Well as of December 24, 2008 I am a work in progress writer? I received the neatest Christmas Present ever. I received official notification that I won the Southern Heat Contest's Historical Category. The contest coordinator also informed me the judge wanted to see a partial of my manuscript. So I started the New Year of 2009 off by emailing the judge to see when she would like to see my partial and how much of the manuscript she wants in the partial. So ladies where do we go from here? I am out of the dumps. No more thinking it was a mistake. No more thinking she will hate it and I will be back to square one. All I can do is try. Cross your fingers for me this is so fast to me.