Sep
1

Heart of the Rockies Finalist

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W00t.  Got another call tonight, (and if I didn’t sound horribly excited, it’s because Lucy was wailing after me down the hallway as I tried to escape to a quiet place to hear.)  And good news all the way around. Finalists will be announced second week of October and the judge is Chris Keeslar, who I’ve been dying to query anyway. Think I’m done entering any new contests, though.  I’m still waiting on some that I entered over the summer, but the upcoming fall/winter ones have a lot of the same editors/agents doing the final judging. Being that I’m already getting my shot with the ones I want, it seems silly and just a tad greedy to try to hit them up a second time on the same manuscript. If the editor/agent reads it in the final and doesn’t ask to to see more, that’s the answer right there. So… Read more
Aug
24

Final in the Molly!

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Ok. The Waterboys/Gypsy Mojo is helping. šŸ™‚ Just found out I finaled in the Molly! Unfortunately I can’t make any edits to it, but the two pubbed judges really loved it, so guess that will have to be good enough. šŸ™‚ Off to the agent for final judging. *double-crosses fingers*… Read more
Aug
21

Finally! A Final!

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Wonder of all wonders, I got the call yesterday. Actually, mr myn got it, but he was quick to let me know. But yes, I’m one of four finalists in the Golden Opportunity Contest. And in fact, I’m number 2 out of 40 entries, with a nice average score of 197 out of 200 points. Thankfully, they’re giving us the opportunity to edit/modify our entries before they get sent to the judging editor – I’ve got a few spacing issues I need to correct, and I’d made a few small changes to that first chapter after I’d sent it into the contest. So w00t for me! Cross your fingers for me, eh?… Read more