a CoT thank you

'Cause guess what? I actually won!

Hard to believe, but . . . wow.

For me, the best thing about CoT is learning that other people honestly think a story I wrote is good. Truthfully, that's not something you can always tell from reviews, because people normally only say positive things and it's hard sometimes to know the difference between people liking some of the things in your story but thinking it's a little weak overall, and people really thinking it's a good story.

So, now I know. : )

Thank you voters for letting me know, and special thanks to whoever it was out there who nominated "Match Point" in the first place -- such a wonderful surprise. Also, thanks to the various review communities that reviewed it and my other nominee, "Fallacy Somewhere," because the second best thing about CoT was getting that additional thoughtful feedback from all of you. Also, thanks again to thisbluespirit for nominating "Fallacy Somewhere." It's obviously not an award-winning fic ; ) but it's also obviously a fic that some people really, really like, and that's what it's all about in the end.

Finally, congratulations to the other winners and to everyone who got nominated! I'd especially like to congratulate my flister paranoidangel42 for making runner-up in one of the categories I lost -- well done! Losing out to an awesome Sarah fic is not a problem at all. : )

a CoT thank you

'Cause guess what? I actually won!

Hard to believe, but . . . wow.

For me, the best thing about CoT is learning that other people honestly think a story I wrote is good. Truthfully, that's not something you can always tell from reviews, because people normally only say positive things and it's hard sometimes to know the difference between people liking some of the things in your story but thinking it's a little weak overall, and people really thinking it's a good story.

So, now I know. : )

Thank you voters for letting me know, and special thanks to whoever it was out there who nominated "Match Point" in the first place -- such a wonderful surprise. Also, thanks to the various review communities that reviewed it and my other nominee, "Fallacy Somewhere," because the second best thing about CoT was getting that additional thoughtful feedback from all of you. Also, thanks again to thisbluespirit for nominating "Fallacy Somewhere." It's obviously not an award-winning fic ; ) but it's also obviously a fic that some people really, really like, and that's what it's all about in the end.

Finally, congratulations to the other winners and to everyone who got nominated! I'd especially like to congratulate my flister paranoidangel42 for making runner-up in one of the categories I lost -- well done! Losing out to an awesome Sarah fic is not a problem at all. : )