Oh Sox-- at least it's just the first one. Like Gud and Amy said, send it off to the next one on the list. Lots of ~ma.
Yay on the new book, Gud!
And thanks for the ~ma. I'm trying not to stress and distracting myself by working on Dorian, which I'll admit, is ridiculously fun, to allow myself to go a good bit darker than I have in the past. I told another friend how much I was enjoying playing with some really dark stuff and her reply was, "You aren't really surprised by that, are you? You always, always go dark with your women's fic and it's what gets you in trouble because you tend to cross the lines."
So I'm a slow learner.
book!~ma Barb!
Thanks guys - I'm going to turn it right around, after an edit.
ok my chin didn't do the greatest job staying up, so I'm switching to wine.
Today I got word back that I didn't win the songwriting contest I'd entered months ago. Woes. But I entered it because every entry gets feedback, which I should get in the mail next month, so I'm trying to remember the contest itself was a longshot, and the goal was the feedback. Of course, if the feedback comes back entirely negative or a brushoff, then I shall lie on the floor and bemoan my fate.
Lots o' booze and chocolate on the floor.
And good company.
IJS...
But I entered it because every entry gets feedback
That's an excellent reason to enter, Liese. And a great idea for a contest.
I hope you get some great feedback.
I was bummed on Friday when the RITA calls were going out that my phone remained conspicuously silent. I consoled myself with the fact that it's really just a massive crapshoot and even though the peer acclaim is really, really nice, in the grander scheme, it's just not that big a deal. The award simply doesn't carry a whole lot of recognition or weight outside of the immediate romance community.
And then the more I thought of it, the more I realized how I'm drifting further and further away from romance in terms of what I write. It's a sad and scary and exciting and nerve-wracking all rolled together.
