link The workshop is filled. Yay! We’ll have details up in a few days on where to send your pitches and when we’ll posting them, so come back soon and check for details! Come join the fun and get your pitch ready for a major pitching event coming in March. Read more…
I’m so excited! We have winners and more! I won’t go on and on about how great you all are and how supportive this community is because you’ll probably just skip it to see who got requests. So here it goes… From our fantabulous judge… Ammi-Joan Paquette What a terrific Read more…
The contest is closed! Thanks everyone for participating and good luck. Please check back for the results soon! Official Entry Post! All entries must be posted in the comments below by 8:00am EST January 17. It’s finally here! Pitch your Young Adult or Middle Grade manuscript to agent, Ammi-Joan Paquette with Read more…
It’s a brand spanking new year and I’m excited for our newest contest. Can you hit a perfect pitch for your Young Adult or Middle Grade manuscripts to agent Ammi-Joan Paquette of the Erin Murphy Literary Agency? This is a great opportunity to get your work in front of her Read more…
Update: The winner of Destiny’s Fire is Meradeth Houston. Please email me at brendadrakecontests@gmail.com to claim your prize. I’m so excited for one of my writing buddies, Trisha Wolfe, book release on January 10th that I’m giving away a book here and on DNA Writers. About the book … Read more…
DL Hammons at Cruising Altitude 2.0 is holding the Deja Vu Blogfest on his site. So I just had to enter cause I’m lazy like that. I love that all I have to do is re-post something I’ve already posted before.That’s how I roll. Here’s the deets… In his words: Read more…
It has been a whirlwind of fun on the blog lately, and it’s because of all the fantabulous writers and friends who participated in this blogfest. I just want to say how much you all mean to me! Thanks for all the positive comments and critique love you sent to Read more…
We have semi-finalists! Each semi-finalist will have their own post, so scroll down and view each one. Please feel free to comment on the entries’ posts (be nice in your critiques). I have to say that the writing and stories were so fantabulous it was hard to decide. I hope Read more…
Name: Heather Webb The voodoo priestess tossed entrails into the fire. My throat tightened at the stench, and sweat trickled in hidden places beneath my damp, cotton dress. I drew in a smothered breath, laden with ash and rain not yet released. Mosquitoes buzzed. A night heron babbled in the Read more…
Name: Robin Weeks Brina knew better than to go out in public looking less than her questionable best. But she was late, it was rush hour, and home was thirty minutes away by car… but only ten by air. So she dumped her school bag, gym bag, and purse in Read more…