Since I seem to gravitate more to writing short stories / flash fiction than anything full-length, I've signed up to do a short story course through the RWA (Romance Writers of America). I'm looking forward to it!
Speaking of short stories, I submitted another one to a writing.com competition last night. It had to showcase emotion, so you needed to get inside the protagonist's head and see what they were feeling. It had to start with the line "Her laughter broke the silence". I'm not very good at writing emotion, so I wanted to enter the contest to get some feedback and help improve.
So, here it is. http://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/1711954-A-date-shell-never-forget
Warning - this one is not subtle, and is rated 18+ for violence.. I guess I've been watching Midsomer Murders too much lately :) Actually I've been finding myself analysing the way they put the story together in that show, and how they sprinkle the clues etc. Most of the time its extremely well done. It's a great example of that old saying "if you show a gun in scene 1, you need to fire it by scene 3" (or whatever the actual quote is!)
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