Hi, if you are writing a retelling for this year's Rooglewood contest, head over to Anne Elisabeth Stengl's blog and read the details about her upcoming Show and Tell event. It's going to be so cool to see the stories represented!!!
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....
Thanks for telling me about this, that will be so fun.
ReplyDeleteI know! And I could really use the practice, trying to write a "pitch."
ReplyDeleteI think I will do this show and tell. It sounds like so much fun! I actually am starting over with my novella since what I had written already wasn't working, but it seems to be coming along nicely now, so that's good.
ReplyDeleteSo, starting over was a good call. :) I'm glad it's behaving itself better this time around. I look forward to seeing your story in the show and tell!!!
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