another first

I'm delighted to say that I have ticked off another item on my bucket list.  I have entered a short writing competition!  You will forgive me if I don't tell you which one, I don't need any competition from you guys - okay?
Now I am in it to win it!
But I'm still a newcomer to this world and I haven't really done the business and found an agent, or submitted any material to a publisher, but it is a start, albeit a small one.
Now I need inspiration for a third story, any ideas, something spooky please, I keep trying but it all ends up very lame, maybe I need some new scary words!!

long long road

So I've written another short story, about 1540 words but it needs attention, lots of work doing to it.  They say that if you wake up writing then you were born to be a writer, it just takes time to actually get past the daily grind, the washing up, the school run, the cup of coffee, the other cup of coffee, reading emails.  This is probably what makes it hard for me.  When I was studying I found that I needed to get up really early so that I had an empty head to put all my studying into.  If I'd finished all my chores then my head would've been filled with the news, the weather, driving, and all the other gumf that comes with it, so I found it hard to clear my head and write.  So then I'd play PES 2012 on my playstation and forget all about writing and regret it for the rest of the day.
Somewhere along the line there is a happy medium and I will find it, someday!

no way

I have finally taken the plunge, yep and still waiting to get wet, it's a long way down, the waiting is a killer.  Maybe that should be a title for my next story??
Having completed a creative writing course, thanks to my wife, who has had to put up with my constant moaning about me wanting to write a book, she bought me a course!!  So now that I have finished the course I have taken the next step and sent a short story to an online magazine for acceptance/rejection.
Hence still waiting.
Whatever next!!