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 |  This is a continuation of my blogging here at WdC |
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This will be a blog for my writing, maybe with (too much) personal thrown in. I am hoping it will be a little more interactive, with me answering questions, helping out and whatnot. If it falls this year (2024), then I may stop the whole blogging thing, but that's all a "wait and see" scenario. An index of topics can be found here: "Writing Blog No.2 Index"  Feel free to comment and interact. |
| Quills 2023 So… apparently I did okay in the Quill awards for 2023. Now, I do understand the Quills are a site-only thing and that things need to be nominated by readers, but last year (2022) was the first time I had been nominated for anything (I was one of 2 nominated for a category, so didn’t win anything). Now, in my 14th year, I was nominated 8 times and… won? I was half-inclined to withdraw any works nominated last year after I was told by someone they had nominated me, but thought it wouldn’t matter, as I won’t win; my writing style does not normally resonate with people on WdC. I might be widely published, but that does not mean everyone likes my stuff, and judging by the (very, very few) reviews I get here, my work is “fine.” Oh, and it is interesting that what I normally write – spec fic in all its guises (horror, fantasy, scifi) – was not where I was nominated. I know nominations depend completely upon someone bothering to do the nominating, but that I found something odd. Anyway, here’s how I went: Best Flash Fiction winner: "Audrey" Best Blog winner: "Writing Blog" Best Overall Fiction winner: "Audrey" Experience Genre hon mention: "Writing Blog" Comedy/Satire Genre finalist: "A Quokka Visit... Or St. Nicholas?" Holiday Genre winner: "A Quokka Visit... Or St. Nicholas?" So, yeah, I think I did okay. I don’t agree with some of the things I won – I think my current Writing Blog, this one, which I started in January, is far better than the one that won, for example – and because of the seemingly random way things are nominated, I think the best thing I wrote on WdC in 2023 was not even nominated, but that is the way of awards, I suppose. Thanks to those who did nominate me, thanks to the judges, and especially thanks to Lilli who held the whole thing together. |
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