Author Susan Wingate Nabs Finalist Spot in 2009 Textnovel.com Writing Contest!

Sept. 18, 2009 - PRLog -- Award-winning, bestselling author, Susan Wingate just learned this morning that her novelette, CAMOUFLAGE, placed as finalist in the 2009 Textnovel.com Writing Contest. "Camouflage" is one of ten stories that has received this acclaim.

The Textnovel.com writing competition is an annual international contest. There are literally thousands of writers and thousands of stories that vie for a winning spot in this writing contest.

Textnovel.com is one of a very few innovative and cutting-edge sites where writers potentially can receive a $1,000 Grand Prize, a publishing contract and representation by a literary agent. It's a very sought-after-award with stiff talent in its running.

When asked what achieving this spot means to Wingate, she said, "It's everything! I mean this is a competition that has everything going for it, a monetary award, a book contract and an agent dangling in front of each writer. It's THE carrot. The writing found in this competition is remarkable. The stories are tight and well-paced with juicy plots and wonderful characters. Like I said, this contest has everything going for it."

Wingate's novel, "Bobby's Diner" received earlier acclaim this year when it placed as a finalist in the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. After that, she jumped into writing her 4th novel, "Camouflage." Last week Wingate received an offer to write the sequel to "Bobby's Diner" which will be released in the spring of 2010.

With a bright future ahead of her, it looks like Wingate will continue to write top-drawer fiction.

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Award-winning, bestselling author, Susan Wingate is a full-time novelist, memoirist, poet, playwright and screenwriter. In 1997, Susan Wingate began her first mystery novel, “Of the Law.” After ten years she finally saw it in print. By 2006, however, Wingate had already begun writing her second novel entitled “Bobby’s Diner.” The paperback was released in February of 2009 and she’s currently on tour with that book. And, just a few days ago, she found out that the sequel to “Bobby’s Diner” had just received a publishing contract. The thing is, she didn’t even realize the story was going to be written as a series!
Meanwhile, back in the summer of 2008, Wingate had already completed writing her third novel called “Drowning.” Currently, “Drowning” is under consideration with three publishers. Wingate lives in Washington State with her husband, Bob, and she writes full-time. For more information go to: www.susanwingate.com or www.susanwingate.blogspot.com.