Small Validations

So, it's not the Nicholl or the AFF or the Disney Fellowship and it's not even a win -- it's a quarterfinalist where almost 20 percent of the 907 entries advanced. I actually don't even remember entering the Writers on the Storm contest (I think I entered after reading Mark Atwater's blog), but it's encouragement and I'll take it, even in its smallest measurement and even if I found out by accidentally running across my name on a writer's board.