Blogger: Rachelle Gardner
We had a great time on St. Patrick’s Day with all the limericks! Thanks to everyone who entered the contest. Here are the results:
Best description of the writer’s life:
by Donna Earnhardt
My booty has doubled in size
Cause I don’t get enough exercise
When this next draft is done
Guess I’ll go for a run —
After, of course, I revise!
Best rhyming of editor with predator:
by Kit Tosello
There once was a sleep-deprived editor,
Who grew fangs sharp as a monster-like predator.
Her victim, a writer
Never thought she would bite her;
had no choice but to chuck pencil lead at her!
Best statement of an obvious publishing truth:
by Janet Ann Collins
I write and I write and I write.
I might even stay up all night.
But selling a book
Requires a hook
To make any publisher bite.
Most popular with our readers:
by Shelli Littleton
When Mommy gets sick of the kitchen
Cause she’d rather write about hitchin’
My daddy takes over
With aid of ol’ Rover
And no one gets threatened a switchin’
Best ignoring of the contest rules:
by Jennifer Zarifeh Major
Difficult, she is.
Writes poor Rachelle a haiku.
Good luck to all!
Best sucking up:
by Sheila King
There once was a writer and bargainer
Who needed a critiquing pardner
She looked around much
Found “Books and Such”
And is now begging “Please, Rachelle Gardner”!
Most reflects St. Paddy’s Day:
by James Scott Bell
O’Gardner the agent? A wreck!
It was booze that he bought with his check.
Swaying home in the rain
He got hit by a train
Now he reps several angels on spec
Best acknowledgment of the REAL reason to enter this contest:
by Angela K Couch
T’was the beginning of St Patty’s Day,
Hours of rewriting and editing underway,
She stopped to write a limerick,
Just one more gimmick
That may lead to being published someday.
***And the winner is…
Monica Sharman
There once was a ravenous eater
possessing a new e-book reader.
She escaped to her nook,
gobbled book after book,
for nothing but good words could feed her.
Monica wins either a 30-minute consultation, or a $20 Amazon gift card.
THANKS everyone for joining the contest!
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Congratulations Monika!
Good job, Monica.
Rachelle, since the rest of us are drooling with envy, would you consider a future post on the merits of a professional editor proofread or critique? I have considered this, but don’t know what to expect, what to pay, how to find a qualified free-lance editor, etc. I bet others would be interested also.
Thanks for the fun contest!
Congratulations, Monica! And to all the category winners. So fun to read. 🙂
Congratulations!!!
Love these! Gave me a good laugh. Congrats to all the winners. 🙂
Kitty and I congratulate all the winners. Well done, ladies.
Bouncing off the walls! Thanks, everyone!
Congrats, Monica! I can’t believe I made the list … but that’s only because Andrew was out of pocket. 🙂
And special thanks to my girls for taking dictation to and from the orthodontist, as I drove and verbally worked on the poem and changed it a million times, and for listening to me say, “You don’t have to know how to spell the words … hitchin’ and stitchin’. I’ll cipher it.” 🙂
Thanks for counting mine as best in a category. 🙂
Congratulations, Monica!!
And ME?? Ignore the rules??
Yup.
(But only sometimes…ish.)
Worthy opponents, all. I’m ecstatic for the mention! Fun test of wits. Congrats Monica!
Congratulations, Monica! And to all the honorable mentions–well done!
Congratulations, Monika!! Those were all awesome and I got a chuckle out of them. What fun!