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Hi, everyone! Can you believe it’s June? I’m SO looking forward to turning off my alarm clock for two months and soaking up the sun. But there are still 3 weeks of school (for us) to get through in the meantime, so let’s do some critiques, shall we?

CONTEST 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)

Also, please be sure your first page is ready to go so I can critique it before next month’s contest rolls around. If it needs some work and you won’t be able to get it to me right away, I’d like to ask that you plan on entering the next contest, once any necessary tweaking has been taken care of. 🙂

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!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. BECCA PUGLISI says

    Ok, the winners for this month are BJ Myrick, Natalie Shannon, and Sherryl Clark. I’ve sent you each an email; if you don’t see it soon, please check your spam folder or contact me at becca.puglisi@yahoo.com within the next 48 hours.

    Thanks so much for entering, everyone. Enjoy the warm weather, and best of luck with your writing. I’ll see you next month!

  2. Dylan says

    I don’t see my comment. So I will write another.

    1. jones. dylan19 @yahoo.com no spaces.

    2. YA Urban Fantasy.

  5. Jay Hicks says

    What a fabulous idea. I live in relative isolation, so most of my learning/sharing opportunities come online. So thanks for this opportunity.

  7. Janis Robinson says

    I hear you lose 100 percent of the shots you don’t take, so I’m going for it.
    Women’s upmarket fiction.

    • Natalie Shannon says

      or you could use the email associated with my word press or both. I put the gmail one because I don’t mind the public seeing it. It is my secondary email.

  11. Claire Mendenhall says

    Love to have a first page critique.
    genre: Mystery (police procedural type)
    Title “Monster in the Closet”
    My website is ‘under construction’ and being switched to WordPress so my email is my best contact currently.

    • Rine says

      Also, random question, but when you say “first page,” about how many words do you mean? I just wonder about this, because first page lengths can be different depending on spacing, font, etc. Thank you!

      • BECCA PUGLISI says

        Hi, Rine. A first page is typically double spaced with size 12 font. When I contact the winners I let them know the best way to determine their first page, so you’ll be all set :).

  15. Emily Cushing says

    This sounds great, thanks. My email is emcush(at)hotmail(dot)com. Genre is middle grade mystery.

  16. Kimberly B. says

    Would love a first page critique! My novel is YA Fantasy and my email is beax0002 (at) umn (dot) edu. Thanks for the opportunity!

  18. Bonnie says

    The link to an email friend did not come up, Reddit is impossible to join, and google + kept rejecting my information that always worked before so I give up. I’ve spent a ton of time trying to follow the instructions. Done!

    • ANGELA ACKERMAN says

      HI Bonnie, those are just our share buttons for sharing this post, not used to enter. Just so you are aware, most just put their email in the comment itself with spaces added, or in the case of this comment, because you are already signed in, your email address is visible to us (not to everyone).

      Best, Angela

  22. Jackie Layton says

    I’d love a first page critique. Thanks! Inspirational romance.

    joyfuljelatgmaildotcom

    Thanks again.