Howdy folks! I've spend the last few years writing long works of fiction. With my schedule, most of my writing time is spent working on these projects. I live, breathe, and dream about Tiffany Watson and Jeb Rolles and Starr Bishop and Christian Evergood, but sometimes, I need a break from my reality. I also wanted to expand my writing horizon and start submitting short stories. I worked on a piece in September, stuck it in the file, and essentially forgot about it until SCBWI friend G.G. Silverman unveiled her new website back in November. Check her out: http://www.ggsilverman.com/blog/ And as I surfed her website, I happened upon her WOW First Place Story, The House of Butterflies. I reacted accordingly. "Wow, that's great for G.G., but what's WOW?" It's another one of those Writer Acronyms again, isn't it?!?! WOW : Women on Writing After reading her amazing story, I thought to myself, "Hmm, maybe I should enter that story I worked o...