Do you remember a month or so ago when I wrote about Matt entering the world of writing via two contests? The first one was a nation-wide novel contest sponsored by Amazon. The second was a city-wide short story contest sponsored by some local non-profit. Well, I am pleased to announce that Matt made it through to the quarter-finals in the Amazon contest!!! Honestly I don't think either of us could be more thrilled. Even if he doesn't make it to the semi-finals we are just so excited to have made it this far.
At this stage of the contest, an excerpt of each contestant's novel is posted on amazon for feedback by editors and customers (that's you). We would love if you would take some time and provide some honest feedback to Matthew. You can find his excerpt at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001UG3B72 and everyone else's at www.amazon.com/abna.
As of April 15, Matthew is out of the contest. We got the feedback from the reviewer, and after a few hours of grieving the loss, he was back at writing making sure to incorporate the feedback so as to make his writing that much better. I couldn't be more proud of his resilience and am loving the revised Reality Check. I'll let you know when it's re-completed as I'm sure you are just dying to see the new Matthew and the new work.
3 comments:
I read it and reviewed it. This copy was better than the rough draft I had read over Michael's shoulder before.
Haven't read it yet, but this is awesome! Congrats and good luck! I'll make sure to read it.
Congrats! Can't wait to read it!
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