My good friend Shelley Watters over at Is It Hot In Here Or Is It This Book? is hosting an epic follower twitter pitch blogfest/contest. The prize is a full manuscript request from the incredible super agent Suzie Townsend. On April 1 and 2 we’re posting our pitches and hopping Read more…
Well, it’s been a fun birthday month for me. I’m humbled and awed by all the wonderful writers in our community. I really enjoyed reading the comments this month and reading all the entries in the SHOW ME THE VOICE contest with the fantabulous agent Natalie Fischer. I have a Read more…
First off, I want to thank the amazing Natalie Fischer with the Bradford Literary Agency for judging and providing prizes for this great blogfest/contest. Thank you, Natalie! Follow Natalie’s blog (click link below her picture) for great information and fun contests. Plus you’ll want to query her when she’s open Read more…
After a day long event, drinking cup after cup of coffee, my fantabulous judges have picked the twenty semi-finalists. I want to thank J9, C, and Godzilla (that’s my nicknames for them) for their tireless efforts to choose from such stellar entries. Though I had read for the first round, Read more…
Name: J. Keller FordTitle: In the Shadow of the Dragon KingGenre: YA Urban Contemporary Fantasy David Heiland chucked the PS3 controller on his bed and scrambled onto the balcony as four F-18 Hornets screamed overhead, disappearing into the sunrise over the Tennessee Mountains. A flock of ducks took to the sky, Read more…
Name: Mike Wordplay Title: The Sisters Ellison and the Case of the Whistling Willies Genre: MG On a lone house set high on a hill, lived two little girls, their names were Emily and Eliza Ellison. Emily the older one, loved reading books about insects, And mummies, And ancient Mayan Read more…
Name: Deana BarnhartTitle: RememberedGenre: YA Urban Fantasy The only thing Jonas was completely sure of was that Mackenzie Shae was going to die. As he studied her walking along – practically bouncing – in step to the loud music still playing in the field behind her, he couldn’t help but Read more…
Name : Roland D. Yeomans Title : French Quarter Nocturne Genre : Urban Fantasy It rained lies and death today. But some things even Hurricane Katrina couldn’t change. As it had for the past century and a half, the setting sun took its last look on St. Peter’s street Read more…
Name: Lindsay N. Currie and Patricia Burgess Leaver Title: FATUM Genre: YA Dystopian “I had nothing to do with us losing that game, Keith. We were ahead five-two until you stepped onto the mound.” We’d been having this argument every day for the last week, but here I was again, Read more…
Name: Jared LarsonTitle: I’m Here to Save Your DayGenre: MG Adventure/Humor I never lie. Never. I’m all about telling the truth. A long time ago,there was this man named George Washington who told his dad hecouldn’t lie. And then the guy became President of the United States.I’m exactly the same Read more…