#1 12-18-2007 14:47:58
SAVAGE, GRACE ADVANCES IN COMPETITION
I just learned that my novel, SAVAGE GRACE, was named to the longlist in the 2007 UKA Opening Pages Competition. The link is http://www.ukauthors.com/modules.php?na … mp;pid=82.
The short list will be announced in January, and will be selected by crime writer Judith Cutler. The grand prize is publication.
Thanks to all my generous reviewers (and I do mean generous) who helped me spruce up my work. And wish me luck!
The other thing I should say about this competition is that I got a five-page critique for submitting my entry, emailed to me, and all the judges' (four) verbatims all for an entry fee of five English pounds. They also give you a sixty page primer on creative writing.
I'd encourage you to look into Opening Pages next year. It's held annually.
Gale Martin
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#2 12-18-2007 14:55:52
- brosna11
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I better get over there and read it. Good luck with it.
Nadine
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#3 12-18-2007 15:30:35
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Thanks, Nadine. You are certainly welcome to read it. I still have three chapters to go until completion. But there's enough to sink your teeth into.
Gale
Veni, vidi, vici. It's all in the verbs. -- Julius Caesar
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#4 12-18-2007 16:48:42
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Good news, this is one I plan to get to before it is published. I think I read the short story with the same protag.
Go, eat your bread in gladness, and drink your wine in joy; for your action was long ago approved by God.
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#5 12-18-2007 18:11:44
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Oh Gale! How wonderful!
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#6 12-18-2007 20:05:36
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Good for you, Gale! I'm really tickled for you and Betty asked me send her congratulations to you also.
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#7 12-19-2007 08:34:01
- Lesley C. Weston
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Great news! I'll be asking Santa for that extra little nose-twitch!
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#8 12-23-2007 01:29:57
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Gale, just read this - congratulations, wonderful news! Looking forward to the last three chapters 
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#9 01-03-2008 10:50:10
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Hey Gale,
I only just saw this and wow! That really is great news and I hope you win. Your novel certainly deserves to be published.
The best of luck!
Payge.
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#10 01-03-2008 13:38:27
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Congratulations! That's a huge honor! Way to go!
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#11 01-07-2008 14:40:47
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Congratulations. What wonderful news.
Jim
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