Be A Bestseller Novel Competition 2014 #beabestseller

I've found a subject to briefly talk about, (being as I've written nothing on the blog in ages.)

ITV's This Morning and Curtis Brown Literary Agents are running a Competition for novel writers, called Be A Bestseller.

The competition only runs for a mere 10 days!

I was keen to enter until I spotted the fact that the finalists have to go on TV.

COMPETITION JUDGES: MARIAN KEYES, CAROLINE QUENTIN, JONNY GELLER

Now it's not that I expect to be a finalist, obviously, but when you're not the sort of person who would voluntarily step into the limelight, these horrific eventualities must be considered.

My first thought was therefore: There is no way on earth that I'm entering this competition.

But I continued reading about it anyway...

I noticed that it was free to enter. That I could win a place on a Creative Writing Course. I could end up being represented by Curtis Brown (with whom I have had communications before)...

Ultimately I could end up with my book being published.

I already have a shapely 3000 words of my book edited, plus a synopsis that just needs trimming. Is it ridiculous to be too scared to enter?

I wonder how many other writers won't enter for the very same reasons.

A lot, methinks.

          CB READERS ALREADY DEVOURING COMPETITION ENTRIES, COURTESY OF @CBCREATIVE

So I HAVE to enter, don't I?

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