Entering Contests...

I like a good challenge as well as the next writer.  So, here we go.  I was on Twitter yesterday and noticed a contest for writing and submitting fractured Fairy Tales. At first I just read through a few entries, envious that I didn't have a submission.  Then, it hit me, write one.  Whatcha got to lose but the remaining threads of your dignity?  For the next hour or two, I struggled with cute little names,  funny word flips and came up with lots of ideas, but nothing worth losing my threads over.  I was surrounded by a stack of my favorite books, and I then I saw The Paper Bag Princess.  Would they consider that a fairy tale? Let’s hope so, cuz my low watt light bulb immediately flickered and the Cardboard King was born. It's actually a story I've fiddled with on and off for two years, but even after chopping 300 words and changing it around, I still love it. Coming in at EXACTLY 400 words, I've entered Susanna Hill's fractured fairy-tale March Madness writing contest. The story must be posted on my blog, so you can read in the previous post entitled The Cardboard King. If you're interested in entering the contest, check out susannahill.blogspot.com for details. The deadline is 3/24/14 so HURRY!