Well, I didn’t make it into round 3, but since only the top four from each group did, I knew it was a bit of a long shot. I did get quite a bit of nice and helpful feedback from the judges, and I can see from that where my writing could have been improved. (Since it’s been many months, you can re-read my round two entry here: Read more... )

For round two, my group has been assigned the following ( Read more... )

Guess what??? My round 1 Rhyming Story Challenge got FIFTH place in my group!! This is my best finish to date ( Read more... )

My Flash Fiction round two story “The Hunger” (which you can read here: https://roina-arwen.dreamwidth.org/7483.html) actually got 12th place in my group of 36 writers, and earned me four points (1st place gets 15 points, and the points go down from there ( Read more... )

As a reminder, this was my group’s assignment, with a maximum length of 600 words:
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Theme: Fulfillment
Emotion: Skeptical

Below is my entry. I did the best I could. Enjoy!
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When I first read about the Rhyming Story Challenge, I was intrigued, so what the hell - I signed up. I love poetry, I enjoy writing fiction, so what could be more interesting than combining the two ( Read more... )

It’s Week 18 in the Dreamwidth-hosted LJ Idol, and we are down to just 14 contestants out of (I think) a starting field of 77. I’m still in it, and hope to get further ( Read more... )

It’s been a while since I’ve posted over here! Ever since LJ Idol moved over to Dreamwidth several months ago, I’ve mostly been posting everything over there. It seemed silly to post in two places, you know ( Read more... )

So I just signed up for the NYC Midnight Microfiction Challenge, which kicks off this Friday (April 22nd ( Read more... )

Apologies to “Queen” for using We Will Rock You as my inspiration for this! Enjoy!Tummy, don’t you lie, make some small noise ( Read more... )