Getting back to the writing groove and more

This morning I went to the cabinet-maker and chose the top for my kitchen cabinets. I'd seen this beautiful green marble one in a store, but I saw this other green top at his office that was even more beautiful. So everything is set now. He said it'd take about 2 weeks, and he'd call me as soon as they're finished so he can come and install them. This is so exciting! New cabinets! New windows! Can't wait to move to the new house. As for writing, after carefully contriving a story for Phaze's HeatSheet Shivers these past two days, and with only 15 days to go before the deadline (Sept. 5), I decided to put the Capricorn Man story on hold and focus all my creative energies into it. I don't know the title of it yet. I hate when that happens. But at least I came up with a great hook. Thanks to Briana for pushing the idea of the tarot deck! It's going to be a short story, 5K words. That way I know I'll have it on time for the contest. So today at work, while I managed to write 1,000 words. Mostly in dialogues, which is what I do best. I'm leaving the "authorly stuff" for later. In Romance Divas, Gina came up with this contest, We All Win, in which we send our hooks to be judge. I didn't think much of it, not being one to participate in contests. But last night I was in such a silly mood, maybe due to having a productive day in writing, that I sent five entries to it. Let the shredding begin!