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UPDATE: TIME’S UP!!! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED! It’s that time. I’m pleased to announce the opening of THE SURPRISINGLY ESSENTIAL FIRST PAGE CHALLENGE! Before I get to the guidelines, I’m also pleased to introduce the contest’s co-judge, my very good friend Holly Burns, author of the wonderful and hilarious blog Nothing But Bonfires. […]
Well, the votes for what-contest-we-should-have are in, and it’s official: you all want me dead. Er. You want to have a first page content. I was never good at math, but let’s see… 1 page x 500+ entries = hmm… carry the one… equals… well, multiple organ failure if I’ve calculated correctly. So tune in […]
Thanks so much for all of the great contest ideas! I’m so ready for this contest. You know. Once we decide what it’s going to be. I’ve whittled down some of the suggestions into a handy-dandy poll. Vote today, and whatever is winning when I write the This Week in Publishing post tomorrow will be […]
Much like a new mother, I have sufficiently forgotten the pain of birthing the past few blog contests and am ready for another. So….. contest next week! Who can stop me? No one! (Remind me of my bravado next week when I’m nursing a drink and a shot of good old-fashioned remorse). But since this […]
Thank you so much to everyone who entered in and voted in the Largely Indispensable First Paragraph Challenge! Turnout was unprecedented, quality was high, and livers were destroyed. Thanks again also to May Vanderbilt for her help picking the finalists. The people have spoken, and while the voting was extremely close, we have a winner. […]
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