
CONTEST CLOSED!
I hope that Spring is springing wherever you are. This winter has been a hard one for many, so I’ll refrain from complaining about how the air has been on in my house for two weeks now and our eight-month Summer has already begun. No one wants to hear that. Least of all me.
What you DO want to hear is that IT’S CRITIQUE TIME again! If you’re working on a first page and would like some objective feedback, leave a comment that includes:
1) your email address
2) the working title of your WIP
3) its genre (no erotica, please)
4) the intended audience
ONLY ENTRIES THAT FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED.
3 commenters’ names will be drawn and posted tomorrow. If you win, you can email me your first page and I’ll offer my feedback. Best of luck!
Becca Puglisi is an international speaker, writing coach, and bestselling author of The Emotion Thesaurus and its sequels. Her books are available in five languages, are sourced by US universities, and are used by novelists, screenwriters, editors, and psychologists around the world. She is passionate about learning and sharing her knowledge with others through her Writers Helping Writers blog and via One Stop For Writers—a powerhouse online library created to help writers elevate their storytelling.
Alrighty, everyone. The winners for this month’s contest are:
Chrissie,
Yanicke Forfang, and
Sunni
Thanks for entering! I’ll see you in April :).
and thank you for doing this. It’s so amazing. Congrats to the winners.
🙂
It’s truly my pleasure. I love doing this :).
Thank you, Becca. I’m so excited I won! I look forward to your thoughts about my page.
So sorry you’ve had to deal with harsh weather. We’re sunny in California but desperately in need of rain.
Email: author@kathrynjankowskibooks.com
Title: Perun’s Wrath
Genre: fantasy
Audience: Young Adult
Thanks for the opportunity. Best of luck to all!
email: sugarlaw13@live.com
Title: Bayou Justice
Genre: Crime Fiction/Thriller
Intended Audience: Adults
Thank you for this wonderful opportunity!
Email: shundayah(at)gmail.com
Title: A Nightmare’s Betrayal
Genre: Portal Fantasy
Audience: YA
Edit: Email: jones (dot) dylan19 (at) yahoo (dot) com
Title: Fighting the Three Kingdoms
Genre: Historical-Fiction
Audience: YA
Super awesome opportunity! Thank you!
1. krista.n.quintana@gmail.com
2. The Orphans of Jadox
3. Fantasy Romance
4. YA
I’m delighted that it’s finally spring. It’s time to plant my garden.
augustina@augustinavanhoven.com
A Second Chance
Time Travel
Adult
email: elpridmore@comcast.net
Title: Range Rovers
Genre: Fiction – Picture Book
Audience: Ages 4-8
Thank you for the opportunity!
E-mail: crcarter@iserv.net
Title: Infinity’s Discovery
Genre: Fantasy
Audience: Adult
Thank you.
email: e.foster3@bigpond.com
Title: Esme’s Wish
Genre: Light fantasy
Audience: YA
Email: ae (dot) siraki (at) yahoo (dot) com
Title: The Wolf’s Grave
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Audience: Adults
Thanks for the opportunity!
1) alana.j.mag@gmail.com
2) (after)life lessons
3) Fantasy
4) Young adult
Thank you!
Email: vtowersauthor@gmail.com
Title: Shui Gui;A Water Ghost Novel
Genre: Paranormal, Thriller
Audience: Young Adult, New Adult
Email: r (dot) e (dot) hunter2012 (at) gmail (dot) com
Title: Hydra
Genre: Techno-thriller
Audience: Adult
Email: Brettgjonas@gmail.com
Title: The Grimsai
Genre: Fantasy
Audience: Young Adult
Thank you for the opportunity!
Thanks. 🙂
“Secret of the Golden Heart”
MG
Fantasy/Adventure
1-alvaradofrazier at gmail dot com
2-Winter Without Flowers
3-Women’s Contemporary but also has YA characters
4-Adult women
satan.sama@yahoo.com
The Price of Betrayal
Horror/Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Adults
email: readchris@shaw.ca
title: The Trouble With Queenie
genre: children’s contemporary fiction
audience: middle grade
1) sam (dot) wager160 (at) gmail (dot) com
2) KEVARA
3) Fantasy
4) Young Adult
satan.sama@yahoo.com
Title: No Place Like Home
Genre: Horror
Audience: Adults
cbaldwin6@me.com
Half-Truths, YOung Adult. African American and white teenage girls.
I LOVE your blog!! Thanks for this opportunity.
Thank you for the opportunity.
