These past few months have been very encouraging in my writing journey. Although my new words have been minimal, I have made great strides professionally. I won “Best First Sentence Contest” Thrillerfest 2017, an international conference (International Thriller Writers) Authors who judged are in bold and the winners listed in their category (below). I have been saving for this NYC conference and hope to make it in 2018.
I received a “good rejection” from a publisher and I am resubmitting it after edits. That’s the same as a request in my opinion.
I have a phone consultation with a NYC publisher’s editor regarding my projects and the marketplace. After that consult, it is my hope to have better direction on which novel should be pursued based on the market.This is not to be confused with writing for the market, because I do not. But having five novels started, I need some direction from an outside source. Choosing between them is comparable to asking me which of my sons I love most. Can’t be done.
I am hashing out a series with a Co-Author that is very exciting and will be so much fun to write. A mystery, may be cozy, not sure at this juncture outside of there are two main characters that are good friends and polar opposites. I will write one character and she will write the other as we remain distinct voice and POV. A fun working title is “Bowling for Murder”. Can’t you just picture the people involved? Electric, real-world individuals. Oh yes, this is going to be a blast.
Congratulations to all the winners from Thrillerfest 2017, champions one and all.
See you in the bookstores!
Kolin
Best First Sentence Contest (http://thrillerfest.com/best-first-sentence-contest/)
WINNERS OF THE BEST FIRST SENTENCE CONTEST
ThrillerFest XII (July 2017)
F. Paul Wilson
Winner: Dorothy McFalls
Alexandrina Boniface, the little girl with the midnight black hair, should have been exactly like the other giggly nine-year-old girls in Paris, but she wasn’t–not quite–and that seemed to trouble everyone who knew her.
Steven James
Winner: Kyle Steele
Tommy squatted by the cage, studied the woman, and wondered what he’d done to deserve such a fine gift from the preacher man.
Grant Blackwood
Winner: Ray Daniel
There is tremendous freedom in being a terrible person.
D.P. Lyle:
Winner: Susan Klaus
Jake, I ain’t diggin’ no hole when the gator will take care of him.
Steve Berry:
Winner: Guy Bolling
She was the kind of woman who never wore a bra and always carried a gun.
Gayle Lynds:
Winner: Emily Littlejohn
Josiah Grey drowned in the desert.
Lee Child:
Winner: Tim Lees
I used to be in the Beatles.
Meg Gardiner:
Winner: Paul Levine
Thirty seconds after the jury announced its verdict, I decided to kill my client.
Donald Maass:
Winner: Lea Storry
I’ve been told Earth once had four seasons.
Andy Gross:
Winner: Kolin Mofield
Not all drag queens are gay and rarely do you find one dead in a sushi bar.
Congratulations! Great line.
Wahhhhh! Thanks Diana!