Gratitude Girl

Today I'm grateful for the opportunity to create the upcoming anthology. I appreciate every single contribution and the mind that wrote it. I hope to make the official announcement of its release in all formats by Wednesday, October 4, 2023.

“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

I've been writing to fictional characters for a few months now. I just want to take one day off from the fictional world and express my gratitude for everything in my real world. There's so much to be grateful for... especially the events in my life that may appear as challenges. 

Working on the anthology...  You will soon receive an email message from Gratitude Girl.

About the anthology... Today, August 30, is the deadline for submissions.  I've read them all, so far, and the variety is fabulous! I'm grateful for the creative minds who wrote them. To all the participants, I say THANK YOU!

Anthology Submission Guidelines 1 - Each submission should be between 100 words and 300 words. 2 - The deadline for submission is August 30, 2023. I will not extend it. 3 - Each submission must include the full name of the character as indicated in the story and the full title of the book it came from.  4 - Pen names are allowed. This is important because writers often fall in love with their own characters, and I want these writers to freely introduce their characters to the world. 5 - All submissions must be copied and pasted into the email and submitted to gratigi21@gmail.com  with the subject line FICTIONAL CHARACTER. (Please don't send Google docs, Word documents, PDFs, etc.) 6 - I will not include any bios or links in the anthology, so whatever marketing contributors want to do, they must do in the writing of their piece.  7 - The approved submissions will be announced via email by September 10, 2023, and the book will be published in October 2023. 8 - There is no e...

Has a fictional character ever kept you company during a difficult time?  Have you ever fallen in love with a fictional character's physical or mental traits? Have you ever thought of a fictional character as your hero? Have you ever created a fictional character in your writing that you would want the world to know about? If the answer to any of the questions above is yes, write a letter of gratitude to that fictional character and submit it to the anthology in the works. Please find the details for this project here:  https://gratigi.blogspot.com/2023/08/submission-guidelines.html