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....
Nice!! And the photo is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThank you! The scene follows a fencing tournament, rather than jousting, but this picture captured the spirit of the scene better than any of the others I could find on pinterest. I liked it!
DeleteAh! fencing!! I love fencing!! Reading it, watching it. And I just watched the tournament in the 2nd episode of Merlin last night. That was cool!!!
DeleteSo cool!!!!
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