Winner!

And the winner of City of Bones is...

Lexi! 

Congrats! We had a bunch of great responses, but I had to give the props to Lexi's poetic submission:

What would you do for a Klondike bar?

I would stick my head in a honey jar,

I would whack a football player with a crowbar.

I would immerse myself in a pool of tar,

Even aim to catch a jaguar.

What would you do for that delectable dessert?

I would ignore every Facebook alert,

I would eat ten thousand pounds of sherbert.

I would claim to be a Twilight expert,

Even attend school sporting my nightshirt.

What would you do for that chilly piece of heaven?

I would endure a snooty high-society luncheon,

I would catapult over a bottomless canyon.

I would scale a monstrous mountain,

Even dougie to Rebecca Black's weekend expression.

Care to join me?

Lexi, please confirm your mailing address through the Ganzfield contact form, although I think I already have it.

WINNER!

And the winner of the Spring Writing Contest is...

I was one of you. (Duality) 45.23% (166 votes)

Congratulations, LEXCADE! 

Thanks to everyone who submitted and to everyone who voted.

The winner will receive an in-depth critique of her query letter AND the first 10 pages of her fiction manuscript. Lexcade, please send me your email through the Ganzfield contact form and we'll work out the best way to get the pages to me for your critique.

Happy Easter to all you Easter-celebrators!

Contest Winner!

The winner of the signed copy of Minder is... Gail!

And thanks for the limerick, Misty! You're getting a signed copy, too, but you don't need to do anything...

(cue ominous music)... BECAUSE I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE.

(cue less-ominous music) ... because you're on my Christmas card list.

Gail, to claim your book, please go to www.Ganzfield.com and send me your mailing address through the contact form.

I feel like the prize is somewhat diminished this morning, as yesterday I found two typos *gasp!* and a few places where the paragraphs hadn't indented properly. Ugh. Looks like I'll need a second edition. It's amazing how many times I've read the manuscript and completely missed these errors. I wonder if there are more...

Grrr--bad thought. I may never sleep soundly again.

On a side note, it's amazing how many times I go onto YouTube to find something really cool and just end up looking at kitties. You've probably seen these two, but here they are again. If these are new for you, I suggest watching them in order.





Happy Monday!

Winner of the Logline Contest

I think I scared some of you. Aspiring writers seem to fear loglines even more than query letters.

When we really know that the hardest thing is writing a synopsis that doesn't read like a grade-school book report.

Or maybe that's just mine.

But, to our newest winner, Joshua, I say "Congratulations!"

His winning entry:

B.Y. Jove was just a humble butler for the Pilliwick family, in Victorian England, until the zombies attacked. Now Jove must lower his manners and raise the stakes.

It's no more Mr Nice guy, B.Y. Jove.

Great job, Joshua! Thanks for getting into the spirit of this. Please email me to claim your prize.

Happy weekend, everyone!