6th Annual Gutsy Great Novelist Chapter One Prize The 6th Annual Gutsy Great Novelist Chapter One Prize will be awarded for an outstanding first chapter of an unpublished novel.

Deadline alert! Got a killer first chapter? Enter the Annual Gutsy Great Novelist Chapter One Prize by tomorrow, March 3. $1,000 first prize for an unpublished novel's opening chapter. Open internationally, all genres, 18+. $20 fee.

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a spiderman is jumping in the air with his arms outstretched in a cartoon . ALT: a spiderman is jumping in the air with his arms outstretched in a cartoon .

2 more chapters drafted today! Woot!!

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I lost track of time and nearly missed National Cat Day! OTOH, Chapter 8 is almost done!

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Well, I'm glad at least SOMEONE is using this! I'd planned on biking in-between writing chapters🤔

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Oh, I wish these were real!

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Back to class tomorrow. He's all prepared with his bag, pen, and whiteboard marker 🙂📚🎒

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Found my desk like this when I walked into my office 🐈🩷

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Pawetics

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She's proofreading my work carefully, but remains unimpressed.

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I'm trying to attach an actual number to this 🤔

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I feel attacked 😅

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Catsanova's hard at work making biscuits. I'll be pitching a manuscript this weekend, and he wants me to keep my strength up.

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My day 😅

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Maybe I should write a memoir like that, too!

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It's laundry day, and my towels and "hand wash only's" got mixed up.

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Matt Purrdock / Daredevil

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A bandaged, elevated foot with a Ziploc bag of ice on it. Gray and white cat asleep in the distance.

The excitement never ends! Oh well. I've been meaning to get to Emily Henry's newest book, anyway😅

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a man in a green shirt is blowing his nose into a paper bag .. ALT: a man in a green shirt is blowing his nose into a paper bag ..

Omw to a live pitch writing conference and a little nervous. Wish me luck!

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Well, not my first choice but sure. Buy lots of copies 😅

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Who's that, short sheeting the bead? 😅

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I'm always grateful when people like my books!

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Every morning before I start working, I have coffee with...

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I keep telling him, sitting so close to the TV is bad for his eyes.

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Especially as I query one book and work on the other book's endless edits! In other news, I'm getting old. 😏

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To Grill a Mockingbird

Make a book title edible.

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The Old Man and the Sea Bass? Catcher in the Rye bread? Moby Spotted dick?

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When in doubt, let your coffee be your editor!

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Me, my editor

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