Last month, I entered my book ‘Family Sorrow’ for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. Unfortunately, 2000 out of the 10,000 entries got through to the second round, and ‘Family Sorrow’ isn’t amongst the 2000 entries. However, I would like to thank those who have supported me on entering the competition. Much appreciated. I am extremely disappointed, but I also won’t give up. Like the saying goes, sometimes we have to fall many times before getting somewhere at the top. Thank you once again for the huge support.
The first round is made exclusively on the pitch, right?
If that’s true, it doesn’t say a thing about the quality of the writing in the book.
That’s right. It’s only the pitch. It’s the rule and there’s nothing we can do about it. I feel that they should read like at least the first couple of pages rather than just the pitch alone. Anyway, it’s their rule. At least I got to ‘experience’ it. I will keep trying. Thank you for the support though. Means a lot