I wanted to get this out as fast as possible.  Since I am not going to the end of the month, so that we hopefully will have some stories to read at the end.

I talked it over, and while people had great ideas, I kinda rolled them all into one heading.  They wanted stories to show people getting together, others wanted to show the worlds coming together in peace and so forth.

Music is a huge motivator in my stories.  Since the songs of the season often encompass all the ideas above, I used that as the idea to give you guys a wide range of stories ideas.  Hopefully.

The prompt is to use a Christmas Carol to inspire a Story.  Easy right?!?!  I hope so!! If you are part of the Kittyinaz Facebook Group, we have been loading a thread of Christmas Videos that we like.  There are a lot there, and we are welcoming more!

Rules:

• Must use prompt(s). You need to have a Christmas Carol (Or Hanukah, Yule or so forth.) song to inspire the story.
• Use characters in my stories.  (It can be one from a story upcoming also.  Just ask if you don’t know, you can ask Rissa if you don’t want me to know!)
• No letting anyone knowing which story is yours.
• If you submit, you can grab the Banner for Participating for the month.  You will also receive a banner for the story you submit.
• If explicit, you need to warn people in the title.
• All entries must be received by kittyinazwritingchallenges@gmail.com by Midnight CST at the end of the last day of the month. the 20th.  This way we can have them to read for the holidays.

To enter, you can send it to the Kittyinazsbetas@gmail.com or to the Writing Contest email, KittyinazWritingChallenges@gmail.com.  These are both permanent email addresses that Rissa checks for entries and really anything.  Please include the name you want on the banners when the contest is over for Rissa to send to me.  She sends the stories to me, and erases any way of me knowing who wrote what.  They are due by the 20th midnight CST, and give me a few days to do the banners.  If you wish to send them in early, please do, I will be able to do the banners ahead of time, and get them ready for publishing early.  The sooner you send it in, the sooner we can start the contest.

Thanks for such a wonderful year, and I hope this has helped people with writing!

Since my betas will have the time off, please remember that there will be just me.  So if you can get them in early, the better off everyone will be.

Please remember the golden rule.  Have fun!!   I will admit I am playing with the idea of doing my own one shot to publish for it when I close the contest for you guys to read.  Not decided on it a 100%!