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  • Romance writer - Historical. Contemporary and Intrigue
  • 2 books written for HarperImpulse

Friday, 26 November 2010

Excited!

I recently entered Michelle Style's Pitch Competition which was open to all those who subscribe to her on-line newsletter.

Michelle wanted a 150 word pitch, similar to the middle paragraph that would go into a query letter. So in effect, the Hook and the Twist, that would entice Michelle to want to read more.
So I toiled over my entry. (How can so few words, cause so much angst! Pitching is so hard!) Finally I had something cobbled together and I was able to hit the "send" button. Fast forward to a few days ago, when I got a lovely email back from Michelle saying I made her top 5! Yay! Beyond happy!

I now have the opportunity to sub the first three chapters (and synopsis) to Michelle by the early New Year. She will then choose one person to mentor for a year. How exciting to have the chance to work with a published author - and one who writes books I *love* to read! So wish me luck. I need to seriously edit my story as it needs a lot of work doing to it. It can be done - I'm determined to lick this ms into shape. Caroline x
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12 comments:

  1. Jackie Ashenden26 November 2010 at 19:51

    That's fantastic news, Caroline!! Good luck with your three chapters.

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  2. David26 November 2010 at 19:54

    That's such FAB news, Caroline. Well done!

    Wish you all the very best of luck with it. How exciting.

    Dx

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  3. Scarlet Wilson26 November 2010 at 21:01

    Fabulous news Caroline. Is this the great Roman story you had on Romance is Not Dead? I loved it x

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  4. Judy Jarvie26 November 2010 at 23:02

    Huge buckets of luck Caroline. You can do it! So exciting and well done. Michelle is a fabulous mentor. jx

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  5. Lacey Devlin27 November 2010 at 06:23

    That's fantastic news Caroline! Congrats and best of luck!

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  6. Caroline27 November 2010 at 16:09

    Thanks everyone. Your support is most appreciated. Susan - the I'm pitching to Michelle is not the NV Roman, but another earlier Roman story which is so close to my heart that I *so* want to get it right. Caroline xx

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  7. Rachael Thomas27 November 2010 at 21:10

    Congrats Caroline. I now know two of the top five. I didn't make it through. Good luck with the next round.

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  8. Caroline28 November 2010 at 15:03

    Thanks Rachael. Commiserations on not getting through. It is hard this writing lark isn't it? Caroline x

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  9. Anonymous30 November 2010 at 19:33

    Well done on making the top 5!
    Did you get an e-mail acknowledgement of your entry after you'd sent it? I didn't get any confirmation and wasn't sure if mine arrived or not.

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  10. Caroline2 December 2010 at 17:30

    Hi Anonymous. No, come to think of it, I don't think I got an email confirmation. Regards Caroline xx

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  11. Anonymous3 December 2010 at 23:18

    Thank you. Now can stop worrying that mine didn't arrive. You must be so excited. I hope your partial wins.

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  12. Suzanne Ross Jones4 December 2010 at 18:00

    Arriving late (sorry) but whoo hoo - FANTASTIC stuff, Caroline. Go, you.

    XX

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