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Congrats everyone!

And congrats to Ruth for getting in there for the first time in a year. I'm glad to see your name up there!

I think the status quo is changing as far as giving and receiving critiques is concerned. I received an email from a friend regarding the comments made on one of my entries and this is a quote "I don't think it was the usual sugar and spice and all things nice". I've noticed that more peo...

Allison, I don't remember your infamous critique (sorry), but I had a similar one on my piece that went on to place in the BoB that year, and one on a silly little play about Noah. Both were not "faithy" enough for their critics. In one case, I had an extended email conversation with the ...

A lot of times, I really don't respond to negative critique, because often, I KNOW that was a weak area in that particular entry. So my response (to myself) is just kind of "Yeah, I was afraid of that." and I try to improve on that the next time. There are definitely times when someone has...

Congrats!! A sweep by the men. How cool.

I never thought I was any good at poetry, until I started writing poetry more frequently for the challenge and I started getting ECs on my poetry. That's something I NEVER would have expected. I've found I do much better with free verse. I actually find that kind of interesting, because I'm a musica...

Well, as often happens, this thread has gone off in an unpredictable direction. That's totally fine--it's exciting to see several of you connect over a common interest. I wonder if anyone else out there might want to bring this thread full circle. Are you reading something that you can share with u...

Thanks for sharing that excerpt, Allison. What's your feeling about books in series? I have an opinion, but I'll save it until I hear from you (and maybe a few others). It really depends, I think. Generally speaking, I like them. I think it does take some of the suspense out of the first few books,...

I am reading "North! or be Eaten" by Andrew Peterson, who also happens to be my favorite Christian singer/songwriter. He is a man of many talents! It's a young adult book, but I love it. The characters are really compelling and draw you in. You feel like you really know them. He also sprin...

I use exclamation points, maybe more than I should, but I try to use them sparingly. I have an entry where I used three, almost for three sentences in a row, but the character was yelling, so a period just didn't seem to work. http://www.faithwriters.com/wc-article-level4-previous.php?id=45849 I've ...

Woohoo! 2 weeks in a row.

Also, the EC list on the challenge page is messed up. It leaves out the coorect 2nd place winner, bumping everyone after that up one place, and only has 9 listed.

Awww. Yay, Joanne!! I've been missing your woohoos! It's nice to see them back. And I'm not just saying that because I made EC this time. Of course, it's even nicer to have YOU back, Joanne!

Yay! This was the first challenge article that I actually liked in quite a while, so I'm glad the judges enjoyed it too. Yay!

And a big congrats to everyone else too!!

Congrats, everyone!!

I... actually made the list. And I wasn't last in Masters. I'm quite shocked, actually.

Congrats, everyone!