My heart is not golden
Monday, March 26, 2007
It's been a difficult 24 hours... that started well over 6 months ago.
(I told you I was no good at math.)
Anyway, last October was when I thought it would be a really cool idea to enter my WIP into the Romance Writers of America competition for unpublished writers: The Golden Heart. This is a very popular event where the winners are announced at the annual RWA convention and given oodles of attention, some even end up selling those award-winning manuscripts. We try not to call them names. ;)
So yesterday was the day that they would begin calling all of the finalists. Even though this important call would be coming, I decided to meet with Lara and Michelle anyway. The DH was at home and he could take the message, or get them to call back and leave it on the machine so I could listen to their congratulatory message over and over again.
When they hadn't called by the time The Apprentice LA ended, I assumed that they had simply run out of time and I'd have to just see my name on the official finalist list that would be posted on the RWA website in the morning.
I've checked it about 500 times and my name still isn't appearing. ;(
Not that I was expecting to be a contender, but it would have been just the inspiration to hurry up and finish the complete rewrite of the manuscript in question. Oh, maybe the fact that I'm rewriting it has something to do with why it wasn't selected.
Rats.
(I told you I was no good at math.)
Anyway, last October was when I thought it would be a really cool idea to enter my WIP into the Romance Writers of America competition for unpublished writers: The Golden Heart. This is a very popular event where the winners are announced at the annual RWA convention and given oodles of attention, some even end up selling those award-winning manuscripts. We try not to call them names. ;)
So yesterday was the day that they would begin calling all of the finalists. Even though this important call would be coming, I decided to meet with Lara and Michelle anyway. The DH was at home and he could take the message, or get them to call back and leave it on the machine so I could listen to their congratulatory message over and over again.
When they hadn't called by the time The Apprentice LA ended, I assumed that they had simply run out of time and I'd have to just see my name on the official finalist list that would be posted on the RWA website in the morning.
I've checked it about 500 times and my name still isn't appearing. ;(
Not that I was expecting to be a contender, but it would have been just the inspiration to hurry up and finish the complete rewrite of the manuscript in question. Oh, maybe the fact that I'm rewriting it has something to do with why it wasn't selected.
Rats.
posted by Bonnie Staring at 2:11 PM
7 Comments:
Awwww, Bonnie, I'm sorry you didn't get the call. I had my fingers crossed for you.
But the rewrite will be so good, it'll get published and win the Rita, even if you don't submit it. *Grin*
I'm still waiting for my call. It's going to happen. I know it. *stares at phone*
Thanks ladies! This is just the universe letting me know that I'd do much better when RWA heads to San Francisco in 2008!
You know, I was hoping this darn thing would write itself. ;)
Aw, too bad. But you can hurry up and write it anyway because *I'm* waiting to read it! And I'm not the only one. *g*
No, I'm waiting too. So you'll just have to get it published.
Nothing like a little blog pressure to keep me on my toes. Thanks ladies!
As you know I had the same disappointment. Oh well, when we get published we'll try for the RITAs.
Bummage (in french like you suggested).
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