{"id":1036,"date":"2015-02-02T20:49:16","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T20:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/index.php\/2015\/02\/02\/twcep46sub\/"},"modified":"2015-02-02T20:49:16","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T20:49:16","slug":"twcep46sub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/twcep46sub\/","title":{"rendered":"The Word Count Episode 46 OPEN for Submissions!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Ah, Valentine\u2019s Day.&nbsp; A Hallmark-store created sap-fest meant to remind jackwagons to actually be romantic to their partners.&nbsp; What a load of&#8230;poop (What? &nbsp;My kids read my blog).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Let me tell ya something, boys and girls\u2014if you love someone, EVERY day should be Valentine\u2019s day in some form or another. So for this, the 46<sup>th<\/sup> episode of the word count, our intrepid writers will NOT be writing about romance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1035\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Heart.jpg\" width=\"242\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Heart\" title=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><em>THAT&#8217;s Better&#8230;<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">The Theme this time is<\/span> \u201c<strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">My Bloody Valentine.<\/span><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">This should be the antithesis of sweat hearts and cherub-faced cupids. We are talking horror stories that make the previous Halloween \u2018casts look like <i>Curious George<\/i> stories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">So the detailed requirements:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>THE WORD COUNT EPISODE 46 <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Submission Guidelines (PLEASE READ CAREFULLY)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">GENRE: Horror<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">DEADLINE: I must receive your submission by<\/span>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>FRIDAY 13 February 2015<\/b><\/span> <span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">by MIDNIGHT Eastern time. How deliciously perfect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">THE DETAILS: The work must be an original work based on the theme<\/span> \u201c<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">My Bloody Valentine<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Do NOT exceed SEVEN minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">As this is a podcast, I need to receive a file of YOU, a friend or multiple friends reading (singing or otherwise performing) your work. MP3 FORMAT ONLY, and please attach your MP3 file to an e-mail or contact me for a Dropbox link.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Your submission MUST also contain the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><i><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Your pen name<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><i>Your latest bio<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><i>Links to your      website(s) &#8211; Include your personal site, Facebook Fanpage etc.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><i>Your Twitter      handle (if you have one)<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><i>A photo of you I      can use for the show notes<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><i>At the end of your      recording, please add \u201cThis is &lt;state your name&gt; author of &lt;state      your work(s)&gt; and you\u2019re listening to The Word Count Podcast\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\"><i>Permission to use      your recording in the podcast.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Send your file to&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:me@rbwood.com\">me@rbwood.com<\/a> (or via the dropbox link I can provide) by 13 February 2015. You can also e-mail me with questions beforehand. I do reserve the right NOT to post your submission, but will communicate that to you should it be the case. I add the \u2018Explicit\u2019 tag to the \u2018cast, so if your story uses adult themes or language that\u2019s ok\u2014but it should be necessary for the story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">I\u2019ll only be accepting SEVEN stories this time\u2014so get moving!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c0c0c0;\">Peace<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ah, Valentine\u2019s Day.&nbsp; A Hallmark-store created sap-fest meant to remind jackwagons to actually be romantic to their partners.&nbsp; What a load of&#8230;poop (What? &nbsp;My kids read my blog). 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