We interrupt today’s normal book cover review to announce …
Again.
Twice, you ask? Two times worth of a loss? How dare I!
I know!
But you see … I had an excuse. I went on a cruise during which I expected to be able to write.
And didn’t.
It seems that 10-15′ swells in the Atlantic Ocean, and my ability to focus on a laptop screen, simply don’t mix.
That gave Ms. Adams a full 6 days to run away with the words.
She did … because she does.
Challenging Jocelyn requires a lot of ambition. That I have. She made the challenge the first time. I made it the second, knowing, full well, I’d be gone.
The competitor in me got the best of me and in the end, I lost.
Technically.
See, challenging Jo only ups my word count faster. It’s like typing to a timer. I know I gotta think fast, write fast and be fast.
She pushes me to to the finish line.
So a challenge with her is well worth the payback which includes both chocolate and the declaration as follows:
Jocelyn Adams is officially the fastest of the two of us in writing a story from 0 to 50,000 words having done so … again … before I reached the requisite amount of words.
To prove Jo didn’t write a bunch of garbage, our challenge moderators, the lovely J.A. Belfield presided over the challenge and validated Jo’s word count.
To say it’s not fun would be wrong. It’s always fun to write competitively with Jocelyn. What’s even better is that when she’s done, she send me her drafts, so not only do I get to get my butt in gear and write faster, I get to read more, too.
Thus, I say, to my number 1 competitor.
You win.
This time.
😉
Do you compete with a friend for the purpose of motivation? When you ‘lose’ what do you have to do? Share in the comments!
Well congrats on the words you wrote anyway! Nothing like a little competition to get those words out!
Thanks! That is a plus. 😉
I’m thinking that Jocelyn pulled a sneaky trick, sending you on that cruise and all.
Still, sounds like y’all had fun. Next year you’ll have to work out a vacation for her. 😉
That was an evil trick of hers. 😉 Though if she wanted to do that again and send me, say … to Hawaii, I’d be okay with that. 🙂
I used to belong to a website that was nothing but a big competition. Once they had a contest for the funniest photoshop. I took two of the members’ pics and turned one into Gandalf and the other into Harry Potter. The premise was they were going to a Halloween party…and the theme was supposed to be Lord of the Rings. I made the whole thing into a .gif fight between the two. Since I didn’t have a mic at the time, I couldn’t add voices so I put the dialogue on the bottom. I still have the final work saved on my laptop.
Yeah, I won that one.
I think you should post that, Kastil!!
Na, na, nanaaaaaaa, na! 😛 I see my bribing your company to send you on the cruise paid off. 😀
pffffft. 🙂
*SNORT*
Sorry, Aimee. Bad luck, old chap, and all that stuff. But there’s always next time. 😉
I think you’re both nuts…but in a highly productive, enviable kind of way I’d love to aspire to but am far, far, far away from. I declare you both winners.
Yeah, yeah, we are. 🙂
I’m impressed you can keep up the competition! Like a mermaid (without the full helping of boobs), I am distracted by shiny things. I write for an hour and then have to do something else for a bit before coming back. Wish I could focus like you two!
Squirrel! 😉
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