{"id":4443,"date":"2024-01-12T10:34:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T15:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/?p=4443"},"modified":"2024-01-27T14:58:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T19:58:20","slug":"winter-in-the-city-update-12-january-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/winter-in-the-city-update-12-january-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter in the City Update-12 January 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>WINTER IN THE CITY: Editor\u2019s Update 12 January 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WITC_New_Ebook_Option2_Revised220-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4446\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WITC_New_Ebook_Option2_Revised220-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WITC_New_Ebook_Option2_Revised220-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WITC_New_Ebook_Option2_Revised220-768x1228.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WITC_New_Ebook_Option2_Revised220-960x1536.jpg 960w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WITC_New_Ebook_Option2_Revised220-1280x2048.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WITC_New_Ebook_Option2_Revised220-600x960.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WITC_New_Ebook_Option2_Revised220.jpg 1563w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hello all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wanted to update you on the status of the anthology I\u2019m editing for the House of Gamut called \u201cWinter in the City.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, let me say it\u2019s taken me longer than I thought to work through the slush pile. That was an overestimation of the available time split between the launch of House of Gamut, teaching my test class, the back-end necessities of running a non-profit, and the anthology.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s on me. Fortunately, I&#8217;m now making up for lost time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second, I was overwhelmed by the fantastic response to our open call. We have nine invited authors and nine slots in the anthology that the open call was to fill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of this morning, we\u2019ve had a total of 180 stories submitted for consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You guys rock. You really do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let me share some upcoming deliverable dates with you as well as some statistics (as of today):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-0-color\">The<strong>\u00a0SLUSH\u00a0<\/strong>Closing date for NEW requests is<strong>\u00a0J<u>ANUARY 31, 2024<\/u><\/strong><\/mark>. All those who have <strong>previously Claimed Cities<\/strong> still have until 3\/31 to submit via Moshka.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>First-round&nbsp;<strong>SLUSH&nbsp;<\/strong>Rejections have started going out. The first round will be completed by&nbsp;<strong><u>2 February 2024.<\/u><\/strong>&nbsp;One thing that I ask people to be cautious about is following the guidelines\u2014especially:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Minimum word count is&nbsp;3,000 words.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We are reading blind for the first round.&nbsp;PLEASE remove all identifying markers from your manuscript.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The<strong>&nbsp;SLUSH&nbsp;<\/strong>First round edits will be sent out by me no later than<strong>&nbsp;<u>29 February 2024.<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>SLUSH<u>&nbsp;<\/u><\/strong>edits are due back to me by<strong><u>&nbsp;15 March 2024.<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>SLUSH&nbsp;<\/strong>selection\/final rejection notifications will go out by&nbsp;<strong><u>30 March 2024<\/u><\/strong>. Contracts will be sent out that day to those stories selected for the anthology.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>INVITEE&nbsp;<\/strong>due date for their story 1 is<strong>&nbsp;<u>31 March 2024.<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Final edits of the<strong>&nbsp;INVITEE<\/strong>&nbsp;stories will be discussed individually with the authors. The&nbsp;<strong>GOAL&nbsp;<\/strong>is to lock down the final stories by&nbsp;<strong><u>30 April 2024.<\/u><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On&nbsp;<strong><u>1 May 2024<\/u><\/strong>, all the final stories will be sent to the book designer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also, on 1 May 2024, we will make the Table of Contents public for the anthology. Authors can now announce their participation on their social media platforms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We will send out ARCS for reviewers in&nbsp;<strong>JUNE<\/strong>&nbsp;(exact date TBD).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A release date of&nbsp;<strong>1 December 2024<\/strong>&nbsp;is our target. Contributor copies will be mailed at that time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Statistics as of 12 January<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Number of stories received via open call (slush): 180<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Number of Rejections\/withdrawals\/disqualifications: 58<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Number of Stories left to read: 78<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>One last note. I realize the information has been difficult to come by\u2014certainly, a post on my author site is helpful, but moving forward, we have decided to spin up a \u201cHouse of Gamut\u201d&nbsp;<strong>discord server<\/strong>. We will link to that server beginning 1 February, and that will be the go-to for our readers, writers, and fans to gather as a community. Future updates will be posted on that platform.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WINTER IN THE CITY: Editor\u2019s Update 12 January 2024 Hello all! 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