January 28, 2019

Pitch Wars is a wild, wonderful, rollercoaster of emotions from start to finish. First, the contest is a strong motivator to finish your manuscript in order to enter. If you’re lucky enough to win a spot in the contest, months of revising your manuscript with your mentor(s) await. As the days tick down to the…

December 28, 2018

2018 was a year of writing firsts for me. In January, I took the plunge and entered my sci-fi novel, THE BRASS QUEEN, into the RWA® 2018 Golden Heart® contest. In March, as I prepared for an impending snowstorm, I received a jaw-dropping phone call from the RWA board announcing my novel was a finalist…