One fell by the wayside

The short list is now up at Emerald Writing Workshops and one of my stories failed to make it.

That was my attempt at being a pessimist. Of course I should be screaming "One story is in the top six. Think I deserve a small glass of sherry."

Last weekend I went to a workshop run by Helen Hunt. I'll write about it this weekend (after the effects of the sherry wear off).

First hurdle cleared

I've just checked the Emerald Writing Workshops site here and discovered that both my stories have made the long list in their competition that closed last week.

There were fourteen stories chosen for this list out of a total entry of 55.

A long way from actually winning but it is a nice boost to my ego.

Their current comp is for a story of up to 500 words based on the theme "Riches to Rags". Why not have a go yourself?