Title: SHE CAME FROM THE HILLGenre: YA Gothic Fantasy Nothing thrived at the far end of the park. Even laughter died at the first stunted tree. Clay could have skipped the shortcut had Alex, who had the communication skills of a bad WIFI connection, called an hour earlier. Proper packing takes time. He tightened the straps on his overnight pack and pedaled up the dead forest path. Dread pressed in around him. Clay took 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 like having to set one foot in the bitch in the first place. A SnowAngel junkie walked in, multiple injector marks flashing on her collarbone. 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 in the middle of your first kiss was bad enough, but having it filmed by half the school on their color coordinated cellphones was guaranteed 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 flashed Mrs. Thompson a weak smile, as if I was merely going to the bathroom. She eyed me curiously, but didn’t pause in her lecture 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 wide, blank eyes. Though drawn in black crayon, it was still recognizable: a tall cloaked man with a gaping mouth rimmed in teeth like the 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 anything so amazing in their lives — complete with the requisite oohs and aaahs. Honestly. It’s a castle. If you’ve seen one, you’ve seen ‘em 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 sure each entry falls into a category that Entangled publishes. Once posted, the below listed editors at Entangled will read the pitches and request to 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 will announce an opening on Twitter and the first person 9who previously entered) to respond to me will get that spot. Here’s how to format 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 seemed elusive to me. I thought this was the ungettable get. That there was some great secret to writing voice. I was wrong. So, first Read more…
I’m so thrilled (albeit a little late because of the blog schedule) to announce that R.C. Lewis has signed with Jennifer Laughran of Andrea Brown Literary Agency! She was so kind as to sit patiently as I tortured interviewed her. R.C. Lewis: Crossing the Helix B says: So let’s get this party started. What made you decide to enter The Writer’s Voice, and how did you feel during the contest? I felt like my Read more…