… there is no better inspiration for a writer than a contest page limit to force one to look at what you thought was a perfectly good synopsis, and ruthlessly cut it. Add to that limit the contest’s drop-dead deadline, and you are set! Can you tell I entered another contest? Waited until the last […]
Indiana’s Golden Opportunity 2009 Congratulations to all our Winners! Best of the Best will be announced approximately November 18th. Historical Finalists Judge — Jesse Feldman, NAL The Soldier by Patricia Patton Love and the Heir by Patricia Patton The Yard Man Affair by Jill Stone Mainstream Finalists Judge — Paige Wheeler, Folio Literary Management Odin’s End** by […]
I’m backtracking and posting my other contest co-winners. I think it’ll be fun to keep a watch on these manuscripts that are making the journey at the same time I am. NORTHWEST HOUSTON RWA presents the winners of the The Seventeenth Annual LONE STAR WRITING COMPETITION The 2009 Lone Star Writing Competition committee is proud […]
The winners of RWA’s Futuristic, Fantasy and Paranormal Chapter unpublished writing contest were announced a few days ago and I’m excited to report my two manuscripts entries placed second and third: Passages was second in the Futuristc category and Seaside Sorcery third in the Young Adult category. Here’s the announcement of all the winners: Fantasy […]
I’ve hit 50 days in my personal challenge to write 100 words for 100 days. I joined Club 100 when I started my new manuscript, Conifer Curse and on my 50th day I completed 24684 words. So, I’m averaging more than 100 words a day–good–but not as many as I would like. Why? My […]
I am thrilled to learn that my first YA novel, Wildflowers and Winged Boys has placed first in the YA category of the 2009 Lone Star Writing Competition. The contest is sponsored by the Northwest Houston Chapter of RWA and a YA writer friend from that chapter gave a shout out that led me to […]
Hey, I had a third place in the Indiana’s Golden Opportunity contest! That’s quite an honor, as I know they had a lot of entries in the YA category. As the genre becomes more popular–thanks Stephanie Meyers, P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast, and many others–there are more YA contests and entries. Thank goodness, because nothing […]
I just got my notice from the most recent contest I entered and both of my entries finalled. How amazing is that? I’ve belonged to RWA’s Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal Chapter for years and only entered the On The Far Side contest for unpublished writers my first year with my first manuscript. No need to […]
This weekend I received the exciting news that my other YA manuscript, Seaside Sorcery, finalled in the 2009 Indiana’s Golden Opportunity contest. I entered this contest sponsored by the Indiana Romance Writers of America back in June during my flurry of contest entries. Along with the other finalists in the YA category, my entry is […]
One of my YA manuscripts is a finalist in the the 2009 Lone Star Writing Competition sponsored by the Northwest Houston RWA Chapter. Here’s the confusing part: it’s entered under the title WIldflowers and Winged Boys, but is on my website as Meadow Magic. Same book, I just thought the first title was a bit […]