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[vg_ford]

And done! I've finished a short story!!!

starting count: 725
ending count: 1708
change: +938

starting line:
I unpacked our late supper: crackers, brie cheese and smoked sausage slices, along with chocolate-covered strawberries, raspberries and of course, the bottle of wine.

ending line:
And I cried.

darling:
The moon rose higher as we made love, the river a counterpoint to the plaintive songs of the whippoorwills and our own intimate sounds. Time had fallen away, lost in the fog, and we were the center of our own universe.

***

It's a weird, violent little tale. I really liked the prompt and the way it came out. There may be more on this, depending on stuff. :D

Yes, I'll say more later.

But I FINISHED A SHORT STORY!!!!

Comments

[zombiegoat.livejournal.com]

Is this submission-eyes-only, or do others get a chance to read?

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

It depends. I'm waiting to hear now.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

If it has whippoorwills in it, it's bound to be violent :-D

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

Hee!

[aishabintjamil.livejournal.com]

Congratulations. As someone who has everything I touch try to turn into a novel, I know what a challenge that can be.

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

thanks. I'm just happy to have finished something and not thrown it out.

[arhyalon.livejournal.com]

Congrats on finishing the short story!

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[patricia-writes.livejournal.com]

If it ends up online, I would love to know about it.

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

As soon as I have the link, I will share it. :)

[blzbob.livejournal.com]

Very good, Val. Sounds fantastic. Me? I'm cleaning up/submitting 10 yrs worth of writings that I have been afraid to share. Would love to read your story. I wrote 1200 words while in ER for 4 hrs with my mother. My motto -- write whenever/wherever you can.

[vg-ford.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :) I'm working, slowly, through a block that's really been frustrating me in the past month and a half, so I'm really pleased that I was able, not only to finish this, but to send it out as well.

Good luck with your submissions!