To enter I have to come up with an awesome pitch. I've not written one for Dissection yet, not really. I mean, I've written a query letter, but being that I could get ousted from the contest if my pitch isn't good enough, well, that really sucks.
It's a crap shoot really. My book is dark, Syd's voice is brash, and there's an 'F' bomb in the first paragraph. If I get the wrong judges, I'm, for lack of a better word, fucked.
The last time I entered, I got thrashed by one of the judges. He didn't understand the voice at all, and he thought I was a teen, which I took as a compliment that my voice was spot on. The review wasn't just bad. I can handle a bad review, but it was cruel. I didn't really care anyway, well, maybe a little, but only because the ignorance ousted me from the contest.
So I'm diving back in. Who's entering? What kind of book are you entering?
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Two years ago when I made it through, my reviews both said I had a good YA that teens would like and parents would approve of. I didn't make it through either. So, who knows??!!
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It's a crap shoot. I want the reviewers that like edgy dark YA. Probably not going to happen.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to enter The Guitarist, as my agent (much to both our disappointment) has been unable to find a home for it after a year of subs. If it doesn't go anywhere in ABNA-as are the odds-I will be releasing it from Local Hero Press later this year.
ReplyDelete:( Good luck to you.
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