I'm entering the ABNA contest once again. Last year, I didn't even make it through the first round. It isn't an easy contest to win, but if you make it to the second round then you've done something right. This year, they upped the entries to 10000 submissions.
Yeah, I don't have a shot in hell . . . But it is free!
Last year, I submitted a romance, and I still like that story, but I really don't think I'm a romance writer. This year, I'm submitting my fantasy, The Leprechaun Connection. I've queried virtually everyone with this story. Deep down I still believe in it, which is why I'm submitting it. My story's last hurrah!
Over the last week I've tweaked my pitch and my first two chapters. The pitch must be less than 300 words and the partial less than 5000 words. Now, if they don't like my pitch who really cares about the partial? But in addition to entering this contest, I'm also querying about 8-9 agents with my revised pitch/partial. I've exhausted all the agents who accept electronic queries, but i'm not done with the agents who only accept snail mail.
As I said, this is the story's last chance. I still like it, but I don't think I've done it justice in my queries. Oh, well, stuff happens. but now I have a new UF I'm writing.
And so the vicious cycle continues.
Write on!
Margaret, I thought of submitting my Women's Fiction, but I looked at the winner's from last year and decided not to bother. I think they were all more literary or dark books. Mine is neither.
ReplyDeleteGood luck. You've got more guts than I do! My writing wouldn't stand a snowball's chance in hell in that contest.
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