Well, folks, in case you hadn’t noticed, it’s October. For me, that means ordering Halloween costumes, enjoying the leaves changing color, and baking all the pumpkin stuff. On the blogging front, Ange and I kicked off our Resident Writing Coach program last week with our first post, which was a humdinger from April Bradley, and the next one will be out next week. Since there was a gap in our calendar, I figured it was a good time for…
CRITIQUES 4 U!
~~CONTEST IS CLOSED!~~
If you’re working on a first page and would like some objective feedback, please leave a comment that includes:
1) your email address. Some of you have expressed concern about making your email address public; if you’re sure that the email address associated with your WordPress account is correct, you don’t have to include it here. But if you do win and I’m unable to contact you through that email address, I’ll have to choose an alternate winner.
2) your story’s genre (no erotica, please)
ONLY ENTRIES THAT FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED
Three commenters’ names will be randomly 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.
Ok, everyone. The winners for this month are…
Jean Bay Wiley
Sandy Green
Elli Comeau
Thanks so much for entering! See you next month :).
Congratulations to all the winners! Thanks again for offering this, Becca.
Thanks for entering, everyone! I’ll be back this afternoon to announce the winners :).
Genre: Murder mystery
david1pelletier@hotmail.com
The Emotion Thesaurus is my go-to whenever I’m stuck with emotions–and for whatever reason, emotions are one of the hardest things for me to write. The Motivation Thesaurus sounds like something else I need.
Thanks for the giveaway!
genre: MG mystery
Thanks for this opportunity!
Genre: contemporary romance
Email: heathmocha at gmail dot com
jones . Dylan 19 @ yahoo . com
YA Urban Fantasy
Thank you for this wonderful opportunity! What a treat ?☺️
Dawnhusted (@) gmail
Genre: YA scifi
Email below the comment box 🙂
Genre: contemporary fantasy
Thank you for the opportunity and your time!
Sorry – was so excited to enter this, I forgot to post genre. 🙂
Paranormal Romance
Sorry! Forgot to add genre: Suspense thriller
Thanks!
YA mystery
ellenmulholland@att.net
I’d be grateful!
Excellent opportunity!
Thank you for this opportunity!
Hi there. I’m so impressed by all that you offer. Thank you!
I’m writing rural historical fiction featuring strong women.
My earlier comment doesn’t seem to have gone through, so I’m posting it again … my apologies if it then shows up twice.
I’m writing a mystery / suspense short story. Thanks Becca for doing this.
My email is in rbarnes7557 at gmail.
So nice that you are doing this.
literary/short story.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Thanks for generousity.
Lesrandall@aol.com
YA Contemporary/Historical
Thanks for offering this! I have several of your very informative blog posts tagged and open on my computer.
What a generous offer. How do you find the time with everything else you do? I’m impressed. I love what one of the commenters called her novel or her manuscript: she referred to her WIP as her story-embryo. Perfect word choice, very vivid. I bet she’a a fantastic author. So, yes, please put my name in the hat. I would be honored to receive a critique from you.
Psychological Thriller/Domestic Noir
Sugarlaw13@live.com
I always appreciate more critiques, so this is a nice opportunity. First pages, so critical. I have a WordPress account and I blog at writenowjbw, so I’m sure you can contact me there. I even have a contact page set up. Thanks!
Darn, I forgot to say my genre is Contemporary realism for YA audience. Jean Bay Wiley
What a terrific, first-class opportunity!! The two of you really “pay it forward!”
Mine is a short story, in the mystery / suspense genre. I can be found at rbarnes7557 waaay over there at gmail. (or was that too subtle? LOL)
Thank you for the opportunity. This is very generous of you. I can’t wait for your motivation thesaurus. It’s hard for me to write my characters’ motivation when I suffer from my own lack. You have given me a treasure trove from which to dig. Thank you.
Carol Malone
cam@3tcm.net
Nature in autumn fills the soul! Genre: memoir vmlwriter@comcast.net
Historical Romance
Thank you for the opportunity.
GENRE: Romance
adugas65 at gmail dot com
Yes please! I have a YA contemporary I’d love critiqued, and you can contact me via WordPress 🙂 Thanks!
Genre: Historical fiction/romance
Happy Fall!
of course I’d love your eyes on my story-embryo!!
I write women’s fiction, and have now turned historical
Genre: Paranormal
countess[dot]degraff[at]gmail.com
You are super awesomesauce for doing this!
I have always suspected I was super awesomesauce. Thank you for confirming :).
Love your blogs. They are totally inspiring.
Genre: women’s fiction
So glad you’re enjoying them, Fritzie. Good luck!
donna @ donnamaloy dot com
Young Adult
What a wonderful opportunity!
See email address in the box below.
Memoir
1. nkennedyca@yahoo.ca
2. apocalyptic fantasy
very cool thing to do for all of us 🙂
sherikaarnold@yahoo.com
Genre: Inspirational
You two are the greatest!
Genre: romance
bckii@outlook.com
icrusoe@live.se
Have no idea what genre it falls under. It’s historical action romance, but not exactly. ?
Happy Halloween, and thank you. ?
shanna.rogers@live.com
MG Contemporary
Thanks!
1) Email – included
2) Genre – sci-fi/fantasy
Genre: contemporary YA
What a generous offer. Thank you!
Genre: YA
What a generous offer!
Halloween and fall… the best.
brenda dot moguez@gmail.com
Aiarshai at gmail dot com
Fantasy
GENRE: Romance
Fingers crossed, toes crossed.
Thanks for the opportunity!
(I don’t think I have a “WordPress Account”. Is the email entered in the box below the reply sufficient for contact?)
Yep, you’re good 🙂