More than one poster on the Avon FanLit forum has remarked upon its addictive qualities. When submissions and voting are in full swing, dust bunnies grow dust bunnies, refrigerators and cupboards grow bare, and we all forget to eat. It wasn't until dinner on Monday that I realized I hadn't consumed anything but one cup of coffee and one cup of tea. I've lost three pounds this week, and I'm not even on a diet!
So, this week in FanLit, I submitted one very silly entry oh-so-wittily entitled The Fairy Tale Fractures. It started out as an X-Files parody, but then wound up going in a rather different, more Shrek-like direction. In the end, it was neither fish nor fowl--not really a parody and not really a straight entry, either, but a little of both. However, as you can probably guess by the title and the Shrek/X-Files angles, it definitely headed into paranormal territory and therefore had zero chance of getting into the final round.
Imagine my surprise, therefore, when several people (including the winner of the last round) commented in the forum that my entry was in their top ten lists. I was flattered beyond words. (Okay, I'm a writer. I was not flattered beyond words. But darned close!)
When the final ten were announced yesterday afternoon, mine was not among them. No surprise. Really, we are supposed to be writing a Regency novella, not a paranormal parody. I know people enjoyed my entry and I'm satisfied with that. As with A Regency Enterprise, even I wouldn't want to write the next chapter based on the one I submitted this time. So I'm completely cool with it.
But guess who did make the final ten? Our very own Lacey Kaye! She refused to state which entry is hers in her blog, so I guess I'm supposed to be hush-hush about it so as not to sway the voting, but I will say that it contains both a lot of purple and a lot of cats. As of this morning, her entry had also received a Player's Pick from the winner of the last round and Author's Picks from Cathy Maxwell and Victoria Alexander. Does Lacey rock, or what?
There were also great entries in the last round from the rest of the "gang". Lynne Simpson had both a straight entry and a time-travel parody entry which shall forever after be known as "The Viagra Entry". The straight entry was good, but the Viagra one was hilarious. Unfortunately, I read the parody first, which sort of spoiled the real one for me, LOL.
Darcy submitted two entries, the second of which she didn't even have time to write a "real" promo for. In an ironic twist, I think her hurried promo which read "Out of time - just read it! A duel, some witty repartee, it's kind of cute. I'm out of time!" was actually more appealing and intriguing than most of the ones people sweated over (including mine). I expect that one to finish in the top 30 if not the top 20.
Tomorrow afternoon, we'll know where all our entries finished and I'll post to links to all of them. In the meantime, cross your fingers for Lacey's entry, Sweet Deception. (Oh, shoot, I just gave it away!) I want to write purple cats in the next round!
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You know, Jacqueline, that spelling out the V-word may get you some wicked strange hits to your blog. :-) I've been wondering if I'll use a euphemism or not when I talk about it on mine.
It'll be interesting to see if Darcy's non-promo actually got more page views than the other. She may have started a trend!
You're naughty! And your Fairy Tale Fractures were sooooo popular. People will get a real treat when you post the link!
Lynne, I think in the next round all my promos are going to say "If you liked A Regency Enterprise or The Fairy Tale Fractures, you should read this, because the same person wrote it! If you hated them and thought they were stupid, skip it because it's a waste of your time."
And Lacey, the link for The Fairy Tale Fractures is enabled. I just decided not to try to do links to everyone else's entries in this post. (I'll just wait for you to do all the work again and then steal your code, LOL!)
That's it, Jacqueline! Blurbs! You could even get other people to agree to blurb you, just like in real life. :-)
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