Contest: Romance Yardsale

Bria Quinlan and MG Buehrlen are two YA writers attempting to get to Nationals this year. To help them, they've created the Romance Yardsale for the writer. There's more than tshirts but notebooks and mugs designed by these two talented writers. You should check it out! They're awesome!

At Romance Yardsale they are having a contest. Enter by doing one of the following items by April 23rd. Check it out!

To earn entries for the drawing:

1) Pick your favorite Romance Yardsale item.
2) Post a link to that item on your blog and tell us why you like it = 1 entry
3) OR Post a photo + link to that item on your blog and tell us why you like it = 2 entries
4) Tweet a link to your fave item saying, “This is the coolest t-shirt/mug/(whatever your item is) ever!” (make sure to mention @briaquinlan OR @mgbuehrlen) = 1 entry
5) Comment on the RY blog = 1 entry

Win a 3 chapter crit!

Unsure about your first 3 chapters?

Over at Once Upon a Crime, GH finalist Cynthia Justlin is offering a critique of the first 3 chpts. She'll read any genre but erotica. To be entered into the contest, simply blog about the contest (spread the word!)and comment in the thread with a link to your post.

Winner will be announced Aug 24th. There's only a few days left to enter. This is something you don't want to miss out on. It's an awesome opportunity you don't want to miss!

First contest...

This sickly, churning I'm feeling? Oh yeah, it most definitely is nausea. Why might you ask? I've taken a leap and have submitted my first 250 words of Fatal Visions into the Secret Agent contest. It's my first, real contest that I've entered, putting my stuff out there for the world to see.

It, I'll admit, is kind of a scary thing. I've been judged before, have had others read my work, but this time... I'm nervous. Not as nervous as the Pitch that I mentioned a few posts down, but still... the restless energy is there. Or perhaps it's the fact that I'm back to work today after having been on vacation and I just don't want to work...seriously how do you get back into work mode?

It doesn't mean anything. I may not even be one of the 50 contestants. I may have emailed right at 9am this morning, but there is no guarantee. I'll update with news as it becomes available but for the moment, even though I know that the contest doesn't really end for another 22 hours or so, I'm still doing the nervous click to refresh email that so many others have mentioned in the past.

Yep... I've been bit by the frayed nerves bug.