Contest update

Well, “The Smell of November” has officially been sent off to Writer’s Digest pop fiction contest. I should hear something back around January-ish, if I’ve placed. If not, oh well.

Thank you to my friend K and the folks in my writer’s group for their critiques!

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Smell of November

A number of months ago, I wrote a short story that I intend on submitting to a Writer’s Digest competition sometimes before Nov. 2. I’m not a very good short story writer…or at least it doesn’t come naturally to me. My ideas for stories can be many and varied, but rarely are they brief. Writing “Smell of November” was a challenge.

Last night, I went through the draft that one of my friends so thoroughly picked apart for me, and revised. I need more people to point out when my prose starts turning alarming shades of purple. I’m on version 4 of the story now, and I definitely think it has improved. I’m going to send it out to my critique group and see what they think. I’ll revise one more time after that, and call it done.

I think that’s an accomplishment. Now, back to Shades…

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