*does Snoopy dance*

For those of you familiar with Blown Fuse before it was assimilated into the munu collective, you might remember certain video clips of me dancing around like a fool to demonstrate my glee at certain things. For those who haven't seen them, let's just say it involves leaping about like a gazelle and pumping my fist "Yes! Yes!"

If I still had that clip, I'd put it riiiiight here. If I weren't pregnant, I'd make a new one for you.

Anyway, you might remember me bitching about how a certain writing contest I'd entered was frustrating the hell out of me because long after the deadline had passed for them to post the winners, I still hadn't got my "Thanks! Here's your story back! Please recycle!" letter. I'm typically less concerned on winning because I'm such an amateur and I've no illusions that my writing is any more fantastic than anyone else's, but I've got to have a "yes" or "no."

It's like my previous boss used to say: "I come to work every day to get decisions, most of which will be 'no'." I need that "no" so I can move on.

Well, about a month ago (and mind you, this is almost a full year after the contest deadline), I got an email from one of the staff members of Simon & Schuster congratulating me on being one of 10 second prize winners of the "Be the Next Downtown Press Girl" contest and telling me to look for my prize in the mail.

I thought she was bullshitting me. Scott asked why I couldn't just be happy for myself, and I think my response was something like "Eh." I couldn't even remember what the story I submitted was about and had to go read it (I'll refrain from giving you my criticisms a year later).

Well, my prize came today. Hee hee! I am now the proud owner of 10 Downtown Press books - 9 of which I haven't read. I own a lot of Downtown Press books. I didn't know exactly how many until I did an inventory of my bookcase a couple of weeks ago. I'm excited that I want to read all nine of these books...and that I didn't have to pay for them. Yay! Go me!

And no you can't read the story.

The books are:

Enslave Me Sweetly by Gena Showalter (ooooh, this one has "naughty girls" written on the bottom of the spine)

Happiness Sold Separately by Libby Street

Clearing the Aisle by Karen Schwartz

Babes in Captvity by Pamela Redmond Satran

Rescue Me by Gigi Levangie Crazer

Why Girls are Weird by Pamela Ribon (this is the one I read a few years ago)

Don't Even Think About It by Lauren Henderson

Looking for Mr. Goodbunny by Kathleen O'Reilly

Dinner for Two by Mike Gayle

Bite by C.J. Tosh

Posted by Tiffany at August 23, 2006 01:50 PM | TrackBack