And the Winners Are...

[meredith_wood]

LJ will not let me do this all in one post, so I guess we get to split it up.  :-) 
First place winners have their choice of these three avatars:  

Comments

[shaelise]

Such fun! Yay to all the winners. Thanks for posting. Makes me want to read too. :)

[meredith_wood]

It was so much fun. :-) And everyone that entered was soo good. I think I'm back into the game now. :-)

[robinellen]

Congrats, Lauren -- and I'm so glad you've found enjoyment in reading again, Shea :)

[meredith_wood]

It was a reading blitz that I loved doing. Everyone who entered is so talented. I certainly ready to dive back into reading now. :-)

[fandoria]

Congrats, Lauren! And I agree, there's so much voice in here. I also like the setting. Great job.

[laurenem6]

Aw, thanks! I'm so flattered to be the winner. Thanks for doing this contest. It made me feel really good.

I'm glad you like the voice. The problem I was having in this novel was that I used two POV characters, and they both ended up sounding the same.

I wish I had more space for icons. Boo.

Happy reading!!

[meredith_wood]

I really hope you can get back into it. I know that's hard ending up with the same voice. You might try picking out a few common phrases for each character that will separate them, or where this one says, "I mean," for the other character use another phrase. I think it'd be worth the effort. I saw so much promise in this opening.

[angie_frazier]

Go Lauren!! Congrats!