Last year I entered a story contest, and my entry didn't win. Losing the contest, on the other hand, helped me sell a novel series. Want to know how I pulled that off? Read my guest post about it on Killer Nashville's blog here.Graphic credit: © Yellowj | Dreamstime.com
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http://lasagnolove.blogspot.de/2013/06/e-book-vs-book-book.html
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Sarah, thanks for stopping in -- I'm always happy to see international bloggers in comments. We do try to keep the self-promo to a minimum here, however, so please address your comments to the topic of the post.
DeleteWhat a great story! And obviously the contest gave you valuable feedback. Some do, some don't, so you chose wisely. : )
ReplyDeleteThe feedback was the real prize for me, Charlene, and I'm very glad I chose this one to try as my first. The experience was very encouraging, the results fabulous, and now that I've dipped my toe in the contest waters, I might try again.
DeleteI love to hear about how you're always learning and growing as a writer. I'm really excited for the new series.
ReplyDeleteI hope it encourages other writers to try competing in the right sort of contests, too, Margaret. I've always avoided them because most are popularity contests, but this one was fair and did great things for me.
DeleteI love that you share these things with us. So many writers (okay people in general) hide what *might* be a failure and forget that we all learn from mistakes/failure better than we do from success! I can't wait to read this book!
ReplyDeleteI'm not afraid to fail, Anne, and I don't think writers should always put on the 24/7 pretense of success. How can we ever learn anything from each other if all we show is a facade?
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