Hey readers!
In the words of Alec Baldwin in the 2005 movie Fun with Dick and Jane starring the hilarious married duo of Jim Carrey and Téa Leoni - "it's like my daddy always used to tell me..." Anyone who has ever watched the film will know the reference because Jack aka Alec Baldwin - no not Captain Jack Sparrow, that's Johnny Depp silly - uses it quite frequently! It's the go-to phrase that you don't forget once he has said it once LOL! Where this phrase is relevant to me at the current moment is when both of my parents speak of the lottery and then shortly after one of them always reminds the other "you gotta play to win" I learned that entering your novel into an award contest is a lot like gambling in the sense that "you gotta play to win" Sure you are never guaranteed to win, you are not even guaranteed to place in the top three or top five even! But that shouldn't stop you from trying! If you never try, it will never happen, right? It's not like a ribbon is going to show up in your mailbox with a letter saying, "Hey we read your book and thought it was great here is your prize." Uhh...NO! LOL! I am not going to be hurt or even sad if I don't make it in the top numbers because this is all about the experience for me and to have fun doing what I love the most - writing and sharing it with others! I just want to share my stories with others! And to take part in the whole experience I think one of those things would be to enter it in some contests and see how it does! It's like test driving that six speed that you just pulled out of the lot with the sales guy - you get out on the highway and he looks over at you from the passenger side and says, "Go ahead, stand on it, let's see what this car can do!" You don't have to tell me that twice - I have a six speed - and if I didn't wind him out and make him scream at least once during our outings I think he'd be pissed at me :) hell I'd be pissed at me haha!! Part of me likes to set goals for myself, realistic goals. That is the old general manager in me coming out I suppose. I would love to make one of my goals to be enter every one of my novels that I write in a competition. Realistic? Of course! Now how about entering every one of my novels until it wins at least one of the competitions I entered it in? No, that's not realistic. Of course it would be nice if every one of your novels won (one) competition that you entered it in. But that is not reality! I feel like the chances of every single one winning a new award...ekk...might be a high stretch. Remember what Dr. Leo Marvin (Richard Dreyfuss) told Bob (Bill Murray) in the 1991 film What About Bob? Baby steps... You'll know that reference too if you have ever watched that movie...classic! In the end I made a list of all the contests I want to enter into I think there are twelve different ones total - ranging from deadlines of this week the whole way to next February. It's gamblinggggggggggg timeeeeeeeeee! Hope you all enjoy the rest of your night - I was in bed early last night and all day today with my bad migraine and it was horrific! But I feel better now, just really sore. Thank goodness! Stay safe out there && as always, I appreciate ya! Comments are closed.
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