Got Cece's critique!

Remember that I'd won a critique with Celia Stuart at the Ebay auction? Well, to be honest, for a while I didn't know what to send her. I had all these stories started, but I wasn't sure which one to pick. You see, I was suppossed to send up to a maximum of 30 pages, and I didn't have anything that fit the length. Not even close. And I didn't want to waste such a great opportunity with a story that was barely half written. So I finally sent her the story I'd written for the Vamprotica contest. I figured it was the best choice since it was finished and it was only 20 pages long. Well, I received her email with the critique. She liked the story. Can you believe it? (Yeah, I was suprised she did. I thought she would start the critique with "What a piece of crap this is..." *LOL*). She did a great line-by-line critique, and she took the time to point out my weaknesses and to comment on how I can improve them. All her comments were right on the money. I know critiques are quite subjective, but I agreed with each comment. I quickly sat and started editing the story following closely the ideas Mrs. Stuart gave me, and the story is much better now.