Title: LOVE IN REAL LIFE Genre: Adult Romance Shower time. I could do this with my eyes closed. Every detail was so burned into my brain. Like someone had hit me a branding iron so many times, the pattern of morning was the only clear thing I could Read more…
Title: SYLVAN LEGACY Genre: YA Historical Fantasy Bransfield Estate, Gloucester, England 1825 The horse’s hooves thunder across the hillside, and my heart pounds with each bunching of its muscles. My hair breaks free of its pins, pale strands sweeping across my cheek. Though the cold wind breaks through Read more…
Title: HAUNTED LEGACYGenre: YA Fantasy w/ Paranormal elements (WIP) Blah, blah, blahbity, blah. I suppose our tour guide used actual words instead of gibberish, but I stopped paying attention about twenty minutes ago. Meanwhile, the rest of my classmates stood entranced, staring at their surroundings like they’d never seen Read more…
Title: TAGESTRAUM Genre: Adult dark fantasy The Nightmare Man came today. Adrian could still hear the echo of Nathaniel’s words in his mind – the words the boy had said when he made the drawing. The sketch now stared up at Adrian from his coffee table with its Read more…
Title: THE UNLEASHING Genre: YA Paranormal I clutched my head, wincing in pain. No, please no. Not again. Why does this keep happening? The throbbing intensified. I pushed my chair away from the desk, trying not to draw attention to myself. My heart hammered with erratic beats. I Read more…
Title: SOUTHERN FORTUNE Genre: YA mystery with paranormal and romantic elements “I am such a freak!” I smashed the pink polka dot pillow against my face hoping to smother the vision burned into my brain like a cow branding. Seriously, flinging your body into a snow cone stand right Read more…
Title: NIRVANA, INC. Genre: Biopunk If only her landlord didn’t have something crawl up his ass to make him raise her rent by a hundred creds, she would have already met her quota for the week. Rayn didn’t like staying at any rathskeller for this long. Shit, she didn’t Read more…
Get your 35-word pitch ready for a mega pitch event with Entangled Publishing. On Monday, July 16 at 10:00 AM EDT, we’ll accept 200 pitches in the comments of the official submission post. The comments will be on moderation and won’t be seen until they’ve cleared an inspection to make Read more…
link Okay, we have entry winners for the voice workshop! Winners please submit the first 250 words of your finished manuscripts or WIP (any genre) to brendadrakecontests@gmail.com NOW. You have 24 hours (6/28 Noon EST) to get your emails in. If I don’t receive an entry by that time, I Read more…
link It’s time to sign up for That Doggone Voice Workshop (make sure to scroll down to enter), but first a few thoughts on voice… The same question tends to come up often at conferences or in writing groups. How do I get voice in my novel? Until recently, this Read more…