A Vote You Won’t Regret
We interrupt this “All Roy, All the Time” program for an announcement. About me.
One of my stories has been accepted by the America’s Next Author competition. It is a social writing contest, and the winner receives $5,000 and connections for a book deal.
“Social writing” means the more my story gets talked about and shared in social media, the better my chances to get one of the eight available nominations. I reworked my story about the Old Charleston Jail in honor of Halloween, and I hope you like it.
If you are so inclined, here’s how you can help me win a slot:
- Click this link and write a 5-star review. If you do not see the link on the words ‘click this link,’ here is the link in full: http://www.ebookmall.com/author/andra-watkins
- After you write your review, go to the buttons on the upper-right hand side of the page and share it. A whole host of sharing tools are available, but the ones that will help me most are Facebook, Twitter, Linked In and Tumblr. It only takes an extra click.
- Please do not kill me if I send you a personal message and ask you to do something small and specific.
I am willing to put some airline miles on the line for the person who tweets, shares and otherwise talks up this story the most. We’re having a party for reader Lou Mello on January 11, 2013, and I’d love to redeem some of my airline miles to bring a reader to Charleston for the party. Airline miles only, but still, airfare somewhere is better than an iPad any day, if you can stand to fly Delta.
Right?
Thank you so much for spending time with these words every day. You inspire me to keep trying, to never give up.
P.S. Two of my friends are also in the competition, and I won’t be offended at all if you look them up and cast a vote for them. In fact, I owe Cameron a word of thanks for getting me into this in the first place. Cameron Garriepy’s story is here and Lance Burson’s is here.
OK, I tumbled, linked arms, chirped and looked in the mirror…..should be good for 7 million undecided votes.
Thank you, Lou. I saw your review. Well done.
Salutes. Cap’n Andra, I have voted and tweeted Ma’am.
And damn if I’d known you were submitting, I’d have totally included your name in my post yesterday!!
Ah, yes. The saga of my submitting. I expanded the story, created new content and edited on the final day of the first round, AKA The Day I Had the Migraine.
Their notification to me went to my spam folder.
I found it yesterday.
So, no worries. I appreciate your reviewing on the story and sharing it.
I believe that we should all re-designate the spam folder as the official in box….seems all the good stuff goes there anyway.
My spam box can be entertaining.
Excellent work!
Thanks, Lori.
Exciting! I’ll head over in the morning and review.
Thank you very much, Annabelle.
I want the iPad, not the miles. Or a big kiss from Lou!!
You’ll have to talk to Lou about that. Or, just accost him the next time you see him.
GAH! Two words: CREE PY! Reviewed!
Thank you, Roxanne. Very, very much.
Wow! That’s great, Andra. I’ll pop over later and do my thing. Good luck.
Thank you, Penny.
You’ve done a great job. Intense stuff. I’ve tried to comment on ebookmail but I have to sign up in order to do that.
I am not sure how it appears for people outside the US. It may ask for more information. I appreciate your reading and trying, Roger.
Andra, I’m going to make myself a note to do this. My uncle is coming into town from Belgium and I have to clean and bake and on and on. But once he’s gone later this week, I will do my part. I almost missed this post! Crazy week for me.
Hugs,
Kathy
Good luck getting everything done, Kathy. I hope you enjoy his visit.
You would have to pick the ONE story of yours that I couldn’t finish.
Best of luck to you in the competition. Maybe I can figure out a way to promote your horror tale without actually having to read it.
It is a different story now. Reworked and expanded into something new. But, the torture element is there.
Thanks for the well wishes, Nancy.
Here ya go!
http://nrhatch.wordpress.com/2012/10/17/ghost-tale-from-the-charleston-jail/
Thanks much, Nancy!! Wow. That is awesome.
All the best, Andra. Climb every mountain, as that nun once warbled.
Haha. It feels like a cliff sometimes.
So much for reading from my iPad…I missed this post! I will do this tomorrow from a computer! This is super!
Thanks, Debra. I appreciate it very much.
Right, I’ve reviewed it – now Cap’n Technophobe is Off To Find The Tweet Button.
Many, many thanks, Jim!!
No worries Andra – you’ve got talent girl – stick with it!
Did I put this on your radar? I shall be sure to bask in the glow of knowing you when you sweep the nominations.
There are writers I admire and writers whose talent stuns me into stupidity; there are writers who are far kinder to me than I might have hoped. When all three collide? What a fantastic thing is that?
However it turns out, yes, you put it on my radar. I submitted the day I had a migraine. Wrote the new material and edited everything, which probably accounts for excessive description. But, I’m glad I did it. Thank you. I feel the same way about you. I am proud to know you now, and I am going to love toasting your fabulous famous-ness.
I saw your other post and of course went and voted. I missed this one… I’ll go back and do something else…