So in my last post, I wrote about the Women's Weekly and Penguin Book competition which you may be pleased to know, I have officially entered. I sent off my story, Reflections, with an entry form Thursday just gone.

Anyways, you may remember I mentioned that part of the prize was having a finished manuscript assessed by Penguin Books for publishment. This is probably the part that I find the most exciting. Sure, it doesn't garuntee that my manuscript will get published but it appears that my manuscript will by-pass the usual pile of queries and manuscripts. And all I need to do is write a manuscript that will make the editor want the book and get it published! Simple... Riiight.

Anyways, at first I thought I'd finish the novel I'd just started when I discovered the competiton: a horror/fantasy/mystery called The Engraver's Shop. But that only has about 7k words done on it and I'm not sure I could have it ready in time. And then, my friend, Sinead, who I'd given a copy of my unfinished NaNo 06 manuscirpt told me that she was loving the story and had even read the first bit to the rest of her family because it was so funny.

So I decided to take another look at the story: Wizard's of Dianthus: Night Magic. I began reading it again and it amazed me, though I do say so myself. I found myself laughing out loud at some of the crazy jokes and antics that I'd stuffed in there mostly as word padding to get myself to the word count. And I quickly decided: this was the one. I would finsih rereading it to get my orientation again and then finish it and edit it in time to be my manuscript for assesment if I did win.

So here I am, with only about 10k words left to read before I start writing it again. Please feel very welcome to shoot me an email or bug me on MSN or otherwise nag me into reading and writing this thing. And eventually I will be looking for proofreaders so if you're interested in reading a fantasy comedy with a slightly sarcastic lead, let me know. The more beta readers the better.

Catchya later,
Victory