pt_tangles | The 2007 CBC Literary Awards

I get email notifications for this contest every year. I have only entered the once. I think I might give it another shot this year. Short stories are hard for me, but if I don't practise, then I won't get any better.

I have been thinking of what I could write, and I think I have decided. I was in the book store yesterday (picking up a copy of Anne Rice's The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty), and I realized that it has been a long time since I have found a good vampire story.

Now, I define a good vampire story as something that has more to it than just sex and biting. There are other issues that I think could do with exploring.

In thinking about it, I have had flashes of some cool ideas for my own vampire coven (including a vampire who wears only the brightest primary colours). I haven't decided all the details of my vampires yet, but I think that I might write a bit of an introduction to the story, and send it in to the Literary Awards.

I figure that the worst that will happen is that I will lose $20. I think I can live with that if it in any way helps to advance my writing career.

--Phae