Things are going well, I'm on track (for now) even though I had to delete 2,000 words becasue I was getting to the end of the story too quickly.
The more I write the more I see the book ending up at about 70,000 words instead of 80,000. This is just fine, but that means I will probably finish the book before the end of the month and I won't have written 50,000 words. But that's still a win in my opinion.
Now for the big news --
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I'm going to be published!!!
Now, it's not a novel -- I wish. It's a short story I entered into a contest back in May. The e-book is being released NEXT THURSDAY on kindle. I'm pretty sure it's not going to cost more then $2.99. I have no control over the price (and I don't get any of the proceeds) so I can't give away free copies, but if I could I would give it away to anyone who wanted it, I'm don't write anything to make money (I would be in a bind if that was the case) I just want to be read. There are going to be a few other short stories from other people who entered the contest, but since I was 4th place you won't see my name on the cover.
The story is written in the same style as Earth Song since that's where my head was at the time. The theme of the contest was "Totally Cliche" and here is the synopsis of it -
The Promise of War
Beth isn't your average Princess -- she's never been dressed up or fed with a silver spoon, but that's what happens when your country is ravaged by war. In an attempt to save her father and her kingdom she is marrying Prince Clayton, the only man with an army big enough to stop their enemies. The only thing that holds her back is a dream of true love.
Wow, that sounds cheesy when I write it like that. Then again, the story was meant to be a twist on the cliche ;)
Anyway, I hope you will consider downloading it next Thursday (I'll make sure and post a link, and you can download kindle software for your PC if you don't have an e-reader), but I understand if you can't. Love you guys!
Oh yeah, and here's a little peek at the cover -
39 comments:
Congratulations! On both the NaNo progress, and most especially on your short story. That's fantastic!
Congratulations! Sounds like a romantic, fun read--I admire you short story writers because I am far from mastering that genre...
That's very exciting stuff :o) Congratulations!!
Congratulations! That's very exciting--and your NaNo progress looks great, despite the minor setback. Keep up the good work!
Congrats! That is big news. :)
Congratulations! That is so cool. Make sure you give us that link :)
Your story sounds fun! Congratulations!
WHOO-HOO! Jennie that is SO AWESOME! Congratulations to YOU!. Can't wait for the link and I love the cover and your little teaser. How fun!
Yay!!! Congrats!!! :D :D: D
Ack!!! Congrats! I'm so excited for you. That is pretty dang awesome.
Congratulations! That is so exciting. Happy 11/11/11 to you!
CONGRATULATIONS!!! That is so awesome. Can't wait to read it.
Yeah! You're living the dream :)
Thanks for sharing the good news!
Alright! Can't wait to read your story:) Also big thumbs up for doing so well with nano as well:)
Published is published, and that's fantastic news. Congrats on the NaNo total, too.
When I first read one of your blog posts, I knew you were going to do this someday. Congrats J.A., we're all behind you.
Well done. As a friend told me the first time I had a short story published in a magazine: people will be paying money to read your work. That still feels pretty cool to me!
YAY!!! How exciting :) Congrats! I need to get a flippin' Kindle already lol... So happy for you.
super duper wooper!!!
thats so exciting! how awesome for you!
OMG!!!! Yay! Yay! Yay! *whistle* *whistle* !!!
I'm soooooo happy for you :D Whooo hoo...
Yes I'll definitely try n download it :D
BTW loving the new look of the blog! Looks neat and pretty. :D
Wow, a big congratulations to you, you must be very excited! Raising my coffee cup in a toast to your literary success ... Cheers :)
Ooo! Mega exciting! Congratulations. The cover is great.
Congratulations! :)
CONGRATS ON THIS AWESOME NEWS!!
Congrats Gene! That's awesome!
congrats!! That is so epictastically awesome! (See how awesome doesn't cut it, so I have to use an equally lame adverb? That's writer humor for ya!)
Woot, Woot! :D
Good for you, this is great news! And deleting 2,000 words during Nano? I'm not sure I'd have the guts to do that. I went in the other direction: I did a recount of all I'd written and found out I had 1,000 words more than I thought (from doing minor edits along the way).
Congratulations, this is fantastic news :-)
Congratulations!! Brilliant news!
Congratulations, Jennie. You'd have to go through a set of books in a heart surgeon's office or dig through old editions of a small-town newspaper to find my published work. Two articles.
CONGRATS!!!
This is what happens when my head is buried in a WIP. I miss out on a lot of incredible news.
You are so awesome! How cool is that? Yay, now you can say you've been published. ;)
Hey, Jennie, Big congrats! And Do celebrate. All efforts big and small should be celebrated when rewarded. Also Thanks for visiting my blog.
Congratulations Jennie! That is exciting news. Great for your profile. Liked the story idea - sounds fun!
Congrats! I don't have an e-reader so I am glad you are posting a link to the software too. That is exciting.
Congratulations! I am so very happy for you!! It sounds like it is going to be so very awesome.
Congratulations!!!! This deserves a whole jar of peanut butter ;)
That's awesome and I'm totally intrigued about the idea behind this book. Very, very cool.
Congratulations! That is super exciting!
I have an award for you over at my blog! ;)
Way to go. You put yourself out there and scored. Great job.
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