To read the Round 6 stories, visit this LINK. To read the Round 6 voting results, visit this LINK. The Initial Read-through: Every round, I seem to follow a different strategy for selecting my top 10. This round, I had a bit of a tough time even finding a top 5 that I REALLY liked.…
This was a tough round for me to judge. The topic (EAVESDROPPING) lent itself to the reality that occurred, many cliche stories that didn’t even stick with me through the first reading. My first reading was just that…a reading. I didn’t even write anything down. I just read them and let the stories wash over…
Before reading my post, make sure to head over and read the entries for Round 3! This was a tough round. Dialogue is always hard, but to create a story that is 75% dialogue?!!! Well, that puts a lot of pressure on the writer to create the story THROUGH the dialogue rather than using dialogue…
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…
