That’s right. Today is the last day to vote of the So You Think You Can Write Contest. from Harlequin There are a lot of great entries. But only the top 25 and the 3 wildcard selections will go  on to the second round. Have you voted today?

Would love your vote for TAKE ME BACK TO TEXAS– here’s a small excerpt.

She heard the squeak of the screen door, but ignored it, too busy soaking in the memories and sending up prayers to pay the stranger who had been hired to renovate the house any mind.

“Bethie Grace?”

Her knees almost buckled. It had been a long time since anyone had called her that, so long she almost didn’t know the name to be hers.

And that voice! So different than she remembered and yet so much the same.

Elizabeth jerked her attention to the man who now stood framed in the doorway of the house. He was tall, broad shouldered, and lean. Dark as a pirate and twice as dangerous. A modern day outlaw in hip-hugging jeans and a chambray shirt. Sleeves rolled up to show masculine wrists and muscular forearms. Work boots and a tool belt.

She would have known him anywhere.

“JD Carmichael,” she breathed.

The boy who had been her first love had grown into quite a man.

http://www.soyouthinkyoucanwrite.com/manuscripts/series/love-inspired/page/3/

Thanks, y’all! Wish me luck. And good luck to all the other entries as well!

I find inspiration all around me–music, paintings, characters, sometimes how the  wind blows and makes the wind-chimes sing.

But Van Gogh to me is  always inspiring.  Here’s The Olive Trees at Mount Majour. Happy Wednesday to you!

<>< Amy

#1–caramel apples

#2–pumpkin lattes

#3–jack-o-lanterns

#4–trick or treat candy

#5–falling leaves

#6–the smell of smoke in the air

#7–football

#8–a nip in the air

#9–homemade soup

#10–fall festivals

Feel free to add to this list. :) There’s so many great things about fall.

If you have no idea what I’m talking about, let me fill you in. Each year Harlequin hosts a contest to find the next big writer for them. And this year, I’ve entered.

Those of you out there who know me well also know that I have *always* wanted to write for Harlequin. Now, don’t get me wrong. I LOVE my publisher, but there’s this little part of me that wants to see Harlequin on a book cover with my name on the front. :)

So here it is, my 100 word pitch and the link to my submission, TAKE ME BACK TO TEXAS, which is targeted toward Love Inspired. I hope you can stop by and check out the entries (please read mine) and vote for your favorite (pick mine, pick mine, pick mine). There’s only one vote per person per day. So make your vote count (vote for me pleasepleaseplease).

Thanks! Amy <><

TAKE ME BACK TO TEXAS: What would you give for a second chance at your first love? Elizabeth McGee is shocked to discover she owns her grandmother’s house in Texas. She leaves LA for Loveless to prepare the house to sell, only to find that the renovation is headed by JD Carmichael, her high-school sweetheart. JD never thought he’d see Bethie Grace again, not after breaking her heart so long ago. As they work side-by-side, they are swamped with memories both good and bad. Only their faith in God and each other can help them right past wrongs and look to the future.

http://www.soyouthinkyoucanwrite.com/manuscripts/series/love-inspired/page/3/