Trying New Things

WriteLife

This month, Sarah and I ventured outside our comfort zone—we entered a writing competition. The two of us barely have enough time to work on our novels, let alone work on something new for the sole purpose of submitting to a competition. I had never looked particularly hard at what competitions were on offer. And, for some reason, using our current WIP as a competition entry didn’t cross our minds.

It’s not that we haven’t tried our hand at competitions in the past. We’ve dabbled in a c...