It's rather fitting that some things come to a close on this day -- the last day of the year. I submitted my last entry into the Rooglewood contest this morning. I can hardly believe it took me until the day of the deadline to send it in because I'm usually earlier than that. And, even with the extra time I took, I still felt a little bit like maybe I could have done better if I had more time. But there was no feeling of regret when I hit "send." Mostly it was just a prayer that Rooglewood would hear the heart of the message when they read it and that maybe, if I win, they could help me bring the full potential out of my little story. And there was also a feeling, after working on these stories for more than six months, that it felt good to close that chapter and move on to the next one. I did it. I wrote them. And I'm really proud of them. Last year, the act of hitting "send" on my contest entry catapulted me into an anticipatory state....
You seem to have a lot of good stories in working! Are we able to read any online or are you just holding people in suspense?
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ReplyDeleteThank you! I am glad that you like the story ideas I have in the works! It is always great to hear feedback like that.
Right now, you will have to content yourself with the quotes and scenes that I post and the occasional short story. You can look back through my archives for that. I don't have any full-length stories available to read online. I wouldn't want to spoil a story before it is published. ;)
Hopefully the wait (and suspense) will be worth it, and I think it will. However, I would love to hear about types of posts you would like to read between now and then. And if I have enough people interested in regular posting of short stories, I am happy to do that as well.
Thank you again for commenting and I hope to hear from you more in the future.