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Friday, 23 April 2010

If you liked my short story competition...

...you'll love this one!

http://rowancoleman.blogspot.com/2010/04/rowan-colemans-short-story-competition.html

The prizes are fantastic - especially for writers working on a novel/trying to get it published.

Oooh yes, and I'm a judge! Along with Rowan, Tamsyn Murray, Lucy Diamond and Caroline Smailes.
Posted by Cally at 1:30 PM

4 comments:

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喜樂的心是健康良藥,憂傷的靈使骨枯乾。........................................

7:37 AM
GeraldF_Rotter雅慧 said...

先告訴自己希望成為什麼樣的人,然後一步一步實踐必要的步驟。........................................

11:39 PM
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My debut novel - a supernatural romantic comedy called 'Heaven Can Wait' - was published by Orion Paperback in October 2009. Foreign rights have been sold to Germany, Spain, Hungary, Brazil, Russia, Czech Republic, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Taiwan, Vietnam, China and Indonesia. My second novel, 'Home for Christmas', will be published in the UK in November 2011.
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