So, unfortunately Book I cannot be submitted to this years Wattys writing contest.
I've made all changes needed to the book before August 1, 2018 and have been mainly editing and cleaning up the poorly written chapters to Book II (Rachel's delivery, Tamilia's arrival as well as Elena attending a support group while still indecisive, and letting you all see more of Andreas' downfall) and then of course Book III was finished this year so those two had no problems being submitted.
The only things I've really edited in Book I this year is adding time lines within the months she was there so that things would sync up better with the changes I was making to Book II.
In order for Book I to have been eligible I would've had to submit 10,000 NEW words to the book and I just couldn't creatively come up with more to add to it while trying to establish the foundation of Book IV.
This news really hurt my little heart and it really sucks. I just have to keep my fingers crossed for Wattys 2020. Maybe after Book IV and I've wrapped up the series I can try and add more about Elena's journey at the Danford Orphange for a few years but...yeah. I just wanted to update you all.
See you soon guys and thank you for sticking with me.