I enjoy writing my short stories and articles and flash fiction, I really do. Selling a piece of work and seeing it published is such a thrill. I celebrate each success, no matter how small, as each one spurs me on to write more.
But sometimes a little variety is good. So if the writing isn’t coming so easy to me, I do something different. I write letters to readers’ pages of magazines, I send in cute photographs of the family pets, I submit gardening tips, I enter competitions.
It’s a bit of fun and provides light relief from the intensity of research and drafting and editing. It can prove quite lucrative too. Last year I won several cash prizes, free magazine subscriptions, tea caddies, pots and pans and also some high street and gardening vouchers.
I didn’t do any writing during the Christmas period but I did enter a competition on Facebook for a camping themed Christmas decoration and was delighted to win. Look what arrived today!
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What is the best prize you’ve ever won?
Well done on your win. This year I must make more effort to get my stories out there. I haven't won any large prizes; I'm just happy to see myself in print. I did win some nice notebooks from Patsy Collins, which I was chuffed about.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Maggie. Lucky you on the note books, I was coveting those for myself!
DeleteThey are nice - and sometimes small successes can be as encouraging as bigger ones, I think.
DeleteI used to send in lots of letters and enter competitions. Time to give it another go, I think.
ReplyDeleteI find it good to change pace, Patsy, and letters are ideal for this.
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