My January writing submission was an entry in to NYC Midnight’s Tweet Me a Story Contest.  It’s been exciting, and a very fun writing project.  Here’s how it went: In the first round, there were 1000 participants, divided up into 20 groups of 50 writers.   Each writer was charged with creating up to 3 stories containing an assigned word.  The catch?  Each story had to be 140 characters or less, and you only had 5 hours to write and submit. I was in group 8, with the word “Journey”. Here are the stories that I submitted: Reading the manual of her Dodge Journey, a sinking feeling set in as water trickled through the vents: “Airbags do not provide buoyancy.” 3 days into the journey: she had killed 2, mangled 1, and left … Read entire article »