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Sandi Underwood was born a PK (Preacher’s Kid) in the beautiful East Tennessee Mountains, where family stories were passed down, generation-to-generation. Her love of writing was cultivated at an early age when family get-togethers and Church dinners-on-the-grounds provided an idyllic backdrop for memories that fuel her stories. Sandi’s early career included working with children in both the public and private sectors. Later in life, her path took a different direction, but her love of books was ever-present. Today, she shares a home with her rescue dog, Gus, and draws inspiration from her grandchildren as she continues to write for both children and adults. Learn more at www.sandiunderwood.net and track her writing journey at www.sandiu.blogspot.com, follow her on Twitter @SandiGCY, and like her Facebook page at Sandi Underwood/gcywriter or email her at sandiu@comcast.net.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Do Contests Really Help?

My 80+K-word novel, BLOOD MONEY, recently made it to the quarterfinalists in the Amazon.com new novel contest. I was elated. I was selected as one of 250 out of 5k entries. Unfortunately, that was as far as the manuscript went in the contest, but I was happy to have made it that far. Then I used that info in a query to a popular online YA site. The 'would-be' agent-wanna-be didn't read past my 'claim to fame,' stating the fact it didn't win spoke volumes and one should never include 'near misses.' I still believe a creditable contest can draw positive attention and will continue to use the quarterfinalist info in my bio.
Now the review by PW on said entry is another blog...I'm still smarting over that.
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