Ready for RWA

Just completed my registration to see an editor and an agent at the RWA national conference in July.  Can't wait to get some actual face-time with these people! Hoping to get to ten or twelve workshops, learn a lot about the craft and industry, meet a ton of people, and have a little fun with my critique partners.

Thumbs Up

The results are in! Four out of five judges in the RWA Golden Heart contest liked Surprise Son! One of them gave the manuscript a perfect 9! Woo-hoo! Unfortunately, there was that one judge out in left field, the lone dissenter who kept the manuscript from finaling. That's sad, and annoying. But the good news is that if the judges mirror real life, and real readers, four out of five thumbs up is fabulous. That tells me that if I end up self-pubbing, I've got a good shot at connecting with readers. And that, of course, is the goal. I'm encouraged!