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About this item: A full manuscript diagnosis redeemable in September.

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Hailing from the arid highlands of Colorado, Lara Willard graduated with highest honors in Interdisciplinary Studies (Literature, Writing, Editing, and Design) from the University of Northwestern. She writes poetry, contemporary short fiction, and fantasy novels. Lara lives in Minnesota with her husband, sons, and dog-show dropout Havanese.

See her editor bio here.

Will not edit certain scenes or genres. No erotica or horror novels. Please no erotic or rape scenes* in any genre. No explicit descriptions of crimes against children. Please no racist, sexist, or sociopathic protagonists—She really doesn’t want to live in their heads. Lewd humor is not for her. For graphic novels, please note if any content is NSFW.

STARTING BID: $10

TURNAROUND TIME allow two weeks for query critiques + 1st chapters, four weeks for partials, and six weeks for full critiques. Donors will discuss turnaround times with winners. All winning bids are guaranteed. Should some unforeseen event happen, money will be returned to winner or the winner may choose to have Brenda Drake provide the critique.

Categories: Misc

13 Comments

Rondi Olson · July 14, 2015 at 7:18 am

$50.00 to get things going.

Julie · July 14, 2015 at 8:15 am

$75

Kelly Hopkins · July 14, 2015 at 8:49 am

$100

Andrea Luhman · July 14, 2015 at 9:29 am

$150

Lori Henriksen · July 14, 2015 at 11:27 am

$200

Katya Dove · July 14, 2015 at 2:10 pm

$400 One of my fave editors is offering a critique? Yes!

Maxym Martineau · July 14, 2015 at 2:25 pm

$500

Katya Dove · July 14, 2015 at 2:33 pm

$600

Maxym Martineau · July 14, 2015 at 2:41 pm

$650

Peggy Rothschild · July 14, 2015 at 3:24 pm

$700

Baroness Von Smith · July 15, 2015 at 9:24 am

$850

Brenda Drake · July 20, 2015 at 11:28 am

The winner is: Baroness Von Smith with a bid of $850.00. Please pay for your auction item by entering it on the GoFundMe campaign here: http://www.gofundme.com/we4dv4m After you make your donation, send your email address to brendadrakecontests@gmail.com When we’ve verified your donation, we will send you information on how to claim your item. You have 24 hours to place your donation or the item will be given to the next highest bidder. Thank you!

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