Every failure is a step to success.

Well, today is the 12th and no email. That means that I was one of the 29 eliminated from the YA category. I'm not going to lie, it hurts a lot more than I thought it would, but it isn't the end of the world. It certainly isn't the end of my writing. In fact, it's just the beginning.

So, where do I go from here? Truth is I don't really know. I am hoping to hear from the judges who had my entry. I want to see if they can give me some insight into why they didn't pick me and what I need to do to improve things. I know I need to add a few thousand words to the manuscript. I need to find a freelance editor, though I have someone in minds if she'll have me as a client. After I have this thing perfectly polished and tweaked I'll try querying some agents one on one. If that doesn't work I guess I'll self publish.

Thank you all for your support and positive thoughts, please know that this is not over, not by a long shot.

A nice little fact to keep me going here is a list of famous authors shoe were rejected repeatedly.

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