I received word from Michael Young that Sing We Now of Christmas earned over $1000, all of which was donated to the National Down Syndrome Society. All further proceeds will be continued to be donated there. It has been a really neat experience to work with such a great group of writers, editors, and designers on a project where all labor and talents were given without compensation for a cause.
Sing We Now of Christmas is the first volume of a three-part Christmas anthology project. The second volume will be titled Carol of the Tales and will be coming out this fall. It will include two of my stories, one of Brian's, and another that we wrote together. I'll be keeping you posted! :)
Showing posts with label short story. Show all posts
Showing posts with label short story. Show all posts
Jan 19, 2013
Jan 6, 2013
"Sing We Now of Christmas" Success!
I just heard that Sing We Now of Christmas has made over $600 in profit. All profits will be donated to the National Down Syndrome Society. Thank you for supporting this wonderful cause! Let's keep it up!
Dec 21, 2012
Winner, Winner!
My story "Hark!" just tied for the Reader's Choice award in the 2012 LDS Publisher Christmas Story Contest. Thank you to everyone who participated!
In case you hazarded a guess, my other story was "Nepotism," and Brian's was "An Unlit Fire." Check them out!
In case you hazarded a guess, my other story was "Nepotism," and Brian's was "An Unlit Fire." Check them out!
Dec 18, 2012
Vote Now!
You can now vote in the LDS Publisher 2012 Christmas Story Contest. Anyone can vote! But you only have through 12/19/12. Check out the instructions here: http://www.ldspublisher.com/2012/12/2012-christmas-story-voting-instructions/.
No, I won't tell you which stories are mine or Brian's, so you'll just have to vote blindly and be surprised!
No, I won't tell you which stories are mine or Brian's, so you'll just have to vote blindly and be surprised!
Dec 15, 2012
2012 Christmas Stories Posted!
All of the Christmas stories are posted for the LDS Publisher Christmas story contest. You can read them all here. Voting will begin next week, so this is your chance to get started with reading! Can you guess which ones are mine and which one is Brian's? Kudos to you if you can guess right!
Dec 6, 2012
Sing We Now of Christmas Signing--Tonight!
Tonight a group of authors featured in Sing We Now of Christmas will be caroling and signing books at the Pleasant Grove, Utah Library from 7-9pm. Unfortunately Brian and I have a conflict and won't be able to attend, but you can find out more about the event at the anthology website: http://adventanthology.
Dec 3, 2012
Dec 1, 2012
Why It's Okay That I Didn't Win NaNoWriMo This Year:
- 14,500 (29%) is better than zero.
- I made myself write A LOT, which really helped work me out of a rut.
- I made/encouraged Brian to write a lot, so ditto for him.
- Having the LDSP Christmas story contest deadline this month was totally not fair. It took me hours to polish up submission-ready stories, hours that could have been pumping out many thousands of raw, unpolished story. Plus, she didn't even give much of a heads-up about this, so there wasn't much time in October to prepare. But, I'll quit my whining. I'm glad I emerge from November with two finished stories.
- 11/30 was the first day all month that my kids actually napped at the same time (they've been tag-teaming it all month, which means no mommy break time).
- Even just the participation badge is pretty spiffy this year, so I'm glad I at least tried!
- I won the last two years in a row (2011 and 2010), so 2:1 is pretty still pretty good.
- It's 12/1 and instead of burned out, I'm on a roll. I'm ready to keep my goals going this next month (and hopefully the month after that, and the one after that...) instead of feeling like my brain is fried and I have a million projects/chores I have to catch up on. I feel so energetic and free!
- I have a reason to participate in Camp NaNoWriMo in the summer. Twice a year is too much, but now it will be a chance to make up for my imperfect November.
- I made myself write A LOT, which really helped work me out of a rut.
- I made/encouraged Brian to write a lot, so ditto for him.
- Having the LDSP Christmas story contest deadline this month was totally not fair. It took me hours to polish up submission-ready stories, hours that could have been pumping out many thousands of raw, unpolished story. Plus, she didn't even give much of a heads-up about this, so there wasn't much time in October to prepare. But, I'll quit my whining. I'm glad I emerge from November with two finished stories.
- 11/30 was the first day all month that my kids actually napped at the same time (they've been tag-teaming it all month, which means no mommy break time).
- Even just the participation badge is pretty spiffy this year, so I'm glad I at least tried!
- I won the last two years in a row (2011 and 2010), so 2:1 is pretty still pretty good.
- It's 12/1 and instead of burned out, I'm on a roll. I'm ready to keep my goals going this next month (and hopefully the month after that, and the one after that...) instead of feeling like my brain is fried and I have a million projects/chores I have to catch up on. I feel so energetic and free!
- I have a reason to participate in Camp NaNoWriMo in the summer. Twice a year is too much, but now it will be a chance to make up for my imperfect November.
Nov 30, 2012
LDS Publisher 2012 Christmas Story Contest
I submitted two stories and Brian submitted one to this year's LDS Publisher Christmas Story Contest. This is our fourth year participating, and we love it! It was pretty crazy getting final drafts finished during November, but I'm still grateful for the opportunity to finish and submit something. I'll update later when the stories are posted.P.S. The nice thing about the contest deadline being before December even start is that now that it really is Christmastime, I keep thinking of stories to write for next year . . . :)
Nov 2, 2012
Oct 31, 2012
Checkin' It Twice
Checkin' It Twice has been released! This anthology features two of my stories and one of Brian's. Check it out (ha!) at www.checkinittwice.blogspot.com. And isn't the cover cute? :)
Oct 12, 2012
Sing We Now of Christmas
It has been really fun for me to work with two awesome teams of LDS writers this year throughout the process of putting together two Christmas anthologies.
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