Now the Waiting Begins...
Four days. A minimum of 10,000 words. Amber Quill Press contest. Deadline Today, January 15th.
It's the only way to get your foot in the door with this publisher. Once a year. From January 1 - 15, AQP hold their annual contest for published and unpublished authors. They choose the winners from the entries. Those stories which are chosen are offered a publishing contract with them. Of course, once you are "inside" they will accept submissions from you at any time.
Judging Criteria? Each story entered will be judged on the following...
— Plotline and Overall Story
— Story Pacing
— Characterization
— POV (Point Of View) Focus
— Genre Appropriateness
— Descriptives
— Dialogue
— Writing Mechanics (Grammar, Punctuation, Sentence Structure, Etc.)
— Originality of Writing Style
Gawd, I hustled, but at the same time edited, polished, and wrote each time I worked on this book. By 5:28pm (EST) today, Something Strange About Angelina went off to AQP, meeting their deadline. And, I had almost 13, 500 words! Not bad. What helped me meet this deadline? I wrote the story out in my journal when I couldn't sit in front of my computer. Then, I transcribed.
I originally thought it would fall into a shapeshifter/suspense, but entered it into their Dark Fantasy/Thriller line. This is not my usual writing style. (Which I've done a lot of lately...deviating from my usual contemporary, historical and time travel genres.) Don't ask me why? These last two stories came from out of the blue or a conversation I held with someone.
I submitted Virtual Lovers to Freya's Bower and am waiting to hear back from them. Soon, I hope.
The AQP entry? I won't hear anything from them until March 1, 2007. If my story is chosen, it will publish in June 2007.
Keep your fingers crossed!
It's the only way to get your foot in the door with this publisher. Once a year. From January 1 - 15, AQP hold their annual contest for published and unpublished authors. They choose the winners from the entries. Those stories which are chosen are offered a publishing contract with them. Of course, once you are "inside" they will accept submissions from you at any time.
Judging Criteria? Each story entered will be judged on the following...
— Plotline and Overall Story
— Story Pacing
— Characterization
— POV (Point Of View) Focus
— Genre Appropriateness
— Descriptives
— Dialogue
— Writing Mechanics (Grammar, Punctuation, Sentence Structure, Etc.)
— Originality of Writing Style
Gawd, I hustled, but at the same time edited, polished, and wrote each time I worked on this book. By 5:28pm (EST) today, Something Strange About Angelina went off to AQP, meeting their deadline. And, I had almost 13, 500 words! Not bad. What helped me meet this deadline? I wrote the story out in my journal when I couldn't sit in front of my computer. Then, I transcribed.
I originally thought it would fall into a shapeshifter/suspense, but entered it into their Dark Fantasy/Thriller line. This is not my usual writing style. (Which I've done a lot of lately...deviating from my usual contemporary, historical and time travel genres.) Don't ask me why? These last two stories came from out of the blue or a conversation I held with someone.
I submitted Virtual Lovers to Freya's Bower and am waiting to hear back from them. Soon, I hope.
The AQP entry? I won't hear anything from them until March 1, 2007. If my story is chosen, it will publish in June 2007.
Keep your fingers crossed!
posted by Brenda (aka: Canice Brown-Porter) at 9:25 PM
3 Comments:
Way to make the deadline. That's pretty close. ;) Good job. Let us know how it goes.
WOOOHOOO Sissy!
Good luck with AQP. I think we have several Divas over at RD who got their start in the contest. March 1 isn't that far away. It'll be here before you know it.
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