{"id":2049,"date":"2011-06-21T10:11:57","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T14:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2011-06-21T10:11:57","modified_gmt":"2011-06-21T14:11:57","slug":"contests-can-be-such-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnhocking.net\/jg2025demo1\/writing\/contests-can-be-such-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Contests can be such fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2050\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2050\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Angel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2050  \" title=\"The Angel of the Waters\" src=\"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Angel-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"The Angel of the Waters\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This statue of an angel was my desktop image and inspiration while writing Graveyard of the Immortals.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The results of the Valley Forge RWA Sheila award are in \u2013 and I&#8217;m third in the paranormal category, with a Manuscript called Graveyard of the Immortals. This was my first attempt at writing a paranormal romance, and I&#8217;m really chuffed to have done so well with it. Congrats to all the winners and finalists in all categories.<\/p>\n<p>These competitions involve a lot of work from a lot of volunteers \u2013 so a big thank-you to them too.<\/p>\n<p>One of the great things about being part of a writers&#8217; organization, like RWA or RNA is that people help each other. Competitions are one way of doing this. Conference and workshops are another. Then there&#8217;s just the simple support and encouragement that helps us all when we need it.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve volunteered to help by reading entries in a couple of contests for unpublished writers. The organizers have just sent me some entries to read. I&#8217;m really looking forward to it\u2026 who knows\u2026 in years to come I might be able to point to some hugely successful author and say \u2013 I read one of her manuscripts before she was published!<\/p>\n<p>Whatever happens, l think it&#8217;s important to give back some of the support I received, and I&#8217;m always excited to encounter new writers\u2026 you never know what&#8217;s ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The results of the Valley Forge RWA Sheila award are in \u2013 and I&#8217;m third in the paranormal category, with a Manuscript called Graveyard of the Immortals. This was my first attempt&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnhocking.net\/jg2025demo1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnhocking.net\/jg2025demo1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnhocking.net\/jg2025demo1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnhocking.net\/jg2025demo1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnhocking.net\/jg2025demo1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/johnhocking.net\/jg2025demo1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnhocking.net\/jg2025demo1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnhocking.net\/jg2025demo1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnhocking.net\/jg2025demo1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}