Val Measures Out Her Life In Contest Places

OH...YEAH! (Said with the force and intonation of the walking, talking, wall-breaking Kool-Aid pitcher-man).

Early results are in, and it appears that this ol' Val has not lost her touch. One of her submissions has garnered her a very special award. And it ain't a leg lamp in a crate marked FRAH JEE LAY.

Indeed, Val has achieved an honorable mention in the Saturday Writers "Elements in Your Writing" contest, in the WATER division. That's right. Here's a link for proof, the last contest results on the list right now, lest you think Val is jabbering her jaws, flinging her fingers, carousing her keyboard in an effort to pull the wool over your eyes. Of course I'm anonymous here...so you'll have to take my word that the One Man's Hot Tub story is mine. ALL MINE! I was going to call it One Man's Junk, but I feared that somebody might misconstrue my usage of junk as slang for...well...you know.

Excuse me. I had to suck in some air. I was running out of breath from all of this self-horn tooting. I was nigh on needing to strap on Hick's breather for a moment. And speaking of...that's a whole other story that I submitted for last month's AIR theme. I won't be holding my breath waiting on the results. Heh, heh. See what I did there?

An added perk of this monumental achievement is that my story will be printed in the annual Saturday Writers anthology. My dry spell is over. And with my UPCOMING RETIREMENT fast approaching (I'm only doing this for Sioux. She likes to be updated as often as possible. I'm thinking of putting the countdown at the bottom of each post!), I just might get back into the swing of this literary endeavor before I kick off.

Special thanks to my blog buddy Linda for her selfless help with this hopeless mess we call Val. She fine-tuned this story in its earliest incarnation, and like a mother's saliva thumb-rubbed on a dirty face, made my hairwad hot tub story presentable for the public. Or at least for the judge of the Saturday Writers.

There are still a couple of contests left this year, for any of you who want to get off your duffs and submit. Check it out here. Don't cost nothin' to read, and only $7 to submit. Cheaper than a box of gas station chicken!