Last year I got the gift of space. We should get together and make a continuum.
Last week I entered a contest because Abigail told me to, and I do what Abigail says. The contest was over on Nathan Bransford's blog and it was called The Surprisingly Essential First Page Challenge. I submitted 500 words and went along my way merry way, because, hullo? I have a huge little league basketball tournament going on, and all those Harry Potter books on my shelf aren't going to reread themselves for the dozenth time.
Anyway.
Today I found out I am a finalist!
My First Page is sandwiched between five really awesomer first pages at Nathan Bransford's blog. Maybe, um, if you want, you can go read them and vote for the best one. If you think mine is best, you can vote me me. (Heather! Anne!) But be honest. If you think the other ones are better, vote for them.
Either way, it's good practice for a lot of us because tomorrow is SUPER DUPER TUESDAY. And it's especially good practice for me, because Tyra Banks is the judge. And I have been practicing my signature walk for about six months now.
(You can spread the word about voting, but no campaigning for a particular person. It's against the rules. And The Internets can't vote for someone just because she has a cute dog. If that was the Rule of Voting, Bridget from Girl's Next Door would be president. Which: how awesome would THAT be?)
Comments
i voted, but i'm not telling you who i voted for. because you can see who i voted for in the comments. and also because i voted for you.
Posted by: kat | February 4, 2008 01:49 PM
You are the awesomest.
Posted by: Jennie! | February 4, 2008 03:32 PM
awesome!
Posted by: sarah g | February 4, 2008 04:27 PM
I am so, so proud of you! Jenny Schecter doesn't have a thing on you. ;-)
Posted by: Heather B. | February 4, 2008 04:48 PM
Great first page.
I got a Harper Lee vibe.
So what happens to the Soup can man?
Posted by: Mad WIlliam | February 4, 2008 05:46 PM
Fantastic! I haven't had a chance to read the other finalists' pages but I already know yours is the best. I want to read more, more, more!!
Posted by: Jenn (the not-sister) | February 4, 2008 08:20 PM
Really? You think Wednesday is cute? Her face is too pushed in for my tastes!
Posted by: Angie | February 5, 2008 12:18 AM
Gasp! Angie! Wednesday recently modeled! She is objectively cute!
Posted by: Abigail | February 5, 2008 03:27 AM
Me, too, with the Harper Lee vibe. Very rad, that first page, and you, of course.
(Good luck!)
Posted by: kerrianne | February 5, 2008 07:42 PM
I didn't vote for you, but only because I didn't vote for anyone, but only because I missed the voting deadline. If you lose by a vote I'll die. I loved your first page, Heather Anne. I hope you win. I mean it. I mean it hard.
Posted by: peefer | February 6, 2008 01:09 PM
Just a note. Having been the skunk at Nathan's picnic, I copied most of your page to my own blog where I knew it would be seen by a Big Deal kidlit editor. (My editor.) I can't tell you who he was, but he compared your style to Kate DeCamillo, which isn't bad company to keep.
Good luck.
Posted by: Michael Reynolds | February 8, 2008 01:46 PM