I've been sitting on this blog entry for weeks, just itching to hit 'Post'. So, without further adieu...

EQD who? What? Never heard of 'em. xD

Seriously, this is just beyond awesome. I suspect the next Royal Guard site-post will be soon, so keep your eyes out for it!

Cheers!
GMP

**Update: Got some further feedback from EQD -- Writing has improved, but story was "unrealistic and melodramatic", and "plays the readers for emotion". Overall, it will "require deep reworking with an experienced reviewer"

Tl;DR: We just don't seem to care for the premise, but if you rework it into something totally different, you might have a shot.

Hmm, how about

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Welp, it looks like Scars is 0-2 with EQD now. Got the rejection this morning. :(

The bad side to their newly 'streamlined' system - which still took nearly a month - is that feedback is no longer provided to authors. All you get is a yes/no, and a link to their editing omnibus document.

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Now that the story has been revised and polished, I thought Scars needed some new cover art as well. And not just a new image grabbed from a GIS search. ;)

So, I reached out to the insanely talented viwrastupr, and snagged another spot on his commission list. He's done a few other pieces for me and my wife in the past, so I knew this was going to be a top notch piece.

Well, the piece is done, and it's not top notch...

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'Scars' has just been resubmitted for consideration to both the Royal Guard as well as EQD.

Now, we wait with fingers crossed. O_O

Edit 2: ...And I farked up royally. Instead of copy-pasting my updates, I deleted the old chapters and published the new ones in their place... Which is against site rules. My apologies to all, as that was never my intention. :(
Edit: Update is live!

*Adding a bit of context here for the benefit of my newest followers*

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