Young Marco author wins cash advance, publishing contract
It was one of two winners announced Monday by the Seattle group and Penguin in the CreateSpace Breakthrough Novel Award Amazon, an international competition to find the next popular novel.Reacting to the end of his victory Monday night Baguchinsky said he was a "crazy" day.
"The news is still sinking in," she said, in Seattle. "I am delighted beyond, and so grateful to Amazon, Penguin and CreateSpace to competition. The experience was incredible, and it was great meeting all the other competitors. Right now, I'm still my thoughts together."
Baguchinsky, 32, flew to Seattle last week in preparation for the announcement.
She was faced with two runners in his division.
His novel is already available for pre-order on amazon.com / ABNA.
The contest this year attracted the most bids in the history of the competition, according to publicist Gabrielle Torello.
In a news release, Nader Kabbani, head of independent publishing on Amazon, said the beauty of this competition is that it "offers aspiring writers the opportunity to be heard, and also connects them directly with customers to help them discover new voices in much fiction. "
Baguchinsky, a longtime fan of supernatural tales, wrote the first draft of "Spookygirl" as part of National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, a movement that challenges the writers to finish a novel in 30 days.
In the novel, Violet Addison moved into an apartment above his father's funeral in Florida.
Purple converse regularly with the ghosts in the house, but what she really afraid to start his second year in a new school.
Not only does it combat the rumors about his father's involvement in the death of his mother, but even more frightening, evil forces that inhabit the girls locker room.
Panelist Jennifer Besser, Vice President and Publisher of GP Putnam Sons books for young readers, said the novel "funny and suspenseful stands out and announces the arrival of a new fresh voice.
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