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Not Eligible?
Inspiration comes from many areas, some ask where does it come from? In this case, it was a writing contest by one of my favorite authors ever. I found out he was having a contest and decided to enter it. Just before sitting down to write I found out I was not eligible, many others found this out the hard way as well, after they had already written or after they had mentally committed! There was quite the uproar; I was pretty angry myself. . .for about a second. Then I was inspired to write something different. Inspiration is flexible!
Put yourself in the shoes of Alison, the publishers, the children, and Jay. Can you imagine what is going through each of their brains? How about the author in the closing scene, was he appalled, inspired, or did he make it all happen?
The goal of this short story is to tell a tale that is unsettling. did it work?
Put yourself in the shoes of Alison, the publishers, the children, and Jay. Can you imagine what is going through each of their brains? How about the author in the closing scene, was he appalled, inspired, or did he make it all happen?
The goal of this short story is to tell a tale that is unsettling. did it work?
12 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 16, 2016
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C.M. Halstead
8Ìýbooks113ÌýfollowersC.M. Halstead is a life long adventurer torn between his writer’s cave, exploring, and pondering, he spends the rest of his time off-trail hiking, fishing, and seeking solitude. Early careers and titles include, USMC, Procurement, NAI Certified Interpretive Guide, Boss, and the hardest one of all, Dad.
He writes his stories on an old bus he is converting, the planned completion date between now and his 30th novel; this does not stop him from driving it around the American Southwest’s wilds seeking the places of solitude he needs to create the next story. He does not discriminate in the length of the stories he writes, each hero’s journey is as long or as short as it needs to be, no fluff necessary to tell the tale.
Self banished from “town� and away from its distractions, C.M. Halstead crafted The Tripper Series, Earned innocence, Mongers, and Not Eligible to name a few. As a highly focused creative, he is usually working several stories at once and has 20 creative works in process. Regularly accused of depleting his readers of sleep, his stories are an escape from the grind eliciting the use of PTO, sick days, and late nights under the covers.
He writes his stories on an old bus he is converting, the planned completion date between now and his 30th novel; this does not stop him from driving it around the American Southwest’s wilds seeking the places of solitude he needs to create the next story. He does not discriminate in the length of the stories he writes, each hero’s journey is as long or as short as it needs to be, no fluff necessary to tell the tale.
Self banished from “town� and away from its distractions, C.M. Halstead crafted The Tripper Series, Earned innocence, Mongers, and Not Eligible to name a few. As a highly focused creative, he is usually working several stories at once and has 20 creative works in process. Regularly accused of depleting his readers of sleep, his stories are an escape from the grind eliciting the use of PTO, sick days, and late nights under the covers.
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