Today is a Very Special 500 Club, because… we’re celebrating our 1st Anniversary!
One year ago today, we launched our writing blog into the stormy waters of the internet. We knew it would be hard. We knew it might be rewarding. But what we didn’t know was that the PLC would be a lifeline- to keep us writing when we felt blocked or burned out, and to connect us to many wonderful like-minded folk. We want to thank everyone who visits this blog for taking part in the journey. It just wouldn’t be the same without your thoughtful comments and dashing prose.
For you, Dear Reader, we are grateful.
We’re all excited for 2011- we’ve got some big things in the pipes. Most of them have to stay hush-hush for now, but there is one thing we can reveal….
The Get Her In The Mail Challenge!
While the PLC was last gathered at Hob Nobs Coffee House for a chat, Amy McLane had a terrible idea.
We all love to write about writing, she thought. And we even love to write. Sometimes. But none of us chuckleheads has had a short story sale in a while, and why is that? Because we haven’t been sending them out. Apparently, because we are chuckleheads. What if we pitted ourselves against one another, mano a mano … a mano. And she opened her big mouth, and thus, The Get Her In The Mail Challenge was born.
The Challenge: For the next year, get as many stories in the mail as possible
The Stakes: Bragging rights. Possibly something more tangible (we haven’t really figured that out yet).
The Points: 1 point for submitting a short story to a market (1/2 point for each multiple subs, as some of us do multiples and some do not). 2 points for selling it.
We encourage you to play along on your own blogs, and share your successes with us. Our graphs will be updated regularly, and you can cheer or heckle us to your heart’s content.
And now, we bring you back to your regularly scheduled 500 Club.
How to play:
1. Choose a prompt from the two provided below and write a 500 word flash fiction in response.
2. Post the story to your blog.
3. Paste the opening and a link to the rest in the comments here.
OR…
If you don’t have a blog, copy and paste the story in our handy-dandy posting thingydoo over on the right. See it there? Good.
Ready to write? Here are today’s prompts.
1. It had only been a year since it’d happened. [S]he didn’t want to go back, but [s]he couldn’t stop.
-OR-
2. Write about an un-birthday. Mad hatters have unbirthdays… so do vampires.
Remember, the point is to have fun. Give yourself permission to go nuts, and don’t worry about the details.
Happy writing!
Happy Anniversary! Oh, and I love the challenge idea…I’ll be playing along at home.