Contests & Hops

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Where’s the Love? Blog Hop

Posted by on Feb 4, 2013 in Contests & Hops | 16 comments

February is the month of love. Dig up your favorite amorous scene from your novel or short story, (let’s keep it R rated or less. No X rated scenes, please), post 250 words to your blog and hop around to others. Receive and give craft and plot feedback, or just SHARE THE LOVE!  WHEN The hop goes live February 14th & 15th  WHAT YOU GET OUT OF IT Free feedback on your scene from readers, plus the fun of being enraptured by all of those love-ly scenes. Meeting writer friends is a...

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Versatile Blogger & Where’s the Love Blog Hop

Posted by on Feb 3, 2013 in Contests & Hops, Frenchie Fridays | 0 comments

I’ve been selected by the lovely Jackie Buxton for the Versatile Blogger Award. Thank you, Jackie! But this fine award reminded me that my blogging schedule needed revamping. This is what I came up with: Twice per month, author interiviews. Twice per month, editor/writerly advice. The odd contest or blog hop   And the new category that I’m very excited to share will be: Frenchie Fridays, consisting of cultural tidbits about my favorite French topics or recettes delicieuses...

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Pitch Madness–Tweet Your Pitch to Agents But Hurry!

Posted by on Jan 24, 2013 in Contests & Hops | 22 comments

Hey, writerly folks! Tomorrow (January 25th) on Twitter, there will be a partaaay of pitches happening on the #Pitmad hashtag. Agents will be swinging by to make requests! If you’d like to participate, here are the ground rules:   Your pitch must be no longer than 140 characters, minus the #PitMad hashtag. Do not pitch agents directly unless they specifically ask you to do so! If you don’t follow this rule, they may be VERY turned off to you in the future. That’s...

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Pitch Wars Mentee Ready to Wage War

Posted by on Jan 22, 2013 in Contests & Hops | 2 comments

Tomorrow is the BIG day for #PitchWars, a huge contest hosted by Brenda Drake. 30 mentors worked for six weeks with a selected mentee to polish their pitches and manuscripts. Now, 17 agents will have the opportunity to make requests based on the first 250 words and pitch. In addition, mentor/mentee teams compete for the highest number of requests for prizes. My fantabulous mentee, Janet Taylor, has worked her tail off to whip her manuscript into shape. Now we’re ready to wrangle!...

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Historical Holiday Blog Hop (And some BIG news!)

Posted by on Dec 10, 2012 in Contests & Hops | 44 comments

Welcome to the first annual historical holiday blog hop, sponsored by Amy Bruno Phillips from Passages to the Past. Hippity hop from blog to blog, do some light, yet juicy reading, leave comments as you go and your name is entered into drawings for free books and/or gift cards!  There are OODLES of prizes to be had, both on my own blog and from the GRAND PRIZE LIST. To get you all started, I’ve listed my top historical author interviews of the year. Remember to leave a comment on...

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Pitch Wars—THE AGENTS!

Posted by on Dec 3, 2012 in Contests & Hops | 0 comments

Are you ready for this? We have 16 incredible agents vying for our Pitch Wars team manuscripts. We’re so excited to see what pitches they fall in love with, and what teams will win the coveted Pitch Wars Most Requested Manuscript title. And, in no particular order, here are the agents… 1. Louise Fury L. Perkins Agency Twitter: @louisefury Louise is seeking teen Sci-Fi and Young Adult horror. She’s also on the hunt for deep, dark contemporary YA and select Middle Grade fiction...

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