Jyndral
This has been a bad week, not because of what's below, but that's not the point.
Monday, I got a letter in the mail about that fellowship I applied for at the Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. I didn't get it. But I was still in the running for the general residencies.
Today, I got another letter in the mail. I didn't get that either. No surprise there. I figured if I didn't get the fellowship, I wouldn't get a general residency either. They said, "The reviewers indicated that they felt that you need more time to refine your writing and gain more experience."
I don't know if I agree or not since what I sent them as the writing sample was, admittedly, an older piece.
Also, today, I got an e-mail from the contest administrator for the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest I entered. I made it to the quarter-finals but didn't win after that. That's OK. I'm actually pretty excited that I made it to quarter-finals.
They said, "Placing in the quarter-finals means that your story was in the top 15 - 20% of entries for the contest quarter."
As far as I'm concerned, that's pretty darn good. lol.
Monday, I got a letter in the mail about that fellowship I applied for at the Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. I didn't get it. But I was still in the running for the general residencies.
Today, I got another letter in the mail. I didn't get that either. No surprise there. I figured if I didn't get the fellowship, I wouldn't get a general residency either. They said, "The reviewers indicated that they felt that you need more time to refine your writing and gain more experience."
I don't know if I agree or not since what I sent them as the writing sample was, admittedly, an older piece.
Also, today, I got an e-mail from the contest administrator for the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest I entered. I made it to the quarter-finals but didn't win after that. That's OK. I'm actually pretty excited that I made it to quarter-finals.
They said, "Placing in the quarter-finals means that your story was in the top 15 - 20% of entries for the contest quarter."
As far as I'm concerned, that's pretty darn good. lol.