A Little Contest

For a while now, I've been toying with the idea of doing a contest. I haven't really been sure what I've wanted to do, though. Tonight the idea hit me. When I was a member of WDC, I ran a contest called the Paint a Picture contest. Participants of the contest were given a picture as inspiration and then had to write a 500-1000 word story to go along with it.

The idea behind this contest is similar. I have a picture for you, and I want to hear a little story about it. Just not as long (unless you really want to). The story can really be about whatever you want. I'm just giving you a picture to inspire you. Post your story in the comment section for me to read. The deadline is Feb. 24th. The "story" can be in any format, and any length. It can be two sentences or 600 words. You could even do a poem if you want!

On the 24th, I will go through the posts and pick my favorite. Obviously there should be a little technical merit involved, so I'll be looking at things like spelling, punctuation, and grammar. The winner will get a post devoted to their awesomeness showcasing their story, an award to post on their blog (or where ever they want) and the bragging rights to go with it, and maybe a little something else in the mail (if they're cool with emailing me their address).

Here's your picture!

Enjoy!



Blog Spotlight--Labotomy Of A Writer

Welcome to my new weekly feature. If you decide that you like this, or would like to have your blog spotlighted sometime, leave me a comment or email and let me know! As this is week #1 of the Blog Spotlight, I should probably explain the process to you. These are blogs that I've found (or been led to) that I absolutely adore. For you twitter addicts like me, it is much like #FollowFriday or #WriterWednesday, only its on Tuesday, and its about the blog.

And onto the Blog Spotlight!

Labotomy Of A Writer

Blog owned by Anastasia V. Pergakis

URL: http://thelabotomyofawriter.blogspot.com/

Anastasia is a powerhouse with the writing and blogging. She works on two other blogs aside from this one, not to mention she is in the business of helping writers hone their craft. The woman is super busy, and she still manages to keep it all together. If that isn't enough of a reason to check out her blog, then let me give you some more!

On her blog you will find tons of randomness from her day. A recent post talked about how the Princess Bride and publishing were similar. A lot of posts are dedicated to helping writers. She had an entire series of posts dedicated to world building and character building. Anastasia will write about anything to do with writing. So if you are, like me, a writer, you need to check her out.

I love her site. The color is beautiful, as are the graphics, everything is laid out nicely. You can breeze through the posts getting an idea of what's in there, or read them in detail. You can find out what she's up to, and usually what others in the blogosphere are up to, as well.

There hasn't been one time that I visited her blog and not ended up giggling. She's awesome. As one of my first teachers at WDC, she has always super helpful, even lacking sleep. I swear she's a superhero, and you'll love her, so go check her out!

Click here to go to her blog!

Tell me if you've already been to Anastasia's blog. Leave me a comment. What did you think? Would you recommend people see her blog? What do you like about it?