{"id":384,"date":"2010-07-26T09:26:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-26T09:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/?p=384"},"modified":"2010-07-26T09:26:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-26T09:26:00","slug":"2010-rita-nominee-author-judy-duarte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksbylyncote.com\/SWBS\/uncategorized\/2010-rita-nominee-author-judy-duarte","title":{"rendered":"2010 RITA Nominee-Author Judy Duarte"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever since attending my first RWA national conference in 1997 and watching the awesome award ceremony in Orlando, I’ve dreamed of being a Rita finalist. A year later, I had an opportunity to touch a Rita statuette. As I did so, I wondered what it would be like to win one of my own.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last year, the book of my heart, MULBERRY PARK, was a Rita Finalist, and I walked several inches above ground for months. I couldn’t help wondering if it was a fluke, though. Had I somehow lucked out when I’d gotten the nod? <\/span><\/p>\n

When the winner’s name was called in Washington D.C., I wasn’t the least bit disappointed that it wasn’t mine. Well, maybe just a wee bit. But from the end of March until the last Saturday night in July, I felt honored beyond belief. <\/span><\/p>\n

This year, when I got the call that ENTERTAINING ANGELS also finaled in the Rita, I was thrilled. And I began to realize that it might not be a fluke. That maybe I really could create stories that touched both readers and my peers. <\/span><\/p>\n

Being a Rita finalist is one of the best things that ever happened to me as a writer. And I have no doubt that, no matter who gets to take the statuette home on July 31, I’ll still feel like a winner. <\/span>Judy Duarte
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