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Nick Jackson
THE SECRET LIFE OF THE PANDA
Nemonymous 7 (Zencore!)
How has appearing in Nemonymous affected me? A hard one to answer. I suppose I feel as though my writing was appreciated and judged on its own merits. I was quite confident that the story was good, but would it be good enough when compared with the number of stories that would be submitted by other, and perhaps more experienced authors? Submitting to Zencore was an exciting journey: waiting for the selection process to be narrowed down, knowing that my story was still in there with a chance. It was a bit like having bought one of those raffle tickets and waiting for the numbers to be called out (and I never, never win raffles!). And that email telling be that I was one of fifty chosen stories but subject to a final round of, more subjective, selection criteria. I was on the edge of my seat for days!
I think the anonymous process of submitting to Nemo was easier than for most submissions where I go through a nerve-racking - "shall I, shan't I" process that more often than not ends in my not submitting because I'm afraid of the personal element of rejection: "Dear Nick, this is not good enough, not what we want, etc". It always turns my stomach. With Nemo it was more a case of: "What have I got to lose?" In the case of my Zencore submission I gained everything and lost nothing. Will I submit to Nemo again? Try and stop me!
Nemonymous 7 (Zencore!)
How has appearing in Nemonymous affected me? A hard one to answer. I suppose I feel as though my writing was appreciated and judged on its own merits. I was quite confident that the story was good, but would it be good enough when compared with the number of stories that would be submitted by other, and perhaps more experienced authors? Submitting to Zencore was an exciting journey: waiting for the selection process to be narrowed down, knowing that my story was still in there with a chance. It was a bit like having bought one of those raffle tickets and waiting for the numbers to be called out (and I never, never win raffles!). And that email telling be that I was one of fifty chosen stories but subject to a final round of, more subjective, selection criteria. I was on the edge of my seat for days!
I think the anonymous process of submitting to Nemo was easier than for most submissions where I go through a nerve-racking - "shall I, shan't I" process that more often than not ends in my not submitting because I'm afraid of the personal element of rejection: "Dear Nick, this is not good enough, not what we want, etc". It always turns my stomach. With Nemo it was more a case of: "What have I got to lose?" In the case of my Zencore submission I gained everything and lost nothing. Will I submit to Nemo again? Try and stop me!