The results are in
Friday, May 8, 2009
This has been a very exciting day for me for two reasons.
The Golden Heart
For those of you not writing romance novels, the Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart novel writing contest is like the pinnacle for all of us unpublished people. To be nominated is an honour and to receive your non-finalling score sheet is an excruciating experience sometimes.
So when I spotted the envelope with a Texas return address, I wondered if I should just stick it in a drawer or let the cat play with it. Not that I haven't done well with previous entries; I mean, I haven't finalled or anything like that, but there's the odd lowball score that makes me kind of cranky.
And, with the way I've been feeling about the current WIP that I'm revising -- which is also the one I entered into the Golden Heart -- I was afraid to know what five anonymous judges thought.
Turns out they liked it. Even with the way it was before (but that's probably because they only saw the first two chapters and not the rotten ending). With a 39/45, my entry was in the top quarter! Squee!
This is also the highest GH score I've received to date, so I'm verra, verra happy.
Qubit
Remember that science game show I did a written test for earlier this week? Well... I qualified to move on to the next round: the videotaped audition.
Can you freaking believe it? Not only did I pass the test, they think I did well enough to try me out on camera! And we all know how shy I am when it comes to being on TV. LOL
Oh. Mah. Gawd. Never in a million years would I have guessed that I had science smarts. The weird thing was how confident I felt after completing the written test, which involved answering 50 questions about, you guessed it, scientific stuff.
There was one question that I did not understand at all. I'm hoping there won't be any like that for the next audition, but odds are they're gonna ask me that one again with the cameras rolling. ;)
So if everyone could send happy science thoughts my way, I'd really appreciate it!
Maybe I should go see the Star Trek movie to help beef up mah brainz.
The Golden Heart
For those of you not writing romance novels, the Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart novel writing contest is like the pinnacle for all of us unpublished people. To be nominated is an honour and to receive your non-finalling score sheet is an excruciating experience sometimes.
So when I spotted the envelope with a Texas return address, I wondered if I should just stick it in a drawer or let the cat play with it. Not that I haven't done well with previous entries; I mean, I haven't finalled or anything like that, but there's the odd lowball score that makes me kind of cranky.
And, with the way I've been feeling about the current WIP that I'm revising -- which is also the one I entered into the Golden Heart -- I was afraid to know what five anonymous judges thought.
Turns out they liked it. Even with the way it was before (but that's probably because they only saw the first two chapters and not the rotten ending). With a 39/45, my entry was in the top quarter! Squee!
This is also the highest GH score I've received to date, so I'm verra, verra happy.
Qubit
Remember that science game show I did a written test for earlier this week? Well... I qualified to move on to the next round: the videotaped audition.
Can you freaking believe it? Not only did I pass the test, they think I did well enough to try me out on camera! And we all know how shy I am when it comes to being on TV. LOL
Oh. Mah. Gawd. Never in a million years would I have guessed that I had science smarts. The weird thing was how confident I felt after completing the written test, which involved answering 50 questions about, you guessed it, scientific stuff.
There was one question that I did not understand at all. I'm hoping there won't be any like that for the next audition, but odds are they're gonna ask me that one again with the cameras rolling. ;)
So if everyone could send happy science thoughts my way, I'd really appreciate it!
Maybe I should go see the Star Trek movie to help beef up mah brainz.
Labels: adventures, goals, RWA, writing
posted by Bonnie Staring at 11:02 PM
5 Comments:
Congrats on the good news. You really put yourself out there and I admire that!
We'll miss you today at the BS group. ;-D
Bonnie you SO have to get on this show. We can all sit in the audience and cheer you on!
Congrats on the novel contest score and the potential getting on TV again.
You should start your own game show and broadcast it on YouTube. Then you could constantly be on TV and constantly around game shows. And you could give away copies of your to-be-finished novels as prizes to the contestants which would be great marketing for the books when they hit the bookstores.
Thanks Storm! I hear the BS group was a lot of fun -- and useful too!
Oh Geri, that would be fabulous! Maybe I can make up shirts for everyone to wear that have me looking like Einstein or something. LOL
Mike! It's been ages! Hope you, BeAGoodMom and the kids are all healthy, happy and happening!
The YouTube game show is a really fun idea -- and I am working on a way to combine my love of contesting, appearing on TV and writing all together. It just makes my brain hurt. ;)
I've decided to start writing fiction again and was sitting down to write and said to myself, "I bet I could procrastinate working on this a little bit if I went over to Bonnie's blog."
It worked.
For the record, everything is great...except my 2 kindergarteners are really ready for summer break.
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