All things have been accomplished, to quote Uncle Teddy.
Well, it's not exactly over yet, but we do know the results of The Bet.
The authors came in as follows:
Brian Farrey
Me
Catherine Ryan Hyde
Kimberly Pauley
This means that I will be writing a story with a title supplied by Brian Farrey. Catherine gets a title from me, and Kimberly's title comes from Catherine Ryan Hyde.
Catherine suggested a deadline of 30 days to complete our stories. That works for me. I'm in the idea-mill mode at the moment, playing around with some thoughts.
Each of us has to publish our stories on our blogs, but I have a feeling that someone will make a web-anthology site for all of them.
I have to say thanks to Brian for getting this going. It was probably the coolest thing I've ever done on Twitter. And I am really looking forward to reading the stories produced by The Bet.
This isn't like a slouchy high school assignment. I believe the writers involved are taking their tasks very seriously. If you haven't followed #TheBet on Twitter, here are the titles of the forthcoming stories:
Miss Candor Sends Her Regrets -- Andrew Smith
The Art of Being Stuck Here -- Catherine Ryan Hyde
Uncle Mo's Gastrointestinal System -- Kimberly Pauley
... and we're off.
