Contests

On writer's cafe i posted a new writing contest called "the hooker" contestants may submit any chapter of a book they're working on. the goal: to get me hooked to read more.

I've entered numerous contests on the site but the deadlines haven't past yet. although they're not for money, i'm still hoping i win or at least place in some to get my profile out there on the site so other people will be more inclined to read my work and critique.

my quest is still trudging along, but i'm in the process of moving 200 miles away, and on the phone every 20 minutes with the loan company who suddenly decided my loan expired.

i was thinking last night that i should keep a journal. my short story "lucky" is basically an account of my love life from the second i was born until now, and although that makes for one hell of a story, i'm sure all the stuff in between is equally as interesting if not more. my family must have the worst luck in america, and i know everyone says it but seriously, things that happen to us don't happen to anyone on TV, and you know, TV is basically real life ;)

i'm excited for school to start. i'm taking a creative writing class, so hopefully i'll get real critique back, instead of the very few comments i get on the site saying "i like this". thats great, but can you delve deeper? no, no they can't.  and maybe in school i'll meet other students and we can have a combined quest to get published. and hopefully it will work. hopefully.

until then i'm still relentlessly searching the web in search for an "aha" moment.
i'm still laying awake in bed thinking of the things i've read during the day and try and figure out a plan to make it work.
and i'm still not giving up. its been tough, but this is my dream and i cannot and will not let it go.

(: amanda rose