A Little Bit of Excitement…

Some of you who’ve been with me for a while might remember how I entered the first 10 pages of my unpublished novel, Magic in Her Blood, last year into the Page Turner Awards Competition for their Writing Mentorship Award. I had the pleasure of having those 10 pages Longlisted and even though I didn’t end up winning the award it gave me a confidence boost to get the rest of the book written and the hope that what I was writing would be worth reading.

Fast forward to this year and I decided since the book was done and ready to go to the editor, I would enter it into another of the Page Turner Awards categories, specifically the Writing Award for Unpublished Manuscript.  I am so thrilled that Magic in Her Blood has been selected as a Finalist for this year and I am anxiously awaiting the results from the next round. 

Another bit of excitement for me this summer is that I was accepted as one of Reedsy’s Judges for their weekly Short Story competitions. Hundreds of writers both experienced and brand new are given several prompts from which they can choose to write a short story no longer than 3000. I’ve not been a judge for long, but I thoroughly enjoy reading the weekly submissions. If you’ve ever thought about writing the Reedsy Short Story Challenge is a great way to get started and you get a chance to win the money prize too!  If this sounds like something you’d like to do, go sign up from the weekly prompts at https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/

Thanks again for stopping by and sharing my excitement with me 😊