Usually when I receive Google Alerts about my name, Brenda Anderson, they’re for a reporter from the Langley Times, so I almost deleted today’s alert without looking. Good thing I didn’t. This Brenda Anderson alert was actually about me!
The alert’s headline read, “Coon Rapids Writer is Finalist in National Contest”. So I click the link and voila! There’s an article in my local paper, ABC Newspapers, about me being a Finalist in ACFW‘s Genesis contest! They even included a picture! Very sweet. 😀
https://abcnewspapers.com/2012/07/25/coon-rapids-writer-is-finalist-in-national-contest/
So does that officially make me an author?
I believe it does. 🙂
Lesson learned: Always look at Google alerts. It might actually be about me!
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I just had to comment… I get Google Alerts all the time for that “other” Brenda Anderson too and then yesterday, when my alert email arrived, I saw the one about you and remember thinking “hey, that’s not the newspaper writer; it’s someone new!” Occasionally, Google sends me alerts about me, so if you see one about a Brenda Anderson in New Zealand, that’s me. 🙂 Cheers! -Brenda.
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I’ll have to keep an eye out for you! 🙂 It’d be nice to see a few other Brenda Andersons get our share of attention.
Kewl, Bren!
It was a fun surprise, Nicole. 🙂
Congratulations, Brenda!! So Excited for you! I will be there to cheer you on in Dallas.
Thanks, Michelle! I’m really looking forward to the conference. 🙂