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Beth and the Beaumont Murder came in 2nd :-) So close and yet so far.
I didn't get a request either but I hear I am getting a full critique from the editor from TOR, which should prove to be interesting reading.
Shereen
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curious
One of my regency romance novels was a finalist in a contest. Odd thing was, it was in the fantasy category (Unique Genre). It's off to the final judge (an editor at TOR).
2009 Linda Howard Award of Excellence
Shereen
- Mood:
happy
Sony eReader Contest!
Yeah, contest time!
Several authors from The Wild Rose Press (including me!) are sponsoring a Fall 2008 SONY eReader giveaway. So between September 22 and December 15, 2008, if you purchase any title from any of the participating authors, you will be eligible to enter the contest.
It’s easy to play. Beginning September 22, The Wild Rose Press will have a list of participating authors listed here:
http://thewildrosepress.com/publisher/in
You can enter the contest in two ways:
People can enter as often as they want. If they make six purchases (even all in one order), they can enter 6 times.
2) The no purchase necessary option...you may also enter the contest by mailing a postcard with the titles of three (3) books or short stories by three DIFFERENT participating authors and mail that postcard to:
The Wild Rose Press
P.O. Box 708
Adams Basin, NY 14410
USA
And your postcard will then be entered in the general drawing.
On December 16, one name will be pulled from all the entries and the winner will be announced in the regular Tuesday night chat at The Wild Rose Press chat room.
Good luck!
Shereen Vedam
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- Mood:
excited
Actually, I'm shocked I'm posting now, that I'm finished now.
But yes, short story #3 for 2008 is completed (first draft anyway). This was the second story in the fantasy world I'd made up.
I didn't like it.
I loved it but I didn't like it.
It confused me and I don't think it's a real story. But it's over.
This process reconfirmed my lesson in writing about how it's okay if the first draft stinks. You can make it into something pretty afterwards. I hope. Though with this one, I can't imagine selling.
Mind you, if this one sells, it could be I had no clue what a real story was.
And I do love it - it's like an ugly duckling that's so cute you have to love it even though it sounds funny, looks odd and smells suspicious.
But the main point is, it's finished!
Even that ending took me by surprise. I thought I was in the act two stage and then I stopped and looked at it and thought, hey, wait a minute, I think that's the end!
Go figure. I'm going to let it sit and ferment before starting any major edits. I need some distancing from it.
So, what else happened with me in April?
I'm taking a really good on line course called Deep Editing given by Margie Lawson. It's already helped me improve the opening of the April short story. By the end of May, I'm hoping it will help me salvage this one.
In other news, I got a 'hold' notice for an older flash fiction piece. Don't know if they'll buy it, but at least they liked it enough to ask me to put a hold on it.
I also finaled in a contest - The Sandy. For my first fantasy novel. I had a chance to revise the opening before it went to an editor at TOR for final judgment.
Oh, and I found another author who's writing I like a whole lot. Jim C Hines. I'm reading the first of his books, Goblin Quest. A really funny and engaging fantasy novel. I got the first book from the library but I'm going to buy them all and they'll be going on my keeper shelf. If you like light-hearted, funny fantasy, check him out.
That's it for April. Hope May's short story is easier to write and less confusing.
Shereen
- Mood: confused
