920s, right after WWI a lot of the British uppercrust proudly marched off to war for God, the King, and the Empire and a lot of them did not come back. A HUGE problem arose when there was no one to take over these beautiful family estates because an entire generation of the British royal lineage was wiped out. They were seriously desperate, the older members of the family had no one to hand off the estate to when they died. My dad's family came to the US in about 1700, another bunch came about 1850. Lawyers for an estate came and tracked my great grandfather down and gave him a copy of the family tree that goes back to 1600 proving that we were a member of the Lawrence-Townsend family and we were titled (?) Duke of Earl or some title like that. My great grandfather began to persue it but he died and if my grandfather followed up on it he never told my dad.

A huge number of beautiful estates were turned over to the British government in the 20s and 30s because there was no one to run them

According to Family Lore, my ancestors were Tory loyalists during the Revolutionary war and when things went bad for folks wearing red they ran off to Buffalo so they could cross over to Canada if the folks with the tar and feathers came looking for them

 

[Duleigh]

It''s mostly fun to write here, but Geek Pride was especially so. But I'm impressed - 9K words and you've got halfway or two-thirds of a way to go. I did 11,600 K words, and it's the longest stand-alone story I've ever done.

The average word count for my stories is 21,481. What can I say? My favorite hobby is writing. I finally found a hobby that I can afford.

 

[ChloeTzang]

She'll have to put on her tap dancing shoes to do it. Chloe bangs out ten thousand before breakfast.

rotflmao. I just did for another story. Not quite 10k, but 5k anyhow. I was on a roll and got up at 3am and started writing......