40 days and 40 nights.

[KB.]

I have a little less than 41 days to turn a couple hundred thousand words worth of stories into a "manuscript" that is to be "less than 100,00 words" in length. 40 days and 40 nights is a pretty significant time frame; lots of Biblical references there. The grand prize for this contest is a guaranteed publishing contract with Pocket Books/Simon & Schuster; as well as a $5,000 dollar advance. It will be judged by members of a writing forum I belong to; that bothers me, because favorites will come into play I am sure. I'll just get to work, and let the cards be dealt. Time to lay them down and see if my pair of three's with a Queen high can win the pot.



Finalists will be picked based on the amount of "10 star" ratings. The lady that wrote about her arthritic poodle gets ten star ratings; but I had someone write a Haiku about my stories. Haikus are nice and all; I figure I have at least one ten star rating coming from that side of the table.

"I have tried every device I know to breathe life into my charcaters, for there is little in fiction more rewarding than to see real people on the page."

~James A. Michener


Wish me luck with allegory, allusion, metaphor and plain Southern English.



Contest info:
http://romancenovel.gather.com/


I swear I posted this already, but it looks like the forum ate it.

[RedGlitter]

Originally Posted by KB.;659380[B

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Wish me luck with allegory, allusion, metaphor and plain Southern English.

I wish you luck with all those things and anything else you need to do this....
This is a very cool thing indeed....

[sunny104]

good luck and best wishes!!

[Patsy Warnick]

KB
I wish you lots of luck - your pretty creative and you'll do well.

Is there anything we can do? Can we help with any imput on the subject?

Good luck
Patsy

[KB.]

Originally Posted by Patsy Warnick

KB
I wish you lots of luck - your pretty creative and you'll do well.

Is there anything we can do? Can we help with any imput on the subject?

Good luck
Patsy

I've got more than enough of the subject; I've just got to make it less convoluted and trim it down a bit. Take out some things that would border on copyright infringement, and figure out a way to still use them as a vehicle to get the story moving. The well wishes are plenty, and I appreciate them.

[weeder]

Very Very Good...... I think your going to be famous one day I can feel it in my bones

[minks]

Good luck and if you need any inspiration try our Jerry Springer files....
ok seriously mate all the best to ya, and when you get something in print I would love to buy a signed copy
M

[RedGlitter]

Yeah me too, KB.
If I can do anything helpful for you, just give me the word.

[KB.]

What do you think of the opening two sentences? Would you keep reading,seriously?

"Salvation, not in the religious sense, but more of a personal awakening; it was a sudden spurt of life in a stagnant pond of a soul. I saw it one early May afternoon; it was full of July sky blue, the yellow of early wheat coated in sweet honey, and she held a new to the world child in her arms. "

[Carl44]

alas i am a moron and i can not offer you any worthwhile advice but you have my best wishes of good luck ,i never ever read fiction yet i find you writings riveting that must tell you something