News flash!

As my subtitle above says, I love to write. For about a year, I spent my spare/commuting time writing a novel. I was part of the online community at thenextbigwriter.com - a great site full of other aspiring mostly unpublished writers, and while there I got great feedback on editing my book.
Unfortunately, you don't just have to write a good book, you have to get agents and publishers to notice and read it...and folks, I already have a fulltime job!
Well this evening, I got an e-mail from Amazon.com, saying


Denise,
Thank you for participating in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. We received thousands of submissions and were impressed by the incredible talent and creativity seen in the entries. We are happy to inform you that you have been selected as a semi-finalist. (edited to add - YEAHHHHH!!)

You can find your entry on Amazon.com via the following link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00126581C, and access the main contest page where all entries are located at www.amazon.com/abna

Now that you're a semi-finalist, feel free to encourage friends and family to review yours and others' entries. The three customers who provide the most high quality reviews will be qualified to win one of three customer prizes, including an Amazon kindle reader, $2000 in Amazon gift card value, and an HP photo printer. Learn more at www.amazon.com/abna

Good luck!
ABNA Admin Team

There are 836 semi-finalists out of 5000 entries (top 17%!), so I'm not giving up the day job, but it is kind of exciting. And - one of the characters is a knitter. The excerpt provided is short - would love to hear what you all think.