Sent my hook in.

Now I get to wait. Good luck to everyone who decided to try!

Metrics for The Velvet Box

Word count: 674

Starting line: “Ally! Look at this!”

Ending line: My hands were bare, and I missed the sparkle that had sat on my left ring finger for the past six months.

Darling: My best friend squealed in excitement, holding up her latest find, and I shook my head. This one was even more hideous than the last had been: it might have been a hat, several generations ago. Maybe. Right now, it looked like a box that had vomited ribbons and feathers in a series of explosions. Leigh crammed it on her dark hair and primped for me, batting her eyelashes like she had something caught in her contacts, and I nearly fell over laughing.

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Yep, it's a plotbunny. But it's only a short story. I can keep it that way too.

Really.

Really.

How long can I go before it's a novella again?

Just checked the contest...

And it said if you submitted your hook before 10 am EST on Friday, you should be in the contest.

Yay!!!!!!

And yay to snitchcat, Mistyk (who needs a LJ, hint, hint) and catrinp as well, since I know they submitted about the same time I did! Good luck, ladies!