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Welcome Amy and Laura. I hope you'll both continue to be blessed, inspired and encouraged by the fellowship here at FaithWriters.

Love, Deb

Hi Joanne. I'm so glad you asked this.

I was telling people this year that if they had a necessary intro or prologue, then it should be included with the first chapter--as long as the intro isn't a full blown chapter itself. LOL! If your intro is just 700 words, then that's not a problem.

Love, Deb

Awww Julie. I'm so glad you found yourself on the list. Now you'll have to make sure you check it every week. You did well. It was a very big field of Level 1 entries.

Love, Deb

Hi everyone. It's time to post the list of highest ranked entries for the "Fearful" Challenge. As always, congratulations to all the winners, and a big pat on the back to all those who ranked in the top 40 overall, or in the top 15 for their level. Well done! For those who missed making it...

Now for the trivia question of the week. There was one entry for the "Embarrassed" topic that made me literally gasp out loud when I got to the embarrassing part. Honest, my hand flew to my mouth and I gasped. I could immediately imagine the face-burning, sick to the stomach, embarrassment...

Hi everyone. Well, what a happy bunch you all were! Congratulations to our winners, and we now have our second Best of the Best contender for the 2008 awards. High five to Lynda. Now it's time to give some encouragement and praise to all those who came close to being in the spotlight. If you find yo...

As each week of the Challenge passes, the list of contenders for the 2008 Best of the Best awards will be added to. Here are the current contenders: The Silence of God by Loren Thomas http://www.faithwriters.com/wc-article-editors-previous.php?id=16778 Happy Campers! by Lynda Schab http://www.faithw...

The FaithWriters' Best of the Best awards are announced annually on the 1st July, and are the most prestigious awards presented by FaithWriters.com. The contenders for the awards each year are taken from the weekly Writing Challenge, and are comprised of the 40 1st place Editors' Choice entries from...

Keep trying Suz. Let me know if you can't get it to upload in time, and we will make an exception for you. It's okay. I know the problems you have with a reliable internet connection over there, so I'm definitely not going to hold that against you.

Love, Deb

A 40 word synopsis! OH MY!

Writing that would be harder than writing the whole book!

Love, Deb

Hey JC! Good to see you back on the boards. You will all be very happy to know that there are nowhere near 200 entries. At this stage, there are around 39 entries, which I think is fantastic. I know of at least two or three that are still to be submitted, so all up, there will probably be around 42 ...

Suz, I'm glad you're entering it anyway. I think sometimes we get too close to our work to be able to see it clearly. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Love, Deb

I wish I could give you both a big hug. You've still got a couple of days. Even if you think it's not perfect, still enter. You never know.

Love, Deb

No worries, Ben. I'll explain when I send the rating sheet out to you all on Thursday (with the list of entries). The judging for Best of the Best isn't the same as the regular Challenge, though. There are some similarities, but there are less categories to rate, and the last category requires the j...

Thanks Chrissy. Got your emails. Just haven't had much time to check email for the last couple of days. Hoping to get back into action later today (if my headache ever goes away).

Love, Deb