Tonight was the big finale as far as the performances go for American Idol. I’ve been trying to vote for Taylor but can’t get through. Hope that means he’s getting bazillions of votes and he wins. He’s not as musically gifted as my Idol fave Chris Daughtry, but he sure is fun and has a great time and seems like a genuinely nice guy. Plus, he’s from the South. 
A few years ago, Romantic Times BOOKClub Magazine and Dorchester Publishing teamed up to sponsor an American Idol-type writing competition called the American Title, the winner of which gets a publishing contract. Amazingly, I’ve known most of the winners. Fellow Noodlers Janice Lynn won last year. A previous year, when the contest was still called the New Voice in Romance Contest, saw a tie between another Noodler Norah Wilson and RWA chaptermate Kate Lyon. And last weekend, fellow 2005 Golden Heart finalist Gerri Russell won the lastest American Title. Gerri’s been writing for a long time and so deserves to finally see her book on shelves. Go over to her Web site to check out the cover her winning book, The Warrior Trainer.
May 24th, 2006 at 10:07 am
I tried to vote for Taylor, too… and got through ONCE. Of course, my niece was voting for Katherine and got through once for her, so we canceled each other out!
I betcha it’ll be close. Rah Taylor!
May 24th, 2006 at 10:46 am
Taylor will win. But Chris should have. LOL
Teri
May 24th, 2006 at 11:19 am
Well, I’ve gone through every emotion with Chris. He was my favorite and still is, but I’ve decided now he’ll get to record a better album. One that’s more him rather than a cheesy AI one. :)Just my humble opinion.
Congrats to the new AT winner!
May 24th, 2006 at 12:09 pm
I didn’t watch any of the American Idol shows so I don’t have an opinion on that, but I do want to pop on and say how wonderful it is that Gerri won. Her cover is absolutely awesome & she’s a wonderful and deserving winner. Ruth Kaufman, the runner up, is also a fab writer & I hope Dorchester buys her, too!
May 24th, 2006 at 2:07 pm
I agree Chris should have won based on talent, but I also agree that going out when he did might have been a good thing.
Janice, I’m thrilled for Gerri, but I got to thinking how, no matter if it’s AI or AT, how hard it must be to be the runner-up — unless of course you’re offered a deal too. Hope Ruth does get bought too.
May 26th, 2006 at 10:13 am
Wow! That’s great that Gerri won. It seems like she has been close ever since she started writing that First Sales Column in the RWR years ago.
Re: Idol
I still have a soft spot for Elliott. I thought he sounded great during the big results show on Wednesday.
-Michelle