As I continue my tireless search for a literary agent for Million Eyes, it’s great to get some good news from a competition I entered the book into some months back.
It was the 2017 Novel Opening Competition from Grindstone Literary Services, into which I entered the first 1,000 words of Million Eyes. While I didn’t make it into the top 5, I learned when I got my personalised feedback (which every entrant gets in this competition — a great bonus) that I’d made it into the top 20%.
I was super-happy with the feedback I got too. There was a little bit of constructive criticism, but I actually think the recent rewrite I did of the opening remedies most of these points. Some of the highlights from the judge’s feedback were:
One of the most original entries I’ve seen.
This is an intriguing idea, and from what I’ve read so far, seemingly well done.
Overall, it’s very impressive.
All fantastic to hear. 😀
Next week: did a Japanese department store confuse Jesus with Santa?
C.R. Berry 