Lynn Raye Harris

Friday, January 25th, 2008 Jan 25th, 2008 leave a response

Not, however, in that order. Where would the drama be in that?

The not so good: got contest scores back this week that were polar opposites to say the least. One judge hated me, one loved me, and if I’d only had 5 more points difference, my entry would have went for a rejudge. Ah well.

The downright irritating: I redesigned my website. It’s lovely, I think. But you’re going to have to trust me on that because my webhost is arguing with my OS. The files are there, I can see them, but they are in a subdirectory instead of a main directory and I therefore have NO index file. No index file means no webpage, basically. I don’t want to move my webhosting. It’s a pain. And I don’t want to reload the old pages (they still exist on my Windows notebook, so all is not lost). I want my new pages to work! Waaaahhh!

The good: I got a call last night that my entry won the 2007 Gotcha Contest in the Single Title Romantic Suspense category! Yay!!! News like that makes the pain of struggling through revisions disappear for a while. It’s validation, for now. Tomorrow, the same book could get shot down again. But I’m going to enjoy this little high while it lasts.

Update: The new website is up here. There are a couple of issues I haven’t fixed yet, but I’m working on it. Finally, however, it can be viewed. No idea what it looks like in Internet Explorer, so if it looks funny, let me know.

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8 comments to “The Good, the not so good, and the downright irritating”

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   Kathy
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     · January 25th, 2008 at 7:52 pm · Link

   “I got a call last night that my entry won the 2007 Gotcha Contest in the Single Title Romantic Suspense category! Yay!!!”

   Wow!! Congratulations, Lynn!! That fabo! I call that downright Bea-utiful!

   
   

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   Shesawriter
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     · January 25th, 2008 at 11:37 pm · Link

   Congrats, Lynn!!!! Wonderful news.

   
   

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   Lynn Raye Harris
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     · January 26th, 2008 at 3:06 am · Link

   Thank you both! I am excited. It’s nice to win once in a while.

   
   

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   Cynthia E. Bagley
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     · January 26th, 2008 at 8:01 pm · Link

   Congrats! Also, I like your new website.. KEWL

   Cyn

   
   

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   Terry
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     · January 27th, 2008 at 3:59 am · Link

   Congats, Lynn! That’s wonderful news!

   
   

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   Problem Child
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     · January 28th, 2008 at 1:45 pm · Link

   I don’t like contests with only two judges. Too much of the love/hate going on.

   Big congrats on the win! That’s always a big ego boost.

   
   

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   Carol B.
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     · January 28th, 2008 at 11:38 pm · Link

   Yay, Lynn! Congrats on the contest win.

   
   

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   Lynn Raye Harris
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     · January 29th, 2008 at 9:06 pm · Link

   I agree, PC. I can’t remember why I didn’t pay more attention to how many judges there were in this contest. But two definitely challenges fate.

   Hey, Carol! Thanks for the congrats.

   
   

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