A good day

[gillo]

Last year I acted as a judge in a young writers' competition. They even paid me. This year they asked me again, but with no pay. I agreed anyway, and enjoyed the 70-ish stories I read, especially the two or three best.

Comments

[feliciacraft]

That's a beautiful story, if depressing. Nice of you to include cute baby pictures as a sort of unicorn chaser! Cute baby is cute! :)

[gillo]

The co-chairs of judges both claimed they had never heard of selkies before!

I am always ready to impose extra Rhiannon pics!

[curiouswombat]

Never heard of Selkies? I wonder what they read as children - or as adults for that matter!

The pictures of you and Rhiannon, especially, are beautiful. I guess canapés at The Shard and a baby visit almost make up for the lack of payment this year, even if you got the canapés at The Shard last year, too, if I remember rightly :)

[gillo]

Probably they read lots of realist fiction and believed they were more practical in doing so. I can barely remember not knowing about selkies.

This year I ate more of the canapés; they were breakfast and lunch, after all!

Rhiannon is always beautiful!

[brunettepet]

That story is terrific and so are the Rhiannon photos. Thank you for sharing them.

[gillo]

I'm glad you enjoyed them.

[the_moonmoth]

And who wouldn't go out of their way to cuddle a baby? I love her little outfit in the pics, very cute :)

[gillo]

That was one of my eBay bargains - I shower (bargain) gifts on her!

[velvetwhip]

Sounds (and looks) like a lovely day indeed!

Gabrielle

[gillo]

It was tiring, but very enjoyable.

[enigmaticblues]

So nice to see the adorable baby with her lovely mother and grandmother! And I will look forward to reading that story.

[gillo]

I think you'll be impressed by the story.