I’m loving simply being a voter this round. It takes a lot of the pressure off, as I am neither a writer or a judge. This means I can be a critic, but I don’t have to be weighed down by the knowledge that my choices make or break the writers. The way I normally…
This year, I’m not taking part in the Smut Marathon…however, I’m finding it fascinating to be part of the public reading contingent. It’s a very different seat to be sitting in for this competition. I’m not a judge, so I don’t have the heat on my shoulders that they do to really evaluate the writing…
Below is my Smut Marathon round 7 submission. I did okay this round. If it were up to the judges, I would almost be out of the running…they didn’t really like it. In fact, I think I was 5 or 6 from the bottom in points this round. The public vote was a bit different.…
Here is the full text of my Smut Marathon round #6 entry. I had to cut a lot of it to get to the required 650 words (I have posted that version at the bottom). The Fortune Cookie (title in Smut Marathon was “Your Fortune Awaits”) From outside, the restaurant looked inauspicious: brick, painted glossy…
I’m doing my feedback for round six of the Smut Marathon a little differently, just to provide a window into how I go about choosing. Read-through #1: My first read-through is about seeing what jumps out at me. I read quickly, just letting the characters and plots and descriptions wash over me. This is an…
