The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

In my searchings for The Place to submit some of my works, I came across one that seems like a winner at the moment. If they'll have me. *crosses fingers* Anyway, this place has a few rules like any other but one of them had me pulling back a bit. Every story must end happy or happy-for-now. My instincts were to recoil and look for somewhere else. Happy ending? Psh! But then I started thinking that yes I love when characters don't get everything handed to them or there are trials they have to go through, but I guess I do write a lot of happy endings it's just hell getting there.

I started thinking about the ideas I really love and why. Most of them don't end happily. But, to me, it couldn't have ended any other way. However, some of them would have been better if they would have ended a tad happy. I think a few stories would have been more gratifying if they had ended happier. I'll keep this in mind. But don't hold your breath. I still have CreateSpace. :P