A Pitch Madness Success Story

Partying Clipart Images I couldn’t be more thrilled to announce an agent match success from the crazy fun Pitch Madness contest we had in March. K.T. Hanna has signed with Judith Engracia of Liza Dawson Associates. K.T. agreed to let me interview her to get all the deets about her journey to agented over virtual cookies. So welcome K.T.!   B says: So let’s get this party started. What made you decide to enter Pitch Read more…

The Writer’s Voice … the deets!

“The Writer’s Voice” is a multi-blog, multi-agent contest hosted by Cupid of Cupid’s Literary Connection, Monica B.W. of Love YA, Krista Van Dolzer of Mother. Write. (Repeat.), and ME. We’re basing it on NBC’s singing reality show The Voice, so the four of us will serve as coaches and select projects for our teams based on their queries and first pages. Here’s the timeline: May 3 Everyone submits their entries May 3-10 We select our Read more…

Spectral by Shannon Duffy Giveway

I’m so excited about my critique partner’s book birthday and it couldn’t happen to kinder person than Shannon Duffy. Her heart is so beautiful and she’s such a talented writer, I hope you all will support her book. I’m giving away 5 copies of Shannon Duffy’s Spectral to celebrate. And to make it even sweeter, one of the five winners will receive a Spectral swag package from Shannon Duffy, which includes a t-shirt, a pen, Read more…

After The Madness Workshop … wrap up

link Well, we made it through the After The Madness Workshop, and now, it’s time to put up my feet and relax a little. If you participated in the workshop, please go around and critique your fellow work-shoppers’ entries. It’s always nice to give back, and you never know, one of them may become your critique partner. That’s how I’ve met my critique partners, through participating in events such as this. Do me a favor Read more…

After The Madness Workshop # B-15

Welcome to the final day of After the Madness Workshop! Shelley Watters, Erica Chapman, the writers at YAtopia, and myself will critique the first 250 words of  two brave writers’ manuscripts per day for the next seven to eight days. There are four blogs joining in to offer up suggestions. Click on my partners’ sites in my sidebar to view the other critiques. And next up is … B-15 Crystal Licata A bag of ice Read more…

After The Madness Workshop # B-16

Welcome to the final day of After the Madness Workshop! Shelley Watters, Erica Chapman, the writers at YAtopia, and myself will critique the first 250 words of  two brave writers’ manuscripts per day for the next seven to eight days. There are four blogs joining in to offer up suggestions. Click on my partners’ sites in my sidebar to view the other critiques. And next up is … B-16 Linda My name is Jimmy. Like Read more…

After The Madness Workshop # B-13

  Welcome to day seven of After the Madness Workshop! Shelley Watters, Erica Chapman, the writers at YAtopia, and myself will critique the first 250 words of  two brave writers’ manuscripts per day for the next seven to eight days. There are four blogs joining in to offer up suggestions. Click on my partners’ sites in my sidebar to view the other critiques. And next up is … B-13 Hazel tree Every muscle in my Read more…

After The Madness Workshop # B-14

Welcome to day seven of After the Madness Workshop! Shelley Watters, Erica Chapman, the writers at YAtopia, and myself will critique the first 250 words of  two brave writers’ manuscripts per day for the next seven to eight days. There are four blogs joining in to offer up suggestions. Click on my partners’ sites in my sidebar to view the other critiques. And next up is … B-14 Rachel Schieffelbein The carpet in the school Read more…

After The Madness Workshop # B-11

Welcome to day six of After the Madness Workshop! Shelley Watters, Erica Chapman, the writers at YAtopia, and myself will critique the first 250 words of  two brave writers’ manuscripts per day for the next seven to eight days. There are four blogs joining in to offer up suggestions. Click on my partners’ sites in my sidebar to view the other critiques. And next up is … B-11 Lisa Huber The punch of the icy, Read more…

After The Madness Workshop # B-12

Welcome to day six of After the Madness Workshop! Shelley Watters, Erica Chapman, the writers at YAtopia, and myself will critique the first 250 words of  two brave writers’ manuscripts per day for the next seven to eight days. There are four blogs joining in to offer up suggestions. Click on my partners’ sites in my sidebar to view the other critiques. And next up is … B-12 Kimberly You can’t always be a good Read more…