Yes, that’s the noise you make when you find out that you’re a semifinalist in Operation First Novel.
So, let me repeat that: Whooooooooooopeeeeee!
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My congratulations to the others who made it this far:
The Color of Redemption by Lynn Cornell,
Country Club Hills, Illinois
Connected in Love by Christina Weeks,
Fort Worth, Texas
The Covered Deep by Brandy Vallance,
Colorado Springs, Colorado
A Fall of Sparrows by Paul J. Bennett,
Forest, Virginia
Learning to Live Again by Kimberli Buffaloe,
Pikeville, North Carolina
The Orb of Oriston by Donna Myers,
Nampa, Idaho
Stolen Dreams by Sharon Sheppard,
St. Cloud, Minnesota
Through Every Valley by Rebekah Colburn,
Centreville, Maryland
A Ticket Bought at a Hazard by Debra Jeter,
Clarksville, Tennessee
I hope that we all get published and bring The Word to the world. I thank my wife, Kip, for helping me to get this book done and all her hard work in editing for me.
Sorry for the abbreviated posts lately. It’s Santa Season and I’m a bit swamped. But I promise to do something pithy/funny/special/not too bright in the next 48 hours and post it.
In the meantime: Whooooooooooopeeeeee!
I usually only express something like this when it seems that one of the felines has erred at the facilities, but – Whooooooooooopeeeeee!!
Congratulations! I’m already imagining the scene as you trade chortles and guffaws with the likes of Jimmy Fallon and dominate the table, and the gals, on The View.
Whoppeeeeeee is right! Big congrats, Joe! Well-deserved. Praying you hit the jackpot and finally, FINALLY, your book can hit the shelves.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
I’m whooopeee-ing for you from across town!!