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Contest Junkie

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I finally figured out what it was about contests. Since I’m not getting any responses back from queries at the moment, this fills the void and pumps me full of adrenaline to keep going. The only thing is, I do pay dearly for my highs (and lows).

I’m still glowing from my last contest fix.  I got my results back from the Suzannah contest, run by the NOLA Stars chapter of RWA.  I didn’t final, but overall I did pretty well.

Let’s brag, shall we?  Out of 230 points on the scorecard, I managed to get: 217,220, 226

The giddyness:

  • The judge who raved the most about liking my entry, scored it the lowest. I’ll take that with open arms.
  • The judge who scored it as a 220 commented that the setting initially put them off, but the writing drew them in.  They wouldn’t “enthusiastically” recommend it, but they would recommend it. This reluctant reader made me the happiest of all.  Am I just neurotically upbeat or what?

To improve:

  • Mechanics.  I suck at commas.
  • My synopsis got rated down a couple of times.  So I can either fix it or…enter contests without a synopsis requirement? hmmm….:)
  • Modern voice
  • Oh yeah, it absolutely is not historical fantasy.  I get called out on that one over an over again. Guess it’s an “alternative history” because it’s not 100% historically accurate.

To get me through the winter (tentative dates):

"Her Knight Before Christmas" by Debora Dennis

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Looking for a steamy holiday read?

ISBN Number: 978-1-897560-10-5
Genre: Time Travel Romance
Length: Novella

Heat Index: Hot with Explicit Language

Read excerpts or buy it here!

Dreaming of the past.

Hannah Falcon loves her job cataloging medieval artifacts and setting up the displays at the Natural History Museum in New York. What she doesn’t love is her father’s steadfast refusal to let her go on any of his archeological digs, or her friends insisting she date more. When a man dressed as a medieval knight shows up in the museum, Hannah mistakes him for her friend’s latest attempt at a blind date.

Sent into the future:

Sir Gavin of Rogueforth is a battle-hardened twelfth century knight, having seen and caused his share of death in the crusades. He expects nothing more from life than to live and die by his sword. After Gavin rescues a woman and her daughter from a band of highway thieves, she sends him through time to protect another Hannah, claim her as his own and fulfill his destiny. He doesn’t expect a woman who refuses to be protected.

Timeless passion:

Can a man in chain maille convince a twenty-first century woman to follow her heart? Can a modern day woman show a medieval knight there’s more to life than being a protector? When two people from two different times explore Manhattan during the holiday season will time be an obstacle or will they find the magic to span centuries under the mistletoe?