From JUNE 29-JULY 5 on her Writers' Advice website DearEditor.com, she's featuring daily "Free First Chapter Critique" giveaways, free downloads, excerpts from the book, and profiles of the 13 amazing authors, editors, and agents who so generously contributed sidebars to the book (M.T. Anderson, Karen Cushman, Jane Yolen, Jennifer Donnelly, to name a few). As a grand finale, she's giving away a "Free Full Manuscript Edit" on the final day of the launch.
Don't miss this. It's a great opportunity to win, win, win!
Don't miss my Throes of Thursday--What I've Learned About Writing Novels, 8. I'll be going into more detail about Setting.
Lee, go write! Finish that WIP. You can do it!
ReplyDeleteGo, go, go C. Lee! I know you can do it! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the heads up about the contest!
You are my inspiration, today!! I'm stuck in my MG. I'm dawdling. Go get'em!!
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Write away, my friend! Keep the momentum.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a window in your cave;-)
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your WIP.
Looking forward to Thursday's post!
Go Girl. Wish it was me.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on the WIP, push, and thanks for the alert to the Halverson book. I follow her Dear Editor, and she's very savvy.
ReplyDeleteComing up for air. Saying hi to all my writerly friends and ducking back inside that cave. Close. Very close I am to a draft.
ReplyDeleteHope you managed to finish that draft. :-)
ReplyDeleteAlso, we have an interview with Deborah Halverson on our blog today. She shares a terrific revision exercise and some advice on how to make time for writing. (She’s a busy mother of triplets!) Readers can enter for a chance to win one of two copies of WRITING YOUNG ADULT FICTION FOR DUMMIES.
http://www.teachingauthors.com/2011/06/book-giveaway-and-guest-teaching-author.html
Carmela
Today on Tales From the Rushmore Kid I have a pre blog tour interview with editor Deborah Halverson http://www.tinanicholscouryblog.com
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