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Friday, March 14, 2014

Friday Five for March 14th, 2014


1. I had my first short story acceptance of the year. Yay! My fantasy tale, "Summoning Fire" will be published on Aurora Wolf next month. There's magic, zombies, and a little bit of romance. Not with the zombies! Yuck.

2. Today I'll find out if I won BigAl's Books & Pals Readers' Choice Award in fantasy for THE HARBINGER. I'm honored just to be nominated. Winning would be very nice too. Keep your fingers crossed for me!

3. I haven't had any time for revisions this week. One thing or another has popped up. Taxes are done, though. And I had to declare my earnings from my writing for the first time in my life. I'm a little bit excited about it.

4. It's my son's spring break next week. I'll lose a lot of my writing time, but I have a few fun things planned. When he goes back, he'll start an after school literacy program that will be on Wednesdays. I'm eager to see how much he improves. He's gotten stubborn about reading with me, but he's very good with the teachers at his school.

5. Don't forget to enter my HUGE Speculative Fiction Giveaway celebrating my reaching 500 followers. You could win a grand prize pack of books from 14 amazing authors.

Have a great weekend!
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21 comments:

  1. Shah WhartonMarch 14, 2014 at 2:46 AM

    Hey Christine. Oh I do hope you won the award! And great news regarding the short story. I must check out the link for the site.

    Have a great weekend!

    http://iurl.no/o239a

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  2. UnknownMarch 14, 2014 at 3:31 AM

    Congrats on the story!
    Spring break was this week for my kidlets. :)

    Have a wonderful weekend.

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  3. Heather R. HoldenMarch 14, 2014 at 6:22 AM

    Congrats on the short story acceptance! That's such amazing news! Time to throw some confetti, methinks... ~\o/~

    And I'll definitely keep my fingers crossed for you and The Harbinger! ;)

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  4. Alex J. CavanaughMarch 14, 2014 at 9:01 AM

    Congratulations on the short story acceptance. Hope The Harbinger wins.

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  5. M.J. FifieldMarch 14, 2014 at 10:32 AM

    Congratulations on the acceptance!! It'll be the first of many more to come...Oh, and I'm glad to hear the romance isn't with the zombies...

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  6. Loni TownsendMarch 14, 2014 at 10:48 AM

    Great news about the acceptance. Congrats! I have my fingers crossed for The Harbinger.

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  7. Susan Gourley/KelleyMarch 14, 2014 at 12:42 PM

    Congrats on the short story and your 500 followers.

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  8. Sherry EllisMarch 14, 2014 at 1:14 PM

    Oh, I hope you win! I'll keep my fingers crossed (when I'm not writing).

    Congratulations on your short story!

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  9. Kristin SmithMarch 14, 2014 at 2:13 PM

    Congrats on your short story! Best of luck with the Readers' Choice Award!!

    Our spring break isn't for several more weeks, so enjoy your time with your son. The writing will be there when you get back to it. :)

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  10. DanaMarch 14, 2014 at 2:21 PM

    Congrats on your acceptance!

    Enjoy that time with your son. ☺

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  11. Christine RainsMarch 14, 2014 at 7:37 PM

    Thank you, everyone! I was wrong about the date for the announcement of the winners. The Readers' Choice Awards winners will be posted tomorrow. I hope I can sleep tonight!

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  12. Leandra WallaceMarch 14, 2014 at 9:24 PM

    Best of luck to you! And congrats on the short story, that's exciting!

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  13. T.F. WalshMarch 15, 2014 at 12:36 AM

    Huge congrats on your short story.. that is awesome:) So excited for you.

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  14. UnknownMarch 15, 2014 at 12:50 AM

    Great news about the short story acceptance! Yay! Good luck with the readers' Choice award. I'm crossing my fingers for you. :)

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  15. randi leeMarch 15, 2014 at 11:15 AM

    Yay! Congrats on the short story! Woohooooo!!!

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  16. randi leeMarch 15, 2014 at 11:15 AM

    Yay! Congrats on the short story! Woohooooo!!!

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  17. cleemckenzieMarch 15, 2014 at 12:11 PM

    Fingers crossed for you to win, Christine! And congrats on the short story. You're off to a great 2014.

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  18. AnonymousMarch 16, 2014 at 8:18 AM

    Way to go on the story acceptance! That's the kind of boost we really need sometimes -- particularly when we're down in the revision trenches.

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  19. BrindaMarch 17, 2014 at 6:20 AM

    Hi Christine-
    COngrats on your short story with Aurora. Wooohhooo!!

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  20. Heather MuskMarch 17, 2014 at 9:55 AM

    Congratulations on the short story submission.
    Enjoy fun times with your son x

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  21. Heather M. GardnerMarch 17, 2014 at 6:51 PM

    Yeah for the short story! It's just the start of a great year for you!

    Heather

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