Chronicling a writer’s improbable journey (good, bad, and ugly) from manuscript to publishing contract to actually someday holding the book in my hands.

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A Night at the Edgars
Jennifer Kerr Budziak Jennifer Kerr Budziak

A Night at the Edgars

Back in December I sent my little haunted house mystery novel to the Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel contest, in which one book was selected out of something like 400 people submitted manuscripts to win a Minotaur publishing contract and $10,000 advance.

And it won.

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