Jeanie Writes Genre

The other night I dreamed I was browsing in a Barnes & Noble when I overheard a shopper behind me outing another shopper as Miss Snark, with said outtee copping to the accusation. I turned around to see who made the confession. It was Stacey London from What Not to Wear and Fashionably Late. She was dressed in a black power suit and red stilletos, with a white poodle tucked under her arm. "OF COURSE Miss Snark is Stacey," I thought. It made perfect sense in my dream. It still does. They both dole out advice that I don't always agree with but that I always trust enough to consider, and I always pictured MS looking like SL anyway.

Moving on...

I came across a couple of contests on my Live Journal friends list this morning (both posted at Nanoljers) that I'm thinking about entering. I don't often do contests--actually, I think I've entered exactly one short story contest, so make that "virtually never"--but it's probably time that I start, if for no other reason than to practice my short story skills. They certainly need the practice.

Byzarium is holding a contest to write a flash fiction piece based on this picture, and the first lines are already floating through my head. I should probably catch them and pin them down before they get away.

Miniwords is a contest to write a complete narrative in 50 words or less. Yikes, talk about a challenge! The prize is 250 pounds (it's a UK contest, but it's open to everybody), and that ain't too shabby. At the current exchange rate, that translates to roughly $488. For fifty words. And you can enter three times in each category (there are also categories for verse and haiku forms). Sign me up.

I'm going to try my best to get active at Ficlets again this week, but my novel needs to take precedence, so that will just depend on how busy and/or stuck I am.

And that's the writerly goings-on in Jeanie's little world this week.

Labels: contests, dreams, ficlets