Win an autographed copy of More Deaths Than One (my very first autograph!) and your choice of two other titles from Second Wind Publshing LLC.
The premise:
A friend of mine found an obituary in the paper that could have been for his mother -- the woman had the same name, lived in the same general area, was the same age, had the same number of children, and one of the children had approximately the same name and age as the friend. There was no relationship, merely coincidence but, joking, I said, "What if her son really is you?" That "what if" eventually became More Deaths Than One.
Write at least a paragraph and no more than a page, telling how would you develop a story using this scenario. The three most imaginative entries will be posted on the Second Wind site for readers to vote on. The top entry will win an autographed copy of More Deaths Than One and your choice of two other books from Second Wind Publishing.
Rules:
One paragraph to one page of your own version of the "What if?" from above.
Submitted by Midnight (12:00) EST Monday February the 16th 2009.
Only one submission per person.
Judging:
Pat Bertram and Second Wind management will read over all the entries and decide which three are the best -- completely subject to our personal opinions as publishers and writers. The three best will be published on the Second Wind website on or around February 23rd 2009. From then you will have a week to vote on the best of the three entries. The top voted entry will receive the books.
Please submit your entry in the form at: http://secondwindpublishing.com/bertramcontest.html
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Comments: 21
I can't enter, but I want both of your books, and autographed too! :-) Demanding sort aren't I? lolol!
T.B., Thank you.
I'd been trying to think of interesting things to do for a "Hallelujah! My-book-has-finally-been- released celebration" and then I remembered how I came up with the idea for this book in the first place, and wondered what others would do with the same premise.
I wish I could say the book is going to be released soon, but mistakes propogate all by themselves. Every time I think "This is the last proof," I find more mistakes. I thought writing was hard. I thought editing was hard. I thought promoting was hard. But copyediting makes all the rest seem like playtime. So, it probably won't be ready for another month, though it can be pre-ordered from Second Wind Publishing.
I was looking over the secondwindpublishing.com web site just for fun and to see the listing of my books listed. It is an interesting scenerio to say the least.
When I win (LOL) I fully expect your autograph on the books I get. They will become a treasured posession. Seriously, there are a dozen good authors published by secondwindpublishing.com and I intend to aquire most if not all of their books. The expense will be well worth it.
Pat, you've really presented a challenge here! And winning an autographed copy of More Deaths Than One (your very first autograph!) and a choice of two other titles from Second Wind Publshing LLC, certainly makes this tempting. I am going to be thinking along these lines, and see if my mind will lean in that direction. Thanks for such a great contest.
I’m going to try to have a submission for you on or before Feb. 23_09. However, I know that before attempting this feat, it will take some doing to write a believable scenario in one paragraph to one page that will cover the bases required with regard to the man’s mother having:
--had the same name
--lived in the same general area
--was the same age
--had the same number of children, and
--one of the children had approximately the same name and age as the friend
I have copied and pasted your article above to my Writing Plans for this month knowing full well, “I am out of my genre”. But it is the thrill of trying to conquer that mindset which I find most enticing. ;-)
"I’m going to try to have a submission for you on or before Feb. 16_09 instead of Feb. 23_09.