I’ve missed this opportunity the last two times this call opened up because I was on vacation. Boy was I mad! But this time I’m all ready to go. Yay!
Breathless Press (Adult) and Lycaon Press (YA) are opening up for a “Tender Love Critique Session” on February 14th (Valentine’s Day) until midnight EST Sunday, February 16th.
Send your first five pages **Times New Roman, 12 pt font, double spaced** in .rtf or .doc format (no .docx) to critiques@breathlesspress.com
The cool thing is that you don’t have to be one of the first 10 or even the first 100 to enter. EVERYONE who submits gets a critique. (I don’t think they are giving a turnaround time, though)
Another cool thing is your manuscript DOES NOT need to be complete, and it is not even a formal submission. They are critiquing everything.
Why would they do this?
They are pretty smart, actually. Most editors know if they want a book within the first few pages. If they like what they see, they will ask to see your manuscript when it is complete. (This happened with a friend of mine)
My question for you…
What do you have to lose? Send in your first five, even if Breathless/Lycaon are not on your radar, your first five pages are the most important pages of your book. Why not get an educated opinion of how good they are?
Who’s going for it?
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Cool thanks for the heads up, sending in work in shortly!!
Good luck !
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ATTENTION WRITERS: DO THIS NOW!
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That’s a great idea. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
How amazing, I’d give it a go if I met their criteria.
What a wonderful heads up.
I have reblogged at:
http://letscutthecrap.wordpress.com
Groovy. Send them something. I’m interested in what they say.
I wish I could but I do not have anything in the mentioned category. 🙂
😦
Thanks, Jennifer. This at least gave me the opportunity to re-blog. I
Later this month, one of my short stories will be published.
Yeah? Awesome. Where/who will publish?
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I know i should have posted this myself, as I benefited from this, but my friend beat me to the punch after I told her. Willing to take a chance aspiring authors?
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Sharpen your pencils and don’t let a good opportunity slip through your finders. This is awesome, right?
Thanks, Jennifer.
Jennifer–you can send up to two different works to be critiqued, BTW. This is also how I got interest for Ghosts in the Mirror, which Lycaon Pres published.
Oh yeah! I forgot to mention that. Thanks.
Is okay. I forgot when I started spreading the word too.
Thanks for the heads up! I’ll have to bookmark this.
Coolness. Good luck.
Hi Jennifer,
Thanks so much for letting us know.
Are you going to send something?
Hi Jennifer,
I hadn’t actualy thought to–I just thought it was a very nice thing for you to publicize. It sounds like they are interested in Romance, and my novel is women’s fiction– I doubt it would fit the requirements of what they are looking for.
Can’t hurt to get a crit though. I think it’s close enough.
Of course you are right. Thank you, Jennifer.
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Thanks for sharing!!! I’m definitely in! I also reblogged to spread the love.
Thanks for sharing!
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What a fantastic opportunity. I know I’m in. What about you?