QUESTION to all you writers out there... where DO you find the time?! I recently saw some writing contests online and mulled over whether I should enter, but I just knew there was no time! No time -- not even if I had a month -- do I think I could sit and write out a full length story. Frustration at its finest moment.
The opportunities I've gotten with Angel Zapata's 5x5 fiction has changed my world! It hollers at my soul's longing to write with a boisterous, "You did it! You completed a story!"
True, this microfiction is only 25 words long, but I did do it; I completed the tales! I am eager to see the next edition, to see what other mini-tales have been produced from other thinking minds across the world. Yet still, I find myself jealous that other busy people have been able to create 100 words, 100 pages, or even 100 stories! This is what I wish for. Between the mundane at work and the vegetative state I fall into at home, I simply must find a middle ground. One that comes complete with a pen, writing paper, and a fine, sturdy desk to create masterpieces on. Where shall I find this plane of existence? For now, in my dreams alone.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
5 x 5 Fiction... SPOTLIGHT!
At the behest of flash fiction extraordinaire Angel Zapata, I have decided to make my blog public! I haven't written anything since I started it six months ago, mostly because life was keeping me busy. But everyone is busy. No one will stop being busy either, so I might as well make room for the blog in my life.
I entered Angel's 5 x 5 fiction contest at the end of last year (http://5x5fiction.blogspot.com/). The contest challenges authors to write a complete story consisting of 5 5-word sentences. Much to my delight, my story "Classy" (one of the first I've ever written) was picked for Volume 1! I was honored -- actually, I still am -- since I've never entered any public writing contests before! I have been writing-curious for years now and started googling writers and contests and stumbled upon 5 x 5 in my "travels". Actually the little stories whet my appetite for more! I hope to begin writing stories with more than 25 words in them very soon. Anyhow, I recently entered three more stories for Volume 2 and happily, I was selected again! Two of my 5 sentence stories, "Captive" and "Confession" made it in, with "Confession" being in the spotlight!! Sweet. It's all I can say. (Besides "Thank you Angel!")
Please feel free to friend my blog! Oh, and just in case you were wondering, not all of my stories begin with "C" -- just the ones that were picked!
I entered Angel's 5 x 5 fiction contest at the end of last year (http://5x5fiction.blogspot.com/). The contest challenges authors to write a complete story consisting of 5 5-word sentences. Much to my delight, my story "Classy" (one of the first I've ever written) was picked for Volume 1! I was honored -- actually, I still am -- since I've never entered any public writing contests before! I have been writing-curious for years now and started googling writers and contests and stumbled upon 5 x 5 in my "travels". Actually the little stories whet my appetite for more! I hope to begin writing stories with more than 25 words in them very soon. Anyhow, I recently entered three more stories for Volume 2 and happily, I was selected again! Two of my 5 sentence stories, "Captive" and "Confession" made it in, with "Confession" being in the spotlight!! Sweet. It's all I can say. (Besides "Thank you Angel!")
Please feel free to friend my blog! Oh, and just in case you were wondering, not all of my stories begin with "C" -- just the ones that were picked!
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