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In honor of Writability’s third birthday, there are going to be some fun things this week! Happy fun things. And I can’t wait to share them with you guys, and that’s all I’m going to say about that.
Well, maybe one more hint: tomorrow is Writability’s actual birthday. I don’t usually post on Tuesdays but you maaaaayyy want to stop by. Just saying.
As for today, I’m kicking off Writability’s birthday week with a giveaway! A bunch of giveaways, actually, because some very lovely ladies oh so graciously agreed to participate. Yay!
Up for grabs this week is a reader report on a full manuscript, a first 50 page critique, a query + 25 page critique, a query + first three chapters critique, a query + synopsis + 1st chapter submission package critique AND a query + Twitter pitch critique package!
That’s right—SIX prizes! All full of critiquerly goodness!
And here are our awesome donors!
Rae Chang
Rae Chang is the assistant to Brenda Drake (the reigning queen of online pitch contests) as well as an editor and YA/NA writer. When not writing and editing, you can find her lightsaber dueling her husband, creating culinary masterpieces in the kitchen, composing the soundtracks to her novels, speaking at high schools as a youth mentor, and being a kick-butt outreach coordinator at a women's shelter.
Follower her on Twitter!
Read her blog!
Rae is giving away 3 passes on a query and up to 5 Twitter pitch critique package!
Restrictions: No PB, Comedy, Erotica, Political books, category Romance or Westerns. If MG, only upper MG.
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Vicki Leigh
Vicki is an editor for Curiosity Quills Press, a co-founder of The Writer Diaries, and is represented by Sarah Negovetich of Corvisiero Literary Agency. If she couldn’t be a writer, Vicki would be a Hunter (think Dean and Sam Winchester) or a Jedi. Her favorite place on earth is Hogwarts (she refuses to believe it doesn’t exist), and her favorite dreams include solving cases alongside Sherlock Holmes. Her YA debut, CATCH ME WHEN I FALL, releases October 23, 2014.
Website: www.vleighwrites.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/vleighwrites
Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/vleighwrites
Google+: www.google.com/+vickileighwritesVicki is giving away a query, synopsis AND first chapter submission package critique!
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Naomi Hughes
Naomi is a freelance editor and an agented writer of quirky middle-grade/young adult novels (most of which involve unicorns). She lives in Oklahoma with her husband, daughter, and a hyperactive Border Collie named after a Last Airbender character. You can find out more about her at www.naomiedits.com and follow her on Twitter.
Naomi is giving away a query plus first 25 page critique package!
Restrictions: NO horror or erotica.
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Alice
people. She grew up in London, in a flat that overlooks a park. She speaks a few languages, and studied linguistic philosophy at uni. She was once stranded on a train to Victoria without paper and wrote a short story on her ticket.
She's represented by Rubin Pfeffer Content, and will be in Austin, Texas until autumn--after which she, her Boy Thing, three cats, some antique guitars and typewriters, and enough books to bury them all in will make their way back to Europe.
Website: www.notveryalice.com
Twitter: @notveryalice
Alice is giving away a first 50 page critique!
Restrictions: Adult fiction or YA/NA speculative preferred.
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Cait Spivey
Cait Spivey is an author and freelance editor, on staff for Curiosity Quills Press and REUTS Publications, as well as a managing member of Bear and Black Dog Editing, LLC. As an editor, Cait pulls from her lifelong experience loving books to bring forth the best elements of every story in a way that grabs the reader and doesn’t let go. She wants to help books tug heartstrings. She wants to help books become heirlooms. She wants to help books get quoted on Tumblr. Follow her on Twitter @CaitSpivey.
Cait is graciously giving away TWO prizes: a query plus first three chapters critique package AND a reader report on a full!
Restrictions: Spec fic and His fic ONLY. NO Contemporary.
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Go forth and enter! And good luck!
Twitter-sized bite:
Come celebrate Writability's 3rd birthday by entering to win six fabulous critiquerly prizes! (Click to tweet)
10 comments:
YAT! HAPPY BLOGBIRTHDAY!!! Holy crap, these are amazing prizes! I'd love to get some help with my YA Fantasy I've been querying. Thanks so much for the giveaways!!
Thank you, Ellie!!! So happy you like the prizes—good luck! :)
Happy blog anniversary! I would use this for my ya contemp that I'm editing.
A very happy anniversary to you! That's exciting. ^_^ Always enjoy reading this blog--look forward to seeing what you do in the future!
This is awesome! I would love the chance for a critique on my Adventure/ Quest Novel A Legend of Honesty. I hope to start querying in the fall so the chance for a "real" critique would be so appreciated!
Happy blog anniversary! Thanks for the chance at these critiques! :)
Oh, by the way, I would use the critique for my Contemporary New Adult MS. Thanks!
Congratulations on 3 years of blogging fun! My adult sci-fi romance just went through major revisions and it could use another round of critique before I hit the trenches.
Happy blog anniversary! Thanks for hosting the awesome giveaway!
Happy blog anniversary! I would use the critique on the YA fantasy I'm working on at the moment.
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