tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132746476722632151.post4588206374526482333..comments2016-09-20T07:52:09.521-07:00Comments on John Ellsworth: National Book Awards: No IndiesJohn Ellsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08394918429025417748noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132746476722632151.post-7789164007759912842016-09-19T14:45:43.877-07:002016-09-19T14:45:43.877-07:00Definitely.
It's annoying to work long and ha...Definitely.<br /><br />It's annoying to work long and hard, and think you have something unique AND well-written, and then to find you're not even qualified to submit to the prize committees.<br /><br />I swear if I hadn't been such a newbie last year (Pride's Children was published Oct. 28, 2015), and I hadn't been so afraid of missing the last deadlines, and also so ignorant of the process, it would have been perfect.<br /><br />Only you can prevent... (sorry, that's the old Smokey the Bear slogan). Only you can decide whether you like my kind of writing (of which there's an adequate sample on Amazon's Look Inside, and it's in KU), but, darn it, it would have worked perfectly.<br /><br />My kind of incredibly slow writing (illness, not laziness or inability to make a decision) and inability to count on myself means I'll never be able to send out a galley (the Pulitzer committee lets you do that) or take pre-orders, because I can't promise I'll satisfy them. But if you get a coop working like you mention, at least think of me.ABEhrhardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211038591900883672noreply@blogger.com