In other news, Perfect Paradox did not win the writing contest that I entered some months ago. On one hand, it was no big surprise. I hadn’t heard from the magazine at all and this month’s issue had the 1st-3rd place winners published. On the other, it did hurt a little. However, I know that I started the story late and it wasn’t my best work, so there is some solace in that.

What losing did force me to do was look at my reasons for taking up writing in the first place. Do I want to make it a career? Do I want to make millions? Do I want my name in lights? Well, yes, I do. Do I know how to go about doing that? Yes, I do. I need to write, write and write some more and sell to markets that count instead of trying to win minor accolades which, while ego boosting, will do little to enhance my skills. I also want to keep it fun, however, which may prove to work at cross purposes to sparking a career change. If it does, I don’t know what decision I’ll make.

In the meantime, my day job is still quite rewarding, so I think I’ll continue to work at that for a while.

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