Bloggin' Umholtz

Like Father - Like Son

          It’s funny how life works sometimes. Yesterday I was telling you about my experiences with reading fantasy and today I find out that I won the Grand Prize in the “Do Your Shorts Have Legs” contest for my fantasy story

The Keeper of Knowledge  (13+) “Will there be a story this evening?” He asked. #1042687 by Rasputin

This is the first fantasy contest I’ve entered so I’m quite pleased with myself.

          Of course when you are riding high it is always good to have someone around who can yank you back into reality. (Get it? – Fantasy –Reality) That job would fall to my youngest son. Late last night when I checked my email and found out that I won, I mentioned to him that I was quite surprised. (It’s always good to show a little humility.) He asked me why and I said. “Well, I didn’t think it was one of my best stories so I figured somebody would beat me out, but I guess it was better than I thought.”

          He looked at me with that devilish grin. (Honestly, I have no idea where he got that from.) “Well did you ever think that maybe all the other stories were crap and yours was the least crappy one?”

          Ahhh, children. There ought to be a place where you could rent them for an hour or two and then return them.

          And, oh yes, my apologies to all the contest entrants for my son’s obviously misguided evaluation of their writing prowess. In his eagerness to skewer me on the spit of father/son rivalry, he took no prisoners.

          I’m so proud of him.