{"id":356750,"date":"2026-07-09T17:29:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/last-challenge-new-direction-the-wonder-of-words\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T17:29:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:29:50","slug":"last-challenge-new-direction-the-wonder-of-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=356750","title":{"rendered":"~ Last Challenge, New Direction ~ \u2013 The Wonder of Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hello readers, and welcome back to our WONDERful blog! It\u2019s time to share the results of our last Pitch it to Me Challenge. I know more than a few months have passed, so thanks for be patient with me. I\u2019ll come back to the reasons for that and plans for future posts in a moment, but first let\u2019s find out who won. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fabulous author Judy Shemtob pitched her story, COME BACK ZIEFER, to guest star Candace Spizzirri and me to see what magical words we could spin. Each pitch had quite a few votes, but only one could take first place. Here is the winning pitch:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cZach loves nothing more than the stuffed chicken Grammy made for him. But Ziefer often \u201cwanders\u201d and Zach must retrace his steps each time to find him. When there\u2019s a power fail-ure in Grammy\u2019s building, Zach thinks Ziefer may have wandered off for the last time. Only the reader can guess where Ziefer might be!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you to Judy and Candace for participating in the challenge. Although this pitch was mine, these ladies made me work extra hard to come up with the winning words. And now Judy has some WONDERful voter feedback to help with her query letters!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But wait, there\u2019s more . . .<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am sorry to say that keeping up with the challenge has been \u2013 well \u2013 a challenge \u2013 these last few months. My work as a publisher takes up most of my time, and special projects like The Pitch it to Me Challenge don\u2019t get the attention they deserve. After a lot of thought, I have decided to change the direction of my posts. I hope fans of the challenge will continue to tune in and support the blog and writing community as you have done in the past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Going forward, I would still like to offer an interactive component to each post, most likely through an \u201cAsk a Publisher\u201d format or something of a similar nature. If you have a topic you want to know more about, share in the comments below and I will consider it for later posts. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until next time . . .<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1758\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wonderwords100.wordpress.com\/2022\/09\/10\/last-challenge-new-direction\/pexels-photo-4094111\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wonderwords100.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/pexels-photo-4094111.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1880,1253\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"close up shot of baseball and baseball glove\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo by Valery on &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/close-up-shot-of-baseball-and-baseball-glove-4094111\/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Pexels.com&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wonderwords100.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/pexels-photo-4094111.jpeg?w=825\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/wonderwords100.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/pexels-photo-4094111.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wonderwords100.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/pexels-photo-4094111.jpeg?w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/wonderwords100.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/pexels-photo-4094111.jpeg?w=150 150w, https:\/\/wonderwords100.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/pexels-photo-4094111.jpeg?w=300 300w, https:\/\/wonderwords100.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/pexels-photo-4094111.jpeg?w=768 768w, https:\/\/wonderwords100.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/pexels-photo-4094111.jpeg?w=1440 1440w, https:\/\/wonderwords100.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/pexels-photo-4094111.jpeg 1880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo by Valery on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/close-up-shot-of-baseball-and-baseball-glove-4094111\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pexels.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span id=\"wordads-inline-marker\" style=\"display: none;\"\/>\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello readers, and welcome back to our WONDERful blog! It\u2019s time to share the results of our last Pitch it to Me Challenge. I know more than a few months have passed, so thanks for be patient with me. 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