Friday Fricassee

Oops, almost forgot to post a Friday Fricassee today. Just a tiny bit distracted over here.

I'm going to be all positive and assume that we will, indeed, be using the automated system for Monday's Secret Agent contest. So here are a few things you should know:

1. Your email must be formatted EXACTLY THE WAY I ALWAYS ASK YOU TO. Like this:

SCREEN NAME: (you must include the colon)
TITLE: (you must include the colon)
GENRE: (you must include the colon)

{and your 250 word excerpt here}

If your email is missing the screen name, title, or genre, YOUR SUBMISSION WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY REJECTED.

2. Word count is set at 255 to allow for sentence completion. If your word count is too high, YOUR SUBMISSION WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY REJECTED.

(I don't mean to shout. I really just want you all to understand that the auto-bot is merciless. This isn't old soft-hearted me at the other end anymore. It's passionless, folks.)

3. THERE IS A NEW SUBMISSION EMAIL!! PLEASE make note of this:

authoress.submissions(at)gmail.com

If you send your submission to my other email address, IT WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE CONTEST.

I'm going to type the address again:

authoress.submissions(at)gmail.com

4. If you submit early, your submission will be rejected.

5. If you are one of the first to submit AFTER the 50 slots have been filled, you will assigned as an alternate. All this means is that, in the event that one of the original 50 is disqualified or asks to be redacted, you will be given the empty slot number.

I will re-post all these on Monday, prior to the actual opening of submissions. Please make note of the changes. And PLEASE format correctly! (Don't worry about font; just keep it normal.)

And that's that! Have an awesome weekend. Mr. A's birthday is on Sunday--feel free to wish him good cheer (here, or on Twitter!). He is the love of my life. Truly. :)