Announcing our "Winter Adventure" Competition, with a whopping $500 1st Place Prize!

14 Nov 2018

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Ae you now just going to random threads to find an excuse to post this disgusting picture?

Blame Hannah. She brought it up. I'm just piggy-backing (Is that another thing?) on her mention. And we drink tea at Rumps. Sprite mentioned tea pot. It all goes hand-in-hand (Is that also another thing?) So many things to keep track of. SMH. Anyway... back to writing... kids will be home soon.

19 Nov 2018

That image is evoking far too long of a story in my head, no matter how I try to twist, turn, or compact it.

There's too much for me to unpack within the word limit on this one, I'm afraid.

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19 Nov 2018

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That image is evoking far too long of a story in my head, no matter how I try to twist, turn, or compact it.

There's too much for me to unpack within the word limit on this one, I'm afraid.

19 Nov 2018

LOL

Well, now that I look at the actual contest page, I see the end date is all the way out there on the 30th of next month.

I'll keep blinking back to the image every so often. If I can come up with a workable concept in the next couple of weeks, it might still be feasible.

Maybe I need to shift my headspace out of the real world and over to fantasy... Hmm...

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3 Dec 2018

All current entries have been tweeted about.

I'll continue to promote the stories as the competition goes on.

23 Dec 2018

Just over a week to go. We'll prioritise comp entries in the queue as much as we can, but please don't leave it til the last minute! If we need to send it back to you, you might need time to edit, so build this in.

toothy2

23 Dec 2018

I came up with an idea finally, but it stalled on me. I've been pounding out some quickies, and I was in the midst of #4 when it put me back in the right frame of mind to work on the contest story.

Just finished a scene, introducing a bit of foreshadowing, and started another one, which introduces a critical plot element. Seems to be going well.

The run of writing purposely compact stories may come in handy to keep this one from sprawling out of control beyond the word limit, and the time constraints. If I can maintain the current track, I might just finish it in time.

Having time to give it a full, careful edit may be another beast altogether d'oh!

ETA: A little over 3100 words of imagery I'm really happy with. Things are set up, I've brought these two together, and the fun is about to start. "Harper's Fairy" is getting closer and closer to going gold. smile

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