I Double Dare You!

 I've been in my studio...

getting it messy again..  

I don't know what it is lately, but I cannot get enough color on my palette.

The brighter and deeper the hue the better...

I don't know how long this phase will last but I am loving it for now.

I wanted to tell you that I submitted a short story

to a NATIONAL writing competition here in Canada.

This is the first time I submit a story.

(Go big or go home...)

It's a CBC short story and poetry competition.  

The winner gets 6000$ + they get their story published here.

I've been wanting to submit to this competition for the last three years

but I always managed to find 1000 things I NEEDED to do 

and never had time to follow through.

 I submitted in the creative non-fiction category.

I chose a story from the book I'm working on but I had to re-write it (often) 

because the word limit was 1500 words (4pages).

I don't expect to be the winner,

or one of the four runner-ups who will each 

receive 1000$.

I am aware that almost every writer gets rejected... 

hundreds of times

even the absolute best.

But, one thing is for sure...

Even with ALL the odds against me, 

I feel so good about this.

I feel good because I can no longer let fear rule.

Because doing something is so much better than doing nothing.

Because I am one step closer to sending it ALL out there.

Because I am getting braver and so much nearer to 

becoming the me I want to be.

For now, I will let it go and set it free.

And look forward to painting some more in the days to come.

These paintings will be in the shop later on today.

I dare you to take one step closer to your biggest dream today.

I double dare you!

PS.  I'm going as Little Red Riding Hood tonight.
(What are you going as?)

Happy Halloween!

xo
PS.  Thank-you for all of your sweet words of congratulations on my last post!