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GUEST PODCAST INTERVIEW by Roxanne McHenry
Richard Hine, 2009 ABNA Semi-Finalist
The Amazon Break Through Novel Award (ABNA) 2011 competition is coming soon–starting on January 24th. Luckily for us readers, quite a few of the past ABNA finalists–about 60 of them–went on to publish their manuscript submission in a book.
One of several now-published authors is Richard Hine, the 2009 ABNA semi-finalist (from the top 100). His entry is the very funny, office memoir-style book of a news media publication’s middle manager trying to hold his failing work life and home life together called Russell Wiley is Out to Lunch.
Listen to the full podcast (below).
Russell Wiley is Out to Lunch From Amazon Encore
Russell Wiley Book Cover
After the ABNA competition ended, Amazon extended an invitation for Richard to publish his book via their Amazon Encore program (now the publisher of his book).
Richard shares about writing this book and the exposure he received through the ABNA contest, which he enthusiastically recommends to any writer hoping to get from the slush pile to publication.
Richard talks about his ups and downs in creating a breakthrough novel in this week’s Unruly Guides Talk.
For more on the smart and funny side of Richard Hine and writing, check out his guest post from The Divining Wand called How to Write a Novel in 30 Years or Less. And you can find Richard Hine through his blog: “The Daily Edge” (a clever media satire in itself).
PS. My enthusiastic review of Russell Wiley is Out to Lunch is up on our new ebook review site, Unruly Books. Special Unruly Books Bonus: Richard Hine was kind enough to do an additional audio book chat specifically about Russell Wiley–the book and the corporate everyman.
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In the previous editions, were the 5000 limit slots filled up? Were there empty slots left even after the deadline? Do you have any idea about this?
Hi Sid,
As I understand it, there were no slots left open in previous contests, and I believe in 2009 the ABNA competition started with more than 6,000. However, the submission period was
alot longer than a couple weeks like this year.
This is a good overview of the contest by an Amazon Vine reviewer who got to read and review some of the entries:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2770406/amazon_breakthrough_novel_award_abna.html?cat=38
Roxanne