“A familiar set of tropes, done perfectly.”

“A familiar set of tropes, done perfectly.” I just got my contest package back from the RMFW contest. Would you believe I’d /forgotten/ there was actually a cash prize involved in it? Pretty cool, hee hee hee. TNH wrote All Over my manuscript. In red pencil. I have never been so happy to see so much red pencil on my writing in my life. *cackles of laughter* Well, except where it’s green pencil. She even made notes on the synposis, including, at the last paragraph, “Don’t!” Which… I understand, although…

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“A familiar set of tropes, done perfectly.”

“A familiar set of tropes, done perfectly.” I just got my contest package back from the RMFW contest. Would you believe I’d /forgotten/ there was actually a cash prize involved in it? Pretty cool, hee hee hee. TNH wrote All Over my manuscript. In red pencil. I have never been so happy to see so much red pencil on my writing in my life. *cackles of laughter* Well, except where it’s green pencil. She even made notes on the synposis, including, at the last paragraph, “Don’t!” Which… I understand, although…

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shout out

Who amongst my readers here is doing NaNoWriMo, I asked curiously? miles to Rivendell: 284

shout out

Who amongst my readers here is doing NaNoWriMo, I asked curiously? miles to Rivendell: 284

AUGH.

*Augh*. My cell phone just rang. My cell phone *never* rings. So I had this moment of sheer panic/hope, because TNH has my cell phone number and it’s not inconceivable that if she were going to call and offer me a book deal she’d use that number. It was a wrong number. I think I will go die in a pit now.