If you all recall, I had entered the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest last month. This contest was for a publishing contract with Penguin; not ot mention some serious bragging rights since the entry format was against everyone who wanted to enter in the U.K., Canada, Australia, and the U.S. Against these staggering odds I was hoping that my creative genuis was good enough to advance to the second round; however, it seems, my creative genuis did not mesh with the reviewers' ideas.
I'll freely admit that I'm a little down about it; however, my life has taught me that one door closing opens another somewhere. My open door is now is that I know early enough in the year to start marketing this new novel to agents/publishers.
Of course, I don't doubt that there are better authors out there amongst the countries allowed entry; however, I'm good too. If you want to check it out for yourself, go to www.bbwalter.com and click on my other works page, the story I entered was 'A Touch of Darkness'; there's an excerpt. Please let me know what you think.
Well, that's it for me today. Since I'm in a bind for time, I'm not going to include my usual "Reading" section. I'll try to get it on here next entry.
Thanks!! ~BB Walter
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So sorry you didn't make the cut, but as you know, there's a window out there waiting for you:)
Found out my publisher has a sister publisher, Wild Child Publishing, that does fantasy. Check 'em out??? I told T about it for his horror genre.
I entered the Amazon Breakthrough contest for the last two years. This was the first year I didn't. They automatically format your book and put it on their CreateSpace site whether you win or not. I wasn't sure I liked that. I guess it was their way to pull people into their POD publishing. Regardless, I know the feeling of being lost in the haystack of writers. Keep writing because you love it and because you're good at it.
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