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Workshops

July Workshop with Pitch Wars Mentors … Naomi Hughes & Lauren Spieller

Welcome to the July Query & 1st Page Workshop with some of our PitchWars mentors. We selected many wonderful writers from a drawing held in June to participate in the workshop. Each mentor has graciously critiqued either a query or first page for two writers. The writers are anonymous and the titles/genres are hidden. Follow along all month to view the critiques. We welcome comments and further suggestions, but please keep them kind and respectful. Read more…

By brendaadmin, 11 years ago

Workshops

July Workshop with PitchWars Mentors … Brooks Benjamin & Rae Chang

By brendaadmin, 11 years ago

Misc

TWO WEEK SEDUCTION by Kathy Lyons … release day!

Entangled Publishing She’s going to break all of his rules… Tech Sergeant John O’Donnell was never fond of his hometown. Too many reminders of poverty, his rocky family life, and the girl he was never allowed to have. Now he has exactly two weeks to sort out his mother’s finances before he heads back overseas. Two weeks that he’s determined to spend as far from his best friend’s little sister as possible. Alea Heling has Read more…

By brendaadmin, 11 years ago

Misc

Winners for the July Query or 1st Page Workshop!

We have winners for our July workshop with the Pitch Wars mentors. I’ve pick 55 names instead of 40!! If your name is on the list, please send in your query or 1st page to brendadrakecontests@gmail.com right away (no later than Monday, June 30 at 8AM Eastern Time). If you don’t send it in by the cut off time, you will not get to participate in the workshop. The first batch of critiques will go Read more…

By brendaadmin, 11 years ago

Pitch Wars

Pitch Wars … the mentor list!

What is Pitch Wars, you ask? Pitch Wars is a contest where published/agented authors, editors, or industry interns choose one writer each, read their entire manuscript, and offer suggestions to shine it up for agents. The mentors also critique the writer’s pitch to get it ready for the agent round. Mentors also pick one alternate each in case their writer drops out of the contest. Writers send applications (query and first chapter of manuscript) Read more…

By brendaadmin, 11 years ago

Misc

Guest Post … Trisha Leaver & Lindsay Currie talk CREED and offer you a free read of SILO!

With the release date of CREED rapidly approaching, Trisha and I have been fielding questions about what our co-authored voice sounds like, how psychologically twisted our collective mind is, and do I need to read all of your co-authored pieces with the lights on? Rather than simply answer those questions, we thought we’d take it one step further and actually show you! We toyed with writing a prequel-type novella to set the stage for CREED, Read more…

By brendaadmin, 11 years ago

Misc

I have a huge announcement!

So, something crazy and wonderful and beyond amazing happened today! And it made me squeal and dance around the house! I was overwhelmed by all the wonderful congratulations on Twitter and Facebook that I made a slobbery mess of my face. It’s been a long journey full of hills and not many valleys. But I kept climbing and finally found my way back to the summit. And luckily, I had support along the way. Someone Read more…

By brendaadmin, 11 years ago

Misc

July Query or First Page Workshop … sign up now!

I’m holding a query or first page (your choice) workshop with our wonderful Pitch Wars mentors during the month of July! They’ll critique your work and help you shine up that query or 1st page. We have 40 spots (if not more) available. All you have to do is sign up for a chance to win one of the spots on the Rafflecopter below. The critique will be posted on my blog, so if you’re Read more…

By brendaadmin, 11 years ago

Misc

Vacation time … and workshop announcement!

I’ll be on vacation June 10 to June 18, and when I come back, I’ll announce a workshop coming up in July! It’ll be for either queries or first pages. If you have a preference, leave it in the comments of this post.

By brendaadmin, 11 years ago

Misc

Bloghop – My Writing Process

I’ve been so lucky to be tagged by the great and powerful Erica M. Chapman to participate in the MMy Writing Process Bloghop. You can find her blog here and twitter here. For this bloghop I’m going to answer a few questions and then tag three of my friends to do the same! Fun, right? Here we go!! What am I working on? I’ve just started a young adult creepy, ghosty (not a word, but Read more…

By brendaadmin, 11 years ago