And the winner of a full NaNoWriMo beta-read is...

Ready to crown our winner?

Me, too! Let's do it!

The TWO winners of last week's NaNoWriMo Logline Contest are:

Emy Shin 

and 

Feywriter 

(Emy and Fey, email me your finished stories at katrina.lantz (at) gmail (dot) com in December, or whenever they're ready for a beta read. I'm looking forward to the exciting reads!)

It's so hard to sum up your novel in one line, whether you've finished writing it or not. I was impressed with all the entries and it was tough to pick one (umm, impossible, really). So I picked two, but that's my max! You guys know how busy December is. :) Thanks to everybody who entered!

Keep polishing your completed novel pitches because Operation Awesome will be having a December contest. (Note about the December contest: please do not pitch your Nano novel to our Mystery Agent. Give it time to simmer before you really tackle your revisions. You'll be glad you did.)

Kristal also has declared a BLOG BANNER WINNER over at her blog, so check that out, if you entered, to see if you're the lucky winner.

I've got a new article up on The Best Damn Creative Writing Blog:
Writers, do you read?

Lastly, but not leastly, I must direct you to Operation Awesome for a fabulous guest post by... 

Cortnee Howard 

Editor in Chief of The Best Damn Creative Writing Blog...Period.

Thank You (and a 100 followers contest)

UPDATE: Winners posted HERE.


Update: Contest closed. Wonderful entries! I'm excited and a little nervous to pick a winner. Just remember this reflects only my personal tastes and these all sound really cool! Winner will be posted Friday. Thanks, everybody who joined me!


Thanks to everyone who helped me with my logline this week! You guys are made of awesome!

And WOOHOO for waking up to find 101 followers on my blog today!! It's a nice feeling to know that my voice is being heard, and to have the chance to read so many of your blogs, as well.

In celebration, I'm having a NaNoWriMo Logline Contest--got to keep that one-line goodness going! For my amazing blog buddies only (in other words, you must be a follower), put your NaNoWriMo novel loglines in the comments and I'll pick one that makes me desperately want to read the book, and offer a full beta read/critique to be delivered in December when the Nano novels are all (hopefully) finished.

After all, once the words are down, you're going to want a second opinion. I can help you kickstart the revision phase of NaNoWriMo.

Also, the amazingly talented Kristal Shaff is running a contest of her own where you can win A BLOG BANNER designed by her for free! She did my beautiful orange banner (I see you all eyeing it admiringly!) AND the Operation Awesome blog banner and buttons, so it's totally worth commenting and following her wonderful writing blog to win.

And Miranda Kenneally just sold her DEBUT NOVEL, called SCORE! It's about the daughter of an NFL superstar who wants nothing less than to play college football. (There's also a love triangle: yummy.)
Go congratulate her and her incredible agent, Sara Megibow!

For my contest:

-slap down your one-sentence logline in the comments
-include your genre and title
(make sure you're following this blog so you'll know when I announce the winner)

Just tell me what your Nano novel is about in one sentence. Can't wait to read them!