tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45560229939462154262011-07-28T23:33:21.153-07:00Sally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556022993946215426.post-88584894528304511282010-01-07T06:07:00.000-08:002010-01-07T06:11:45.044-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EGwoS7n_kJA/S0XrYpk_vWI/AAAAAAAAATA/ZFgzYto-pVE/s1600-h/Projectchristmas.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 122px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EGwoS7n_kJA/S0XrYpk_vWI/AAAAAAAAATA/ZFgzYto-pVE/s200/Projectchristmas.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424000134948044130" /></a><br />Results of the third Paperback in Your Hand contest are up at <a href="http://www.affordablemanuscriptassessments.com">Affordable Manuscript Assessments</a> . The fourth contest is also underway. Also new at AffMssAss is Project Christmas 2010. Drop by the website to read all about it!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4556022993946215426-8858489452830451128?l=paperbackinyourhand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556022993946215426.post-79135647809585163372009-07-31T09:35:00.000-07:002009-07-31T09:38:27.030-07:00The Third Paperback in Your Hand Contest is now open for entries. If you have a story or writing project you really believe in, or if you need some fresh motivation to finish your manuscript, check out this contest. Details at <a href="http://www.affordablemanuscriptassessments.com/">http://www.affordablemanuscriptassessments.com</a> . Click on the contest logo. Entries close at the end of October 2009.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4556022993946215426-7913564780958516337?l=paperbackinyourhand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556022993946215426.post-58866618161244077972009-07-31T09:33:00.000-07:002009-07-31T09:35:29.529-07:00The winners of the Second Paperback in Your Hand contest have now been notified.<br />They are listed at <a href="http://www.affordablemanuscriptassessments.com/">http://www.affordablemanuscriptassessments.com</a> . Click on the contest logo to read the Judge's Report and excerpts from the winning entries.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4556022993946215426-5886661816124407797?l=paperbackinyourhand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556022993946215426.post-78711303108847135982009-06-30T10:24:00.000-07:002009-06-30T10:26:30.541-07:00Well, the entries are in for the second Paperback in Your Hand contest. Jusging is about to begin. And guess what? entries for the third contest open in a few days' time, so if you meant to enter and didn't quite get around to it you can catch the next round.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4556022993946215426-7871130310884713598?l=paperbackinyourhand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556022993946215426.post-48906749204426994672009-05-04T07:31:00.000-07:002009-05-04T07:32:55.346-07:00The covers are up for the winner and runner up in the first Paperback in Your Hand contest. You can see them at http://www.affordablemanuscriptassessments.com/excerpts.htm<br /><br />The authors should soon have their prize copies.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4556022993946215426-4890674920442699467?l=paperbackinyourhand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556022993946215426.post-40980443155519972232009-04-14T08:45:00.000-07:002009-04-14T08:52:19.463-07:00Bog Swamp Boogie, the runner up in the first Paperback in Your Hand contest, is back from its author for a final polishing edit. Next step- Bryan will provide a bio, photo, blurb and anything else he would like to feature in the paperback of his book.<br /><br />I'm mulling over an "imprint" name for prize winners. These are not official publications, but it might be fun to have a logo. I suppose Paperback in Your Hand Books would be too much of a mouthful? How about PiyH? No? Too difficult to pronounce? Um... PapHand. No, sounds like a worker in a babyfood factory. Time Machine Books? Wish Books? Prize Books? Pride Books? Come on, readers... if you have any brilliant ideas, please let me know in Comments!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4556022993946215426-4098044315551997223?l=paperbackinyourhand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4556022993946215426.post-75154943541929468772009-04-14T08:31:00.000-07:002009-04-14T08:34:38.414-07:00The first Paperback in Your Hand contest has closed, and the results are in. <br />First<br />Jade and the Rubberfaces, by Catherine Bannister (sf)<br /><br />Runner Up<br />Bog Swamp Boogie by Bryan Evans (Aussie animal comedy)<br /><br />Highly Commended<br />A New Kind of Normal, by Ian Harrison (ghost/family story)<br />FireFlight, by Michelle Tatam (YA sf)<br />Poodlesheep, by Kerri McDonald (animal story)<br />Wishcraft, by A Seib (YA fantasy)<br />The Dance of Looks, by Anna Habryn (poetry)<br /><br />Thank you to everyone who entered. The next round begins tomorrow, April 15th, 2009.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4556022993946215426-7515494354192946877?l=paperbackinyourhand.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sally_Odgershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08556799528006564605noreply@blogger.com0