Angela Spencer

I did it!!!

I hit 50K. To celebrate, a little Hey Ya!

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Anthology and NaNoWriMo Progress

I received an email from All Romance eBooks on Friday with links to the anthology eBooks, but I was out of town with future in-laws and didn’t have very good Internet access.You can find the sweet romance anthology, which includes my story, here:

http://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-justonebitevolumethree-484627-139.html

In other news, I’m plugging away at my novel. I’m currently about 37K words with only three more days left. Unplanned trips to the hospital and spending Thanksgiving out of town did not do me any favors on this front. I’m hoping to have a strong rally today and tomorrow. I can’t vouch for how much writing time I’ll have on Tuesday so I want to hedge my bets as much as I can. Wish me luck!

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Lordy, lordy, where does the time go?

I’ve been focused most of November on NaNoWriMo and a convention I was attending, so the blog has been neglected. Toss into this the fact that I had a delightful medical emergency has not helped.Now I’m running a malware killer on my laptop, and so I’m taking some time to update here. (Note to self: back up your novel!)

I got a good chunk of writing done on the way up from Portland, but I’m still behind the curve for NaNo progress. My main hope had been to squeeze out the full novel in 30 days, some 60-80K instead of 50K. I’m feeling less optimistic about that. Hopefully I can get more cranked out tonight and have a good stretch tomorrow.

I am doing much better with my outline this year than last year. Many props go to Kij Johnson, whose novel workshoppers this last summer were kind enough to give me the 411 on her advice.

My other quasi news is that I may be writing reviews for another site besides AC. This new site, called Rise Reviews, will focus on books put out by companies that do not pay pro rates. Those publications get short shrift in other review sites, so this site hopes to provide more support for the smaller markets. I’ll post links when there are links to post.

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Anthology!

Whew, busy week. I could go on about, “Oh, I’m so busy working and trying to meet some writing deadlines and get my outline done.” But, really, this is the exciting part:

As previously mentioned, ARe is compiling the stories into three anthologies. Volume 1 will feature all the male-on-male stories, Volume 2 will have the steamier romances and volume 3 will have the sweet romances. My story, “Something Fishy,” will be in Volume 3. It looks like there will be a limited release of it around Thanksgiving and a general release later on. I’ll provide more info as I have it!

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Assorted newsly bits.

Despite a strong rally, I did not make it to Round 2. But kudos should go out to Frances Pauli, who received more votes than I. From the conversations I’ve had with her over email she seems quite awesome. I encourage you to vote for her story if you are so inclined. Voting for Round 2 ends on Thursday the 14th.And if you enjoy her writing you can short stories on her site and a novel in ebook format. Roarke, a sci-fi romance, is availbel for purchase through Divine Destines and Amazon.com.

My story is no longer up for reading right now, but I’ve confirmed with the folks at ARe that after the contest all 32 stories will be compiled into ebook anthologies that you can obtain for free from them. I will provide more info when I have it.

I have a few anthologies to which I’m looking to submit. I will probably post samples behind a password if people would like to read them and offer feedback.

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Just keep on swimming, swimming

Still trailing in the first round of the Just One Bite contest. Feeling less and less hopeful. Still, five days remaining for the voting. Things could turn around.

Submitted my first article to Associated Content and it is pending approval. It and future articles will be available here. For now I’ll also be cross posting articles to this blog as well.

Today I also signed up for NaNoWriMo, and my profile can be found here. I’ve done it before under a different name, but this will be my first year doing it as me. My goal is to write the first novel of the series that my short story kicks off.

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Good morning world!

Well, things are looking a little sad on the contest front. Trailing by 14 votes. Still have, what? Five and a half days left in the contest, but in terms of trends this is very sobering.

First article for AC is nearly done. I’m going to have Danny review it since he has more experience with AC. I’ll cross post it here when it’s ready.

Nothing else to report this morning world. I’m very tired and have a long day ahead of me.

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Voting is open!

Voting is now open in the Just One Bite contest. You can vote here:

My story is “Something Fishy” by Angela Spencer.

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Busy Girl is Busy

Today ushered in some exciting news! Scant days after sending off my contest entry, I received word back today that I’m one of 32 finalists. For all I know there were only 34 submissions, but I’ll take my early victories where I can.

I’ve also recently set up an Associated Content account. I’ve been reading a fair chunk of paranormal romance later to steep myself better in the genre. I’m thinking I should write reviews to offset some expenses. Get these books working for me.

Anywho. Voting on the contest starts tomorrow. I’ll post more details as I have them.

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Busy weekend

I sent off my entry to the Just One Bite Short Story Contest. This is the first of my deep one stories. I wanted to hold off on making this a full fledged novel, but I just couldn’t pass up the contest.

I should know by this Friday whether or not I make it past the first phase into the reader voting. I don’t know how many people are submitting, but only 32 will be in the next phase of the contest. Very nerve wracking.

Also on Friday, registration for NaNoWriMo 2010 opens up. I’m thinking of working up a novel-length sequel to the short story I submitted. Decisions, decisions.

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