Auction Item 64: 1st Chapter Critique by Editor Tara Creel

About this item: A query and first chapter critique. Special Note: Allow time for critique. Discuss time frame for critique with editor. Donated by … Tara Creel, editor Website | Twitter I write books for children. Particularly picture books and middle grade.  I also offer my editorial services for writers.   I review books for The Deseret News. I am also an editor for Month9Books, Tantrum Division. All of that means that I get to read and Read more…

Auction Item 65: 1st Chapter Critique by Editor Tara Creel

About this item: A query and first chapter critique. Special Note: Allow time for critique. Discuss time frame for critique with editor. Donated by … Tara Creel, editor Website | Twitter I write books for children. Particularly picture books and middle grade.  I also offer my editorial services for writers.   I review books for The Deseret News. I am also an editor for Month9Books, Tantrum Division. All of that means that I get to read and Read more…

Auction Item 66: First Chapter Critique by Linda Budzinski

About this item: A  first chapter critique. Donated by … Linda Budzinski Website | Twitter Linda lives in Northern Virginia with her amazing husband, Joe, and their feisty chihuahua, Demitria (also known as Dee Dee, The Puppy, and Killer). She grew up in a tiny town called West Grove, in southeastern Pennsylvania. In the second grade, she announced to her parents that she wanted to be a “Paperback Writer,” just like in the Beatles song. Read more…

Auction Item 67: Query + 1st Page Critique by Kelly Siskind

About this item: A query and first page critique. Donated by … Kelly Siskind Website | Twitter A small-town girl at heart, Kelly moved from the city to open a cheese shop with her husband in Northern Ontario. When she’s not neck deep in cheese or out hiking, you can find her, notepad in hand, scribbling down one of the many plot bunnies bouncing around in her head. She laughs at her own jokes and Read more…

Auction Item 68: Query Critique by Amy Trueblood

About this item: A query critique. Donated by … Amy Trueblood Website | Twitter Amy writes Young Adult and New Adult fiction.  Her favorite story as a child was Marjorie Flack’s THE STORY OF PING.  At age seven she decided it needed a sequel, and she hasn’t stopped writing since. She’s represented by Roseanne Wells with The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency.       STARTING BID: $10 TURNAROUND TIME allow two weeks for query critiques Read more…

Auction Item 69: Query Critique by Helene Dunbar

About this item: A query critique. Donated by … Helene Dunbar Website | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads Helene Dunbar is the author of THESE GENTLE WOUNDS (Flux, 2014) and WHAT REMAINS (Flux, 2015). Over the years, she’s worked as a theatre critic, journalist, and marketing manager, and has written on topics as diverse as Irish music, court cases, theater, and Native American Indian tribes. She lives in Nashville with her husband and daughter and Read more…

Auction Item 70: Non-fiction Query Critique by Jenna Glatzer

About this item: A Non-fiction query critique. Donated by … Jenna Glatzer Website | Twitter | Facebook I’m the author of 26 books, including Céline Dion’s authorized biography, a Marilyn Monroe bio authorized by her estate, several children’s picture books, books for writers, and adult nonfiction books on topics ranging from fertility to bullying. My books have been featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Phil, Dr. Drew, Access Hollywood, The View, Entertainment Tonight, Inside Read more…

Auction Item 71: Query Critique by Tamara Mataya

About this item: A query critique. Donated by … Tamara Mataya Twitter | Goodreads | Blog NYT/USA Today Bestselling Author Tamara Mataya is currently a librarian; she lurked there for so long recommending books to patrons and shushing people, that she suspects they only hired her so it would be less creepy. Now she’s armed with a name tag, and a thin veneer of credibility. She’s also a musician with synaesthesia – which isn’t an Read more…

Auction Item 72: Query Critique by Michelle Hauck

About this item: A query critique. Donated by … Michelle Hauck Website | Twitter | Facebook Michelle Hauck lives in the bustling metropolis of northern Indiana with her hubby and two teenagers. Two papillons help balance out the teenage drama. Besides working with special needs children by day, she writes all sorts of fantasy, giving her imagination free range. A book worm, she passes up the darker vices in favor of chocolate and looks for Read more…

Auction Item 73: Query Critique by Rachel Lynn Solomon

About this item: A query critique. Donated by … Rachel Lynn Solomon Website | Twitter Rachel is a Pacific Northwest native in love with all forms of storytelling. She’s produced a radio show in the middle of the night, recorded podcasts in elevators, and sang in a wannabe riot grrrl band. Once, she was part of a group of people who broke a Guinness World Record for the most natural redheads in one place. She Read more…