Challenge #9 done. Wish I would have caught this at the start, feel like I have been in a groove and had a shot at winning some $$$ :-) Been fun either way though!
https://steemit.com/story/@mitchelljaworski/creative-writing-challenge-9-best-detour-of-my-life
Consistency is the key to winning such kind of challenges, however as you said, you just had to jump in from the very beginning.