{"id":89,"date":"2020-02-02T18:55:16","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T16:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jacovanhemert.com\/?p=89"},"modified":"2020-07-23T16:45:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T14:45:28","slug":"two-more-stories-that-mostly-made-it-and-plans-for-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jacovanhemert.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/02\/two-more-stories-that-mostly-made-it-and-plans-for-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Two more stories that (mostly) made it, and plans for 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last year’s Nova<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The results of SFFSA’s 2019 Nova competition was recently announced, and I was stoked to see that both stories I submitted made the top three, kind of. I say “kind of” because one won joint second place, and the other won joint third place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly, the one that won joint second place, “Into the Molten Sea”, was the one that I was less confident about, compared to the other one, “A Proof of Worth”. Nonetheless, I’m very happy with the result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can currently read the judge’s comments<\/a> on SFFSA’s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The year ahead<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Now, if you’ve had a look around here, you might have noticed that all the stories that I have published have been through SFFSA’s Nova competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s been a wonderful experience to sharpen my teeth, so to speak, on getting stories ready for the Nova competition, and the results and feedback I’ve gotten have played a significant role in convincing me to start taking bigger bites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, I want to expand the reach of my stories, and just be more consistent with sending them out instead of endlessly revising or restarting them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ll be posting updates as things happen, and links to the two new stories will be up once they’re available for public viewing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s all for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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