I have not received a letter of congratulations (as did my friend Justin) nor is Citadel of the Sky listed among the 836 posted finalists. I’m pretty confident that I have NOT made it to the semifinals.
I am rather sad.
I have a lot of stuff to think about. For example, I think perhaps I should go ahead and submit Citadel to agents to at least get some practice doing that with my practice novel. I don’t know exactly how I want to go about doing that yet. Maybe I should have somebody else read the revised version first, but I’m not sure, since I don’t know if I have the stomach for more Citadel revision right now.
There’s a reviewing contest associated with ABNA. The 3 people who write the most high quality reviews get a Kindle and a $2000 AC gift certificate. I’d love a Kindle and GC but I suspect the competition will be fierce.
I’m going to start work on another couple of projects.
Anna the Piper 7:44 am on January 16, 2008 Permalink
Aw, sorry to hear about not hitting the finals. :/
Beta reading is a good thing, and when you’re up for it, I’d recommend another pair of eyes on Citadel, yeah. But in the meantime it sounds like working on other projects is a wise idea.
Stacy 10:23 am on January 16, 2008 Permalink
I’m really sorry to hear that, Soula.
Good luck with the new projects — sounds like setting Citadel aside for awhile and working on a fresh project might be a good break.