Comments on: I’m a quarter finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award

By: Claudia

Claudia — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:36:19 +0000

Amanda

Congratulations!!!

You are the best. I am looking forward to read your first novel, can I get a free copy by e-mail? jaja

Claudia

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Sun, 22 Mar 2009 05:04:08 +0000

[...] earlier this week when I was notified that my first novel has made the quarter finals of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest. What I hadn’t expected was that the parts of the day I save for fiction writing business [...]

By: Kristan

Kristan — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:22:38 +0000

Oy yeah, that’s such a crazy bug. Like, didn’t they realize that, at the very least, their non-US entrants would want their non-US friends to be able to read too?! (Not to mention that in this global world, everyone’s got friends everywhere.)

I’m hoping they’ll fix it soon. At least there’s a good month before the next round of decisions come out. Surely they can work up a solution by then?

In the meantime, I know a lot of authors (self included) are happy to email PDFs to people, so if you see excerpts that intrigue you, maybe drop the author an email? It’s probably easiest to go through the forums for that. (Suddenly I’m an ABNA forum junkie… )

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By: amanda

amanda — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:07:57 +0000

Thanks Kristan, I’m really glad to hear you liked it Hopefully I’ll get to read yours one day when Amazon fixes the anti-US bug that leaves us unable to download any excerpts from outside the US …

By: Kristan

Kristan — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:12:18 +0000

Oh hey, I just read and reviewed your excerpt. I loved it! Kristan’s last blog post..Morning mumbled

By: Kristan

Kristan — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:41:05 +0000

CONGRATS! I am too!!

Mine is The Good Daughters: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001UG3AIM/

I doubt if I’ll get any farther, but I didn’t expect to get this far, so it’s pretty cool.

Good luck!

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By: Stormy

Stormy — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:23:32 +0000

Omg! That is so exciting! Congratulations! Just making it this far is such a big feat!

I just downloaded the first 18 pages and yes, I’m in the US. It looks great! It’s all formatted pretty with the Amazon logo all over it. Haha! Anyway, if you email me (you should have my address listed in the comment) I’d be happy to attach it and email it to you so you can check it out. Then you can even upload it to your blog for your other readers to download.

Good luck on making it even further in the contest!

By: Lulu

Lulu — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:20:20 +0000

Congratulations for getting so far. Well done!!! I am of course insanely jealous! Since I m in Aust. I can not read the excerpt but would love an advance copy of the beginning if possible. Banzai indeed! Lulu’s last blog post..Macro Monday 15…

By: claire wilhelm

claire wilhelm — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:02:44 +0000

Wowee, I am thrilled for you!

By: Bill Riddell

Bill Riddell — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:21:29 +0000

Congatulations Amanda and all the very best for the remaining stages of the competion. Sadly I had no luck downloading the story either, look forward to reading your work when Amazon is back on track. Though I'm sure I'll be able to purchase the full work in print very soon. Fingers crossed for the semi's and beyond, Bill Bill Riddell’s last blog post..My Ultimate Goals Revealed