. . . and I finaled in both the Young Adult category for BLIGHTED and the paranormal category for BEDKNOBS & BROOMSTICKS! We arrived home from a 9 hour drive last night and I'd totally forgotten about GH calls going out today. I'm sick, too, and my voice is really scratchy so I know I must have sounded like a witchy old hag on the phone. The lovely Trish Milburn made the call, and I was so excited to talk to her! I finaled in 2005 along with Trish, and got to know her through our finalist loop and then at Nationals, so it was awesomely cool to get the news from her. I had to keep looking at her number on my phone later, just to make sure it was real, and I hadn't imagined the whole thing. The second call came in at almost 6 p.m. A total surprise. I didn't know they did multiple finals calls separately. Sherry Davis told me B&B finaled, and I was so shocked, I forgot to remove the bottle I was feeding to the baby, and he ended up sucking air for much of the conversation. (Oh, the gas that came later!) I was so out of it, I had to ask her to repeat what book it was and the category b/c I couldn't even remember what I had entered. After I hung up with her, the phone rang again. It was her number. I thought she realized she made a huge mistake, like mixed me up with a Kelly Gray or something and was calling to tell me. But she just wanted to ask me how I wanted my name to appear. Whew.
The official list is out tomorrow on RWA's site. But Judi Fennell has a running list going right now.
And congrats to everyone who finaled!
Edited to say: Melissa Marr's WICKED LOVELY is nominated for a RITA. This is one of my favorite books. Yay! Congratulations!
15 comments:
Wow, congrats Kelly!!!
Congrats Kelly! I also finaled in the GH YA category. I look forward to meeting you in San Fran!
Thanks Susan!! :)
Hi Amanda! And congrats on the final, too! (Btw, I love the title of your YA.)
WOOT! Congrats Kelly!
Congratulations!!! Two categories - that's incredible! Good luck.
Congrats, Kelly. Well deserved.
Unfortunately I didn't make the finals.
Huh? Oh? Yeah, I forget... I didn't enter. Shoot ;-)
As always, best of luck.
Regards,
Mike
A huge congrats, Kelly. That's awesome! :D
Thanks Emma, Helen, Mike and Yolanda!!
Now back to dirty diapers and school work. LOL.
Double final! YAY! I'm going to have to enter the RITA for next year... :) Maybe you will too!
That would be AWESOME, wouldn't it?
Definitely, you should enter next year -- you never know!!
Hoooray, Kelly! Congratulations!! I can't wait to cheer for you in San Francisco!
Congrats, Kelly!! I just sent you an email to join our Yahoo loop for GH finalists! (Hopefully it was the right email address!) :)
Hope you're feeling better!
W00T! Congratulations! =) I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!
Thanks so much, Kelli, Sarah and S.E. !!
Congrats, Kelly! I'm doubly delighted for you. Here's to lots of requests for completes, a call and a contract. No. You're a double finalist, so make that calls and contracts. I'll add a content baby for good measure, so you'll have more time to write, revise and publicize.
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