Rita update
Um...I finaled.Twice.
Cool.
UPDATE 3/26/07: Here's the Official List of Rita finalists. I finaled in Best First Book and Best Novel with Strong Romantic Elements. Yipes, heavy competition in both categories. Good thing I'm not planning to win. But I am planning to
What the heck is Strong Romantic Elements*, you ask?
It's the Best Non-Romance with a Damn Good Love Story. It's sometimes just called "Mainstream." Among this year's finalists in the category are chick-lit novels, mysteries, and historical fiction novels. And, er, mine. So it's a wide variety, which makes it even more of a subjective crapshoot than other categories, because the judges might not have a taste for your kind of work.
However, whenever I judge a contest, I always choose Strong Romantic Elephants, because I enjoy an esoteric mix of reading material. So anyone looking for a full-blooded, wait-until-the-last-page-to-say-I-love-you romance probably wouldn't choose to judge that category. But it's a subjective crapshoot nonetheless, and I wouldn't have felt bad if I didn't final.
I could have entered Eyes of Crow in the Paranormal Romance category, but I felt that it was a fantasy/coming-of-age story first, and a romance second.
The awards will be announced on July 14 at a big hoop-dee-doo wrapping up the Romance Writers of America Conference in Dallas.
Which I somehow have to find a way to afford. Does anyone need their house cleaned? Dog groomed? Shower recaulked? I'm an excellent driver.
*which I've decided to start calling Strong Romantic Elephants, and if anyone would like to draw me a picture to represent that, I'll start a gallery here and maybe take it with me to Dallas. Works in all media, including crayon, will be accepted.
Labels: awards, Eyes of Crow
9 Comments:
Posted by:
Rob S. at 3/25/2007 5:56 PM
Cecilia
Posted by:
Anonymous at 3/25/2007 8:55 PM
Posted by:
Cynthia Eden at 3/26/2007 12:17 PM
Posted by:
Andrew at 3/26/2007 6:45 PM
P.S. Strong romantic elephants--love it!
Posted by:
Gabrielle at 3/27/2007 6:15 AM
Robin
Posted by:
Robin D Owens at 3/27/2007 9:42 AM
It's nice to be honored by fellow authors, but in the end it's the readers' opinions that count, and most of them, frankly, don't give a hoot about awards.
Not that I'm downplaying the achievement (well, I do have a bit of a Groucho Marx complex), but it's good to keep these things in perspective.
Posted by:
Jeri at 3/27/2007 11:44 AM
Posted by:
Adrian at 3/27/2007 10:19 PM
Somehow the phrase "Dallas here I come!" has an odd ring to it. I had a better feeling about "Austin Baaaybeee!"
I'll take you up on the dress offer. I can brag that it's been to Carnegie Hall. And Gabriel can have one of my dresses in return. Soon he'll be tall enough for them.
Posted by:
Jeri at 3/28/2007 6:03 PM
Post a Comment