1. marykdesigns@comcast.net
2. Memorable Hearts
3. Contemporary Romance
4. Adult
email: satan.sama@yahoo.com
Title: No Place Like Home
Genre: Horror
Indended Audience: Adults
email: haulrich5@gmail.com
Title: Something Old
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Adult Women
email address: spenelopej@aol.com
Working title: Coronada
Genre: Historical/Magical Realism
Target audience: Women 35+
Latino literature readers
!) balanceguide@gmail.com
2) Pseudo-Dragon
3) High Fantasy
4) Adult
1) email address: mymiddleyears at gmail com
2) title: Shrouded Goddess
3) genre: fantasy
4) audience: young adult
Thanks for doing this again!
My email: lindastrawn@yahoo.com
Title: Liberty’s Tears
Genre: Christian Fiction
Audience: Adults, older teens
1 – lottie_067@hotmail.co.uk
2 – The Good In Evil
3 – Fantasy/Sci~fi
4 – 15+
1.) skesling@cox.net
2.) Life Derailed
3.) Memoir
4.) Caregivers, Personal Crisis, Rehab patients that have had brain surgery or brain infection, Dealing with emotional constraints with doctors and nurses.
Thanks so much for doing this. It’s so nice of you and I can use the help.
bocairene@comcast.net
Abraham’s Daughter
Historical, women’s
Adult
Email: aviario.ct at gmail dot com
Title: From the Desk of Buster Heywood
Genre: Fiction (Contemporary Drama)
Audience: Fans of character-driven dramatic series, a little too mature for YA.
Would love to get your feedback!
Email: gaelic_wordsmith@yahoo.com
Title: Moon Watch
Genre: YA Paranormal Mystery
Target Audience: Young Adult and New Adult
Thanks for the chance at a free critique.
1) clmanges@yahoo.com
2) Trade Route
3) Science fiction
4) adult
Thanks again.
1) eisen5585(at)yahoo(dot)com
2) Strange Days
3) Speculative Fiction
4) Young adults (ages 12-18)
Email: sherifredricks @ sherifredricks .com
Title: Monica (working title)
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Audience: Women 18+
Email: jarm@me.com
Title: The Orphans Who Saved the World
Genre: Historical Fiction
Audience: Middle Grade
1.irenewittig@gmail.com
2. Coming to Terms
3. historical fiction
4. adults
1) erica (dot) editing (at) yahoo (dot) com
2) SNAKE OF EDEN
3) Contemporary
4) Young Adult
Title: Bloodlife
Genre: soft sci-fi/horror
Intended audience: Adult
1) nrbrighton@gmail.com
2) Emerson Hills
3) Contemporary YA paranormal/horror
4) Older teens and adults
1. Kristengjohnson at Gmail dot com
2. Squirrel Power
3. Children’s chapter book, speculative
4. Boys ages 7-10
Thanks!
mailto:sarah.beth@syzygy.org
title: Matryoschka Sarah
Genre: SciFi Romance (but the HEA takes three novels, HFN in first two)
Adult, but I’ve been told NA would be more responsive.
note: You may have already done this for me. If you want to pass, just let me know.
Hi, Sarah. Yes, I have critiqued this one before, so if you have a different first page, please feel free to enter that one instead :).
Thanks!
Email: hbgwriter6@gmail.com
Title: Riley Cooper Inventor Extraordinaire
Genre: Middle Grade
Audience: 9 -12 year old
croach@gurwin.org
Title: We Like Them Dead
Genre: Mystery
Adult Fiction
hl_gibson@outlook.com
The Secrets of Dr. John Welles
Literary Fiction
Men & women who enjoy general or historical fiction
1. therenaissance08@gmail.com
2.The Vengeful Ones
3. Thriller
4. New Adult-18 and up
Love Critiques 4 U time!!!
1.) scarlettkol(at)outlook(dot)com
2.) MERCURY RISES
3.) Speculative Fiction
4.) YA
Hi Becca,
I’m working on a short story that needs some polishing, only I can’t look at it objectively anymore. I would appreciate your feedback.
The working title is “A New Day.”
The Genre is “Romance”
The intended audience: Adults
Thank you,
Rajni
email: rajni_g_2001@yahoo.com
1) aiar shai a t gmail dot com
2) Out of Mind
3) SF
4) general SF market (so adults I guess)
How awesome! Crits have helped me so much with my work!
My WIP is titled “Marks”, it is a YA fantasy novel for readers aged 15-19.
Title: Shadowland
Genre: Horror
Intended Audience: Fans of Stephen King books such as Salems Lot, Insomnia.
email: johnsonbarbarar@yahoo.com
working title: The Wife in Law
genre: I’ve been told it’s ‘not your typical romance’
intended audience: women, southern women maybe
Email: icrusoe@live.se
Titel: Killer Queen
Genre: paranormal romance
YA/NA