‘The Gardener at Winthorp Hall’ didn’t qualify for round two of the ONC2021.
That’s ... I’m not sure. Having mixed feelings about this. I had a hunch, don’t ask me why, but I’m not entirely surprised.
In a way it’s a relief, because I could feel the story growing out of the novella format from under my fingers and I was stressing about how I’d reign it back in to make the deadline and meet the requirements. Now I don’t have to worry about that anymore and can complete the story the way I want to write it.
Still, it’s not the best feeling seeing all those names up there and not mine. Makes me once again doubt my abilities and the potential of this story.
But doubt is such a big part of being a writer. This feeling is not new. So ... bruised ego aside, I’m just gonna write a little today, because that’s what I do ♀️