Thank You Ya Highway!!

First off, I want to say a HUGE THANK YOU to ya highway!

On Thursday I was having a not so awesome day, after losing our second volleyball game against Cameron. Then I had to go home and write a college admission's essay for homework. (Man oh man is that stressful stuff. It's one thing to say I have good grades and that I am active in extra curricular activities, but it's another thing to brag. The way I was raised I was taught bragging is rude, so it's really hard to sit there and evaluate yourself to make others feel the need that you have to attend their school.) Anyways...it was Thursday night, and I remembered that I had my dad forward me a bunch of emails from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln so I decided to get on my email.

That's when one of the worst days ever turned into the best miracle God could give me.

That's when I saw that I received an email from ya highway. I love following their blog, it's very insightful especially for an aspiring author...which fits my description. So back to what the email said. It said something like "Hurray!" and that's when my heart stopped and I tried to stifle an energetic scream. I stood up really fast, which made me a little light headed because I wasn't feeling so well, and then I ran to my parents room. Well they were both out cold, go figure it was eleven thirty, so after that I ran back to my room to read the rest of the email.

It told me that I won a query critique. For those of you that don't know what a query is, it is a letter that an author will send to agents asking for representation. Queries have to be well written and really explain your book, if they aren't then you could very well end up without an agent. So winning a query critique is really good news, especially since I've never written one before and I need my query to be good.

A little note: I have written something, but I've always been hesitant about saying anything. However, I haven't let my hesitation stop me from going after my dream of being published, so I've asked some well trusted people to read it. Both times I've given them the manuscript I have heard a song that always reminds me of my manuscript, and both times I have looked up and thanked God for giving me the courage to write. Because it does take courage.

Here I am again thanking God because he has definitely given me a miracle. Winning a query critique from the ya highway giveaway is a true blessing. Once again I really want to thank ya highway, they are helping people learn how to be better writers and it really makes a difference.

Thank you so much,
Bailey