Amber Quill Contest

Talk about intimidating, but I am considering entering the Amber Quill Heat Wave contest in January. That means I have to finish up the story I'm working on now, edit and get it read over and some major help on it by Jan. 1 for submission. Crazy.

Apparently, they don't even take submissions apart from this one contest. Eh, can't hurt to try, right? I mean, the more writing I do the better, the more practice I have the better, and the more rejected I get the tougher I'll be over all.

Actually, I'm not too worried about rejection. I think my training for my "day job" has a lot to do with it--if I can survive being called a 'cunt' by a raging drug addict I've spent the last few months busting my ass for, I can survive some editor telling me I have more to learn about writing!

I'm more worried about getting my writing under control, rather than the meandering stuff I've always done for my own amusement. Practice practice practice and good crit partners, I'm told.

Here's to crazy ideas!