From
Contest Fail To Contract Win
By
Chrys
Fey
A few years ago, I entered a well-known contest and
submitted a story I was calling Magical Murders. Just as when anyone enters a
contest for anything, I had high hopes. Months went by and I finally got my rejection.
That didn’t make me quit though. I sent that story to several magazines and
ezines. I got a big of feedback to make my story better, but continued to get
rejections. After setting this story aside for about a year, I came back to it
after I published Hurricane Crimes
with The Wild Rose Press. They
publish short stories as ebooks and I wondered if they’d accept this one.
Thanks to my beta readers, I perfected my story by adding in a few scenes to
make it longer, changed the title to Witch
of Death, and sent it off with fingers crossed. Weeks later, before
Christmas, I got a contract!
So if you enter a writing contest (or any contest) and
don’t win, don’t give up! Because something better is around the corner.
Title: Witch of Death
Author: Chrys Fey
Genre: Supernatural/Suspense
Format: eBook Only
Page Count: 45 (short story)
Page Count: 45 (short story)
Release Date: May 20th, 2015
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Blurb:
Detective Reid Sanders doesn’t believe in the
supernatural, but when he’s faced with a crime scene that defies the laws of
nature, he has no other choice but to start believing. And solving a magical
murder involves working with a witch.
Liberty Sawyer embodies the look of your classic evil
witch, so, it’s no surprise when she uncovers the murderer is a witch that she
becomes Reid’s number one suspect. If she can’t convince him otherwise, more
people could lose their lives to dark magic, including her.
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Excerpt:
Liberty Sawyer glided swiftly through the horde of police
officers, reporters, and on- lookers. Black hair fell from a rigid part in the
middle of her scalp to her hips. Her eyes were a soul-stabbing blue and her
lips were blood-red. She towered over the other officers on the scene, and wore
all black, which set off the pallor of her skin.
Showing her badge to the officer, she slipped under the
crime scene tape. A few paces away, she spotted Detective Corbin talking to his
new partner, a man she knew by name but hadn’t had the privilege of meeting
yet.
“I cannot believe you called her,” the new man was saying
when she came up behind them. “We don’t need a damn psychic!”
“Actually, I’m a witch.” She smiled when Reid jolted and
turned to face her. “I’m Detective Liberty Sawyer.” She stuck out her hand.
“Detective Reid Sanders,” he grunted back and took her
hand.
The feel of his palm against hers sent tingles of lust
from the tips of her fingers to her shoulder blade, and she knew he felt it too
by the way he jerked his hand back. She winked at him playfully, hoping it
would unnerve him even more.
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Blurb:
Jolie Montgomery, a twenty-one-year-old woman, wakes up
in an alley next to her corpse. She has no memories of her murder or the night
she died. She didn’t even see the killer’s face before he or she took her life.
Wanting justice, Jolie seeks answers in the only way a ghost can...by stalking
the lead detective on the case.
Avrianna Heavenborn is determined to find the person
responsible for a young woman’s death. She gets closer to the killer’s identity
with every clue she uncovers, and Jolie is with her every step of the way.
But if they don’t solve her murder soon, Jolie will be an
earth-bound spirit forever.
Book Links:
BIO:
Chrys Fey is the author of Hurricane Crimes and 30
Seconds. She is currently working on the sequel to Hurricane Crimes that’ll
serve as book two in the Disaster Crimes series.
When Fey was six years old, she realized her dream of
being a writer by watching her mother pursue publication. At the age of twelve,
she started writing her first novel, which flourished into a series she later
rewrote at seventeen. Fey lives in Florida where she is waiting for the next
hurricane to come her way.
A publishing contract is much better than winning a contest!
ReplyDeleteYes, it is! :D
DeleteThank you so much for having me on your blog, DL! This is my first time here and I am honored. :)
ReplyDeleteGlad everything all worked out for the better!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Tiana! :)
DeleteI'm so happy to hear everything worked out! Perseverance is key. This is a great example of it. :)
ReplyDeleteyay, love Chrys!! she's so talented, and I love stories like that, it gives all writers hope: never give up!
ReplyDeleteIf at first you don't succeed, try and try again. And trying again, not giving up, is when you can get that yes, just as you did Chrys. Congrats!!
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