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I recently had the honor of winning the Meager Puddle of Limelight Award in a competition held by fellow NJ author Jon Gibbs on his Live Journal blog site. The contest was for Best Opening Line of a novel or short story, and my entry was the actual opening line of my novel-in-progress, ONE BLOOD:

"Without meaning to, Camilla Torres had picked a good place to die."

As my prize, Jon included me in a three-way interview on his blog, along with the second- and third-pace winners. The results can be found at the link below:

http://jongibbs.livejournal.com/69852.html

He also let me do a guest blog on editing and rewriting a novel:

http://jongibbs.livejournal.com/69373.html

Enjoy!

Writing Advice Articles by E.F. Watkins now available in PDF format on the new Articles page.

Personal Appearances

3/6/10 — Selling and signing paranormal thrillers at Velocicon, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Oyster Point Hotel, Red Bank, NJ (www.velocicon.com)

3/13/10 — Signing and selling books, and taking part in Horror Panel with F. Paul Wilson, Gary Frank and Sarah Langan, during the Create Something Magical Conference by Liberty States Fiction Writers, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Renaissance Woodbridge Hotel, Iselin, NJ (www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/lsf-writers-conference)

4/24/10 — Panel with fellow members of the New Jersey Authors Network, 2-4 p.m., at the Monmouth County Library 125 Symmes Rd., Manalapan, NJ (www.monmouthcountylib.org)

4/26/10 — Talk on Black Flowers for the Book Discussion Group at the Riverdale Public Library, 93 Newark Pompton Turnpike, Riverdale, NJ (www.riverdalelibrary.org)

Recent Appearances

Philcon '08—On my birthday, staffing the Broad Universe book table with the help of fellow member Roxanne Bland, left. Gary Frank's wife, Nancy, bought me the hat.

Books NJ '09—Selling "Weird and Unusual" books with fellow NJ authors S. Michael Wilson, far left, and Robert Damon Schneck. Note the mysterious, levitating boxes behind us.

July, '09—DANU'S CHILDREN Book Launch Party at the Lakeland Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Wayne, NJ. My local A&P did a wonderful job on the cake!

DC Book Launch Party—Susan Moshiashwini, of my critique group, is in the fore, left, and Michael Redmond, former colleague from the Star-Ledger, is at rear, right.