Tom – Page 180

When I commence a story I can write happily for a while without any literary references or quick checks with Wikipedia. In my latest competition entry I am not afforded the luxury of either of these things. The Global Writers competition for December is themed on ‘surreal’ so my tale so far is fantasy/science fiction/adventure with some dialogue thrown in for good measure.

Word count will be a secondary consideration for me on this one because my concentration at the moment is satisfactory telling of the story. I’m not a big fan of fantasy or science fiction when it comes to reading and I don’t want to know what other entries are about because I want to attempt this without outside influence. We’ll see how it goes soon enough because I only have so many more days to edit before I end up with the final draft.

Merry Christmas to anyone who happens by.

Getting my blog underway was challenging. Improving it inside a couple of days and concentrating on the theme of writing gave a feeling of achievement. One of the three short stories I wanted to feature had already won a competition. In October 2010, ‘DECISION AT THE ABBEY’ won a place in the English Heritage anthology, ‘WHITBY ABBEY: PURE INSPIRATION’ which was amazing.

I checked my emails this morning to find that I have a fellow blogger subscribing to my site, thank you Cloe! You’ll find I’m already signed up to yours. I wanted to know you before you became famous.

I read my second email to find that my short story, ‘DUTY BOUND’ is the joint winner of the monthly Global Short Story Competition for November. I joined the site in September this year so winning the monthly competition is an ambition fulfilled.

Check out Global Writers on my links… you might just like it.