And speaking of the WD Forum...the SF/F group recently held a contest, purely for fun. We had to take two very different visual prompts (a rogue-type character in front of a door embossed with dragons) and a black hole, and combine them into a story of no longer than 4000 words.
My first attempt seemed too unoriginal, so I wrote a second story after deciding to incorporate the dragon element. I figured that no one else would have noticed the dragons...
Yeah. I was wrong about that. Most of the eleven stories submitted had dragons.
My story, The Guardian's Treasure, came in second. Yay! That was nice after getting three rejections for another story. I think I'll polish up Guardian and try to find a home for it.
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TOPAZ status: Working on Chapter 19. My original version seemed too much like a Q&A session, but I think I've tamed it down a little.
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I'd taken a peek at your journal when you told us about the new look, but I hadn't stopped in long enough to read it.
Just wanted to say that you definitely need to get "The Guardian's Treasure" polished up and sent out. It was my favorite story.
And I'm so glad you got back into the groove for Topaz. It's so wickedly cool.
Thanks so much! That's very nice to hear.
TOPAZ is flowing very well right now. I wrote three chapters over the weekend, which is awesome. :)
Do you mind if I ask what your WD Forum screen name is?
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