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Archive for 11. February 2009
Feb 11 - The Chuck’s Comments
11. February 2009 by The Chuck.
Good month. February is a good month. It’s shorter than the rest, so the retirement check comes faster. My Mom’s birthday would have been today. She passed away in October of 2000. I entered the 2009 Amazon Breakthough Novel Award (ABNA) contest.
Did I tell you I entered the 2009 ABNA? If you remember last year, I was cut when the field was reduced to 100. I did make it to the top 836. I took some computer based instruction, then took a continuing education class with published author, engineer, and teacher Connie Cox, it was well worth the investment. Shortly after that, I had to admit my original manuscript for 2008 was pretty bad.
I joined the national American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), but haven’t found the time to join the local chapter. I was attending meetings with the Centenary Writers Group, but I haven’t been lately because the job got a little demanding, along the time I was putting into my writing to get ready for the 2009 ABNA contest. Did I tell you that I entered my novel?
Oh, I did. Okay.
This year the field was limited to 10,000 entries and they’re going to cull the herd down to 500 on the Ides of March (15 March). Reed could tell you that was the first day of the Roman New Year, which also marked the first day of spring back then. The soothsayer warned Julius Caesar to “beware the Ides of March” but he blew it off like a solo student ignoring his clock at the final approach fix–Marcus Brutus (Caesar’s trusted wingman) stabbed him dead in 44 BC.
Hopefully my writing has improved enough to make it to the top 500. After that the next cut will be that dreaded top 100 rung I failed to reach last year. I’ll keep you posted.
The contest is not only bigger and faster moving this year, it’s also more complicated. We all had to write a description of 300 words or less. Before I post it here, I need to say “Happy birthday” to my Mom. I think they might have the Internet in Heaven–everybody is supposed to be computer literate too.
“Happy Birthday, Mom. Love you.”
Okay guys, I’m back. Here’s the description I promised you:
THE DRAGONEERS by Charles Sutherland
Description: THE DRAGONEERS, a historical fantasy set in the antediluvian nation of Sethica, follows the adventures of Susah–the headstrong daughter of the most famous shipwright in history. Susah refuses to join her three brothers in helping her father build a boat that most people believe will never float. She wants to do something exciting with her life. Against her parents’ wishes, she leaves home on a quest to become one of the dragoneers-an elite fraternity of warriors sworn to defend an ancient garden against all trespassers.
Deep in Sethopolis’ roughest neighborhood, the evil giantess Lilith dreams of seizing the secrets of immortality and other powers, which she believes are hidden within the walls of the forbidden garden zone of Eden. Shortly after a mysterious spirit advises Lilith to kill Susah’s entire family in order to achieve her goal, Susah and her three young cousins enter Lilith’s lair. As they run through the city streets for their lives, death pursues them.
Will the assassins kill Susah before she can learn the Sethican warriors’ ancient martial art secrets? Just how good does Susah have to be before the dragoneers will accept a woman into their ranks? Will the dragoneers succeed in defending the garden zone of Eden against the forces of evil, despite Lilith’s perfectly crafted plan?
Could it be possible that the world that existed before the great flood in Genesis was as advanced in some ways or even better in other ways as our world is today? Read and decide for yourself.
After you’ve experienced Susah’s first adventure outside of her father’s garden, you may find yourself referring to the real scriptures–only to discover that THE DRAGONEERS is quite plausible. As wild as Susah’s ride may seem, there really is more to the story than you’ve been told.
Doesn’t that make you want to read the book?
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