It's rather fitting that some things come to a close on this day -- the last day of the year. I submitted my last entry into the Rooglewood contest this morning. I can hardly believe it took me until the day of the deadline to send it in because I'm usually earlier than that. And, even with the extra time I took, I still felt a little bit like maybe I could have done better if I had more time. But there was no feeling of regret when I hit "send." Mostly it was just a prayer that Rooglewood would hear the heart of the message when they read it and that maybe, if I win, they could help me bring the full potential out of my little story. And there was also a feeling, after working on these stories for more than six months, that it felt good to close that chapter and move on to the next one. I did it. I wrote them. And I'm really proud of them. Last year, the act of hitting "send" on my contest entry catapulted me into an anticipatory state....
Hey, Esther - I just saw your comment on my blog about possibly swapping novellas and beta reading for each other. I don't really need any other betas for Asher Grey right now, but I'm definitely interesting in beta reading your novella! It would depend on when I'd have to beta read it (and if I could beta it in a Google Doc), and when the deadline is though ... I'm sort of crunched for time right now ;).
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Savannah, Google docs is my favorite. I'm trying to get my first round of betas done by the end of the month and the second round by the middle of December. If you can do it, comment with your email address, and I won't "publish" that comment.
DeleteSavannah, I received your comment and will send the document to you soon!
DeleteI might be willing if this can wait until after Nano. :) I'm assuming your WIP is clean?
ReplyDeleteI'll add you to my list!
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