The Story of the I

Reworking a short story today (by way of a change). Emma’s always got one on the go and I thought I’d follow her example (and that of Vikram – see yesterday’s post). My first short story – ‘The Man Who Drank Bleach’ – got published, as did the second ‘Charlie’, so I’m going for the hat trick. The closing date for the Bridport prize is coming up and, even though its a bit of a lottery (they get thousands of entrants and the name judge [short story supremo Helen Simpson this year] only reads fifty or so – and they charge you six quid to enter) placing in it would be useful pre-publication publicity for Grace and they include finalists in an anthology. There’s also the small matter of the £5,000 prize money. Emma’s got one going in too.