We are happy to post the publishing success of JC
Walkup whose short story, Sin,
about the woman who got revenge on her milk-toast husband and his greedy son,
won first place in the Haywood County Silver Arts Contest. Driving West, the post-apocalypse story, took Honorable Mention.
This the fifth First Place win and the first Honorable Mention
since she began submitting to contests several years ago. She also has won
Second Place three times.
JC Walkup is the
author of a novel, Partners, about Texas and Texans. She lives in Haywood County and served as
Haywood County Representative for NCWN West for a number of years.
She speaks of how important it is to belong to a writing critique
group. “I'm grateful to my faithful critique group for reading and critiquing
both stories. It helps so much to have their support,” JC says.
As most writers know, the fun is in the writing. The work is in
the submitting and marketing of your work. JC said, “It is so much more fun to
write than it is to do the contests and marketing stuff. My husband, the
constant support of my work, reminds me often that it is necessary to expose my
work to the world to get better.”
Congratulations, JC for your publication successes, and send us
all your good news in the future.
A consistent winner in a competitive region must be doing some sound thinking and writing. Congratulations are in order.
ReplyDeleteI agree, Bill
ReplyDeleteCongratulations JC. You are an accomplished fiction writer.
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