32 days until the next ABNA announcement

[jaeten]

A couple of days ago, I was relieved and ecstatic to find out that I'd survived to the quarterfinal round in ABNA, the final 500. That jubilation was tempered by the knowledge that my good friend Swankivy (and, no matter if she doubts it, the only reason I was able to be in the competition at all) did not make it with her novel Stupid Questions.

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[jaeten]

hehe, I'm not that worried in terms of my chances vs. the other folks; I'm actually kinda scared of angry people and their posts! I figure if I posted anything, the chances are that they'd a) completely ignore it, like shunning the nerdy kid who wants to sit at your clique's table at lunch or 2) jump down my throat, because it seems like a lot of them subscribe to the "if you have nothing angry to say, don't say anything at all" mentality. Yikes...I'd rather just keep my mouth shut, like I'm sure a lot of the other quarterfinalists are doing. I haven't seen any of the other names from our category except Don Falloon.

And damn, thanks for the reminder about saving the reviews; I'll save everything I get to a Word doc. Yup, even the "sic-fi" thing...

Haha, "fate hangs in the balance"...I know, I know, it's definitely hokey and overdramatic.

And I've e-mailed you how to find me on Facebook, that's probably the easiest way. I actually have a Twitter account, too! (And I forget what it is, how to log in...and I've tweeted exactly once about some guy who made an Ebay fee calculator page who apparently passed away...yeah, don't ask). I really am not a social media guy but I'm not anti; I just kind of stay away. If I get any further in ABNA, though, I'll probably try to get more into Twitter!