I am so freakin' excited! Awhile back Joe mentioned to me a writing contest sponsored by Blizzard. [SIDE NOTE: For those of you who don't know, Blizzard produces World of Warcraft, which is an online game that many of the guys (and some wives) play.] At the time I thought, "cool. That might be fun." But it never really went anywhere. I thought about writing a story but there always seemed to be other things that needed my attention. Then Friday night I thought about it again. I remembered it ending around April 10th.
Too late, I thought. It's probably already over and I missed it. But I might as well check as not, so I made a quick trip to Blizzard's website. When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer. Wait, wait. Sorry, wrong story!
No, what I did find (instead of a jolly old man) were the contest rules stating that I had until 11:59pm PST (12:59 am our time) on April 12th to submit my entry. I couldn't believe it! I still had a chance! It was too late Friday to start so I waited for Saturday. Saturday turned out to be a not-so-great-day for me and I ended sleeping most of it away. So Sunday, after a great Easter meeting, I sat down and words poured out of my brain and onto the paper. It was so much fun! My fingers zipped along the keyboard without stopping. I wrote for over three hours straight before I needed a quick nap. At first I was worried that I wouldn't make the 3,000 word minimum, but at break time, I was only half way through my story and had already reached 2,300 words. Anyway, to make a long story short (too late!... little Clue reference there...), after spending my afternoon at a family Easter thing and returning home at 10pm, I jumped back on my computer and finished the piece by 12:45am and submitted it to Blizzard!!! I actually finished what I started and sent if off! Even if nothing happens and I never hear from Blizz again, I am just so ecstatic that I followed through with something I wanted so much to do. I didn't even have time to doubt myself!
So, here's to hopin' for more opportunities that will stretch my writing and offer the same sense of fulfillment I had last night as I sent my story off into oblivion!
4 comments:
Oh wow! Congrats! Talk about feeling lucky and inspired at the same time. I hope--besides the sense of self-achievement--that you win something!
Quick question, what was the theme?
I hope something come from it! You have such talent...
Lotus- we just had to write any short story based on people, locations, or product in the StarCraft, WarCraft or Diablo universe. (I hope that makes sense... I just woke up). So I wrote a backstory for one of my Death Knight characters.
good for you Debbs! That is awesome!
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