Today was my last day of work.

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My plan was: one story, one episode of 'Egregeous Uses', a week – until they're all done.
Not this week I'm afraid. I was busy with the writeoff. Go, read, vote. There are better entries than mine – go support them.
I'm behind, but not by a whole week. I might shift and release this (and future) fics on Saturdays. Maybe they'll attract more notice that way?

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

(No really though I'm pretty proud of this one. Give it a try.)

105 minifics in this month's writeoff. You can bet your Best Pony I won't try this a second time. From now on, I only review the stories I get by luck of the draw. In fact, I wouldn't even call the following 'reviews.' They're more like commentaries, because I limited each to 100 words or less. This didn't give me anywhere near enough room to say everything I wanted to, and sometimes my criticisms had to be cut painfully short. So yeah, these won't be as high-quality as my usual reviews.

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We have 3 new good stories today from write-offs:

Dubious Enchantment by bookplayer. This is a cute story about Twilight trying to get Pinkie's money back for some purchases she made from a merchant of artifacts of unspeakable evil. 2nd place winner in the Feb. write-off. That was, like, today.

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In short: I didn’t make the finals for any of my stories.

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The Writeoff is already a great way to build your writing experience and get some quality feedback. This time around, they're trying something a little... different. Instead of just a phrase as a prompt, they're accepting art submissions based on that prompt. Authors will then write based on the artwork of their choice.

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The second-place story from the latest write-off, Collaborators, by the mysterious and diabolical Baal Bunny, went live a few hours ago, with significant changes to the beginning and the ending.

(Still no kissing, though. )

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Feghoots are the pinnacle of writing. This is not in question. What is in question is whether you have what it takes to participate in a feghoot fete, a hootenanny of hilarity, a jocund jamboree, a hoedown of humor.

Yeah, that's a dumb question. Of course you are. So head over here for the details.

So I wrote a story for a writeoff a while back. Thrashed in the prelims before everyone came to their senses.

Since I couldn't sell it for the last few months, I figured I'd make it this week's blog post, and talk about what I wanted to do with it.

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Please pardon the rambling. If you wish to read rambling about a story, click below. Also, if you haven't read the story... unmarked spoilers below.

Or click the link -> Three Words to read the story first.

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If you're a fan of Ray Bradbury (and if you like my writing, you either are or should be), here's something to keep an eye on: The Mid-Continent Public Library in Kansas City is sponsoring an open minifiction competition themed around Bradbury and his works. The prompt is to use at least one of a provided list of nouns (a block-breaking technique of his), and the story has to be 451 words or less. I don't think you get anything besides egoboo

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Two weeks ago I had a go at the Writeoff competition, writing a story over a weekend to fit the prompt: Behind Closed Doors. This was my first attempt at such a competition. To my surprize, my story came out as the winner!

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Looking at my history on this site, it becomes clear that I haven't written much of anything in like a year.

Except I've actually been writing a lot. Just not on here.

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Or new-ish, anyway. It's actually a revised story from the Writeoff before last.

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After the withdrawal from Afghanistan, and in particular after the drone strike that killed an aid worker and several family members, a few people reached out to ask about I story I wrote several years ago for the Writeoff original fiction contest. It was, in fact, the first original fiction piece I'd written in years, and it dealt with the (fictional) aftermath of drone strike that went wrong. I had removed it from the Writeoff site, but since enough people have inquired about it, I've decided

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Just wanted to give a little nod to the folks over at The Writeoff Association. Thanks to their input and feedback, I have my third EqD feature with Siren's Call.

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I'm super excited to have just won my first ever writeoff gold medal, for "Stitches" in the Cutting Corners event! Couldn't have asked for a better Christmas present.

In a few minutes or so, I'll be dropping it here on FimFic as a Hearth's Warming present for everyone else, too.

I'm very proud of this one, and I hope you'll enjoy it (and spread the word about it, maybe?)

EDIT: Story is live!

Just a quick plug for those of you who don't follow the Writeoff Association closely: There's a new competition this weekend for original fiction!

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I did art! My original plan for this was to give it to the writeoff... which by now is two writeoffs ago. But I procrastinated. A lot.

I did, however, finish it about 4 days after the submission period ended, but then I procrastinated even more with taking pictures of it. But anyway, picture after the break.

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