Reply To: No more shaving stories please.

[klaatu48]

I feel like I should note there is shaving in my story “Valentine’s Weekend,” but I think that’s the only one. However, I do specialize in long lead-ins to build up what kind of sacrifice/dramatic change is being made by the subject of the makeover, otherwise the act itself doesn’t have much of an impact for me.

But I second Ginger’s suggestion — become familiar with particular authors, and follow their stuff. Writers here tend to have their lanes and stick to them pretty regularly.