Pamela,

I think you're absolutely right about getting something published as a way to get a foot in with publishers.  Let us know what we can do to help with that!

Peace!
Sarah

Hi Nancy.  Yes it is.  Confessions of a Fat Chick.  I'd love to hear what you think.

Still having computer issues.

This is getting old fast!

Pamela

Okay, then, Pamela... I'm jumping into your book with the goal of finishing reviewing it in a week! 

Thanks for the excuse not to go back and fix the Car Talk chapter of Mot this weekend!  YEAH!!!

<grin>

Peace and all good things,
Sarah

I reviewed it, I think, hope I got the right one. Wonderful. Did you change the title? Nancy

Hi, Pam. I just printed out your story. I gave a really lame review in January, when I was in the middle of reading your book. I'll do a better one here. Soon. I know you have a deadline.

Thanks for the shortcut Brian, I am a big fan also.

Pamela, If you win the contest are you still able to publish the book? How does that work?

Yes.  In fact I'm thinking it could help me get the book seen. 

I'm not holding my breath on winning.  There will be thousands and thousands of entries from far better and more experienced writers than I.

I'm satisfied that I wrote the strongest version of Fat Chick I could and entered.  That for me is a win.  I figure it will take many more rewrites and many more contest to get it good enough to win.  Everything is a learning process. 

But let's say, by some act of God, I do win, well, part of the prize is a meeting with Coldwater Press, I believe is the name of the Publishing house, and I think they said six publishers or agents or any combination thereof.  SO, let's say Fat Chick won, which it won't, I won't hear back until the end of October.  Then in April or May they would fly me to NYC for the meeting with Coldwater and the six other combined adgents/publishers.  My goal is to have a finely polished copy of Fat Chick the book to present at that time. 

Being able to include the contest for the short should also make me a more attractive author to some hungry agent out there too, I would think.

I'm not all together sure of any of this, but from what I've read and researched this seems to be the way.

SO, I hope that answered your question and wasn't too confusing to understand what I was trying to say.

Bottom line...........I'm just making this stuff up as I go.  I'm taking advantage of the good resources out there to try and educate myself, but in the end, I'm just making it up.

Pamela

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Nancy,

For some contests yes, for some contests no.  I am entered in the West Virginia Writer's Conference, sponsored by the state Arts counsel.  It includes a cash prize, but not publication.  I think Pamela's contest includes both?