To keep myself from losing track of:
all the contests I've entered,
all the contests I've volunteered myself as a judge (or let myself be voluntold into judging),
all the books I've had to read as a contestant or as a judge,
all the deadlines,
a...
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The Gold and Pearl Awards was sponsored by aadhya2006; I entered Ancilla into the Romance category, and was assigned _aishimyy_ as my judge, and
HOLY COW! I ACTUALLY GOT SOMETHING IN THIS CONTEST! SECOND RUNNER UP!
I'll just paste the screenshots of what my judge said because I am so amazed by it (in a good way).
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AMAZING PLOT. ANCILLA HAS AN AMAZING PLOT, PEOPLE. A JUDGE HAS SAID SO.
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I kind of knew I wouldn't get high marks on the beginning/prologue - my protagonist is rich, sheltered, and therefore probably not immediately sympathetic. Also, the action starts off slow. I'm not good at the whole brevity thing.
"Perfect story for the perfect genre," though? OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG
