I am still think into writing, but I had to share news: My novel THE GHOST PORTAL made it to the second round of the Amazon.com Breakthrough Novel Contest! Yeah!
I'm editing a different novel right now, though... trying not to think about the fact that the next round won't be until March 20. Wish me luck!
And if you entered and made it to the next level, let me know! I'll look for you on the next list... (and keep my fingers crossed, too!)
Showing posts with label Amazon.com Breakthrough Novel Award. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amazon.com Breakthrough Novel Award. Show all posts
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Amazon.com Breakthrough Novel Contest
If you haven't submitted your complete novel to the Amazon.com Breakthrough Novel Contest yet, you only have a few more days to do it. The submission period ends February 5, or once 5,000 entries have been received in a given category (there are two: Adult and YA).
I just uploaded mine and submitted, and I'm glad I did. Sure, I might not even make it to the next level, but every time I send my work out, it gets easier. I spent more than a week revising and re-revising my next-to-next-to-last chapter (the climax), trying to get it where it needed to be. I've revised this novel at least 25 times, but probably more that this, for its first version was completed in 2003, just six months after I graduated with my doctorate. I bought myself a used laptop as a graduation present, and it was the first novel I wrote on it.
Is it ready to publish? I have no idea. Countless people have read it--some have read more than one version--and I have to admit it might not be ready for another ten years (*gasp*), but I'll likely not give up on it.
Now it's your turn. Do you have a completed work? SEND IT IN!!!! Don't wait! Don't sit on your hands any longer. Don't doubt.
Okay, doubt if you wish. But send it in anyway. What do you have to lose?
I just uploaded mine and submitted, and I'm glad I did. Sure, I might not even make it to the next level, but every time I send my work out, it gets easier. I spent more than a week revising and re-revising my next-to-next-to-last chapter (the climax), trying to get it where it needed to be. I've revised this novel at least 25 times, but probably more that this, for its first version was completed in 2003, just six months after I graduated with my doctorate. I bought myself a used laptop as a graduation present, and it was the first novel I wrote on it.
Is it ready to publish? I have no idea. Countless people have read it--some have read more than one version--and I have to admit it might not be ready for another ten years (*gasp*), but I'll likely not give up on it.
Now it's your turn. Do you have a completed work? SEND IT IN!!!! Don't wait! Don't sit on your hands any longer. Don't doubt.
Okay, doubt if you wish. But send it in anyway. What do you have to lose?
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