Starter Sentence Success Story

Each month our group sends out a "starter sentence" and asks that members use that kernel of an idea to jump-start their muse and then write a short piece.  At the same time in late November, the Virginian-Pilot asked for reader submissions on the topic of "gifts that didn't turn out the way they had hoped."  Gina Buzby, multi-tasker that she is, combined the two things and came up with a story about one of her husband's childhood disappointments. She sent the story to the Pilot, and it got picked up!  It appeared, ABOVE THE FOLD, AND WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, on the front page of the Daily Break on Saturday, December 21.  You can read her original submission by clicking here.  As editors are wont to do, they tweaked Gina's story a bit, but the essence of the story is there, and it all started with an EBWG starter sentence.  Congratulations, Gina, on your publishing success!