Out-of-the-blue-rant time! A rant about … vegetables? No, don’t worry. This does have something to do with writing.

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I finally got done with “Big Blue”, a short story written from a woman’s perspective and heavy on the dialogue. It packs some emotional punch, but it’s not high fantasy. It’s present day stuff.

Still, I might enter it somewhere and see how well it performs. If anybody would like to give my first draft a read, I’d love whatever criticism you can offer. And if anybody knows of a good writing contest, that would be most helpful as well.

Oh, by the way, I’m still waiting to hear back on “En Prise” the short story I submitted late last year. :P

My fingers are growing sick of being crossed all the time.

Later, taters.

So I finally completed something I feel is … well … good. Maybe hopefully really good. Maybe hopefully publishy good.
After I wrote it, I thought, “Wow. Where the heck did THIS come from?”
The first draft rolled off my fingertips while I was at work, of all places. As I wrote, I felt as if I was in (as I described to Steph no.1) a ‘writerly trance’.
What came out of that trance amazed me. I was like, “Wow. That was a pretty amazing faeries-whispering-in-my-ear experience. And I get a free story out of it, too? Sweet!”

It didn’t have a title yet, though. And it was definitely a first draft. (Steph came up with some good titles, actually. And I went with En Prise.)

My first critiques were along the lines of, “This was an enjoyable read and is a brilliant idea, BUT the flow could use a little work. And this part came on too fast. And here’s some important tips to consider when writing in first person.” Read the rest of this entry »