As THE BOY, THE BOAT, AND THE BEAST gets closer to its June 26 release date, I want to thank the amazing authors who took the time to read a galley of my book and write their thoughts. And what better way to thank them than to give away their books? That’s right, they get…
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While I’m still a huge fan of traditional publishing, I’m also all for the opportunities that are now available for those who want to go it alone. And as an editor, I’m impressed and admire those indie authors who go the extra mile to make their books professional. Megg Jensen is one such author, which is…
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I’m always up for promoting wonderful authors, so when I heard about the Summer Author Blitz, I jumped on the chance to participate. The Summer Author Blitz is organized by Belle Whittington and Tabatha Perry of the Montgomery County Book Festival. Thanks, guys! And there will be a Twitter party for the #2013SummerAuthorBlitz on July…
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To celebrate the release of the trailer for her Writing Young Adult Fiction For Dummies book, writer/editor Deborah Halverson is giving away a critique of the first 20 pages of a manuscript. It must be fiction of any genre, but no picture books. It’s a good deal. The first few pages of a book are…
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Lots of fun publishing news out the last couple days, so I thought I’d compile it for you: Thomas Nelson has launched its science-fiction fantasy Chaos series for young adults with Invasion by Jon S. Lewis. Here’s the jacket cover: When sixteen-year-old Colt McAllister’s parents are killed in a car crash, he learns it was…
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If you haven’t seen Scholastic’s Storybook Treasures line of “read-along DVDs,” they’re a great blend of books and screen. Scholastic animated some of its best children’s books, along with award-winning titles, and put them on a DVD with the words so children can read along. I’m all for anything that encourages children to read. Scholastic…
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Got some links to share today to great contests: The Bookmuse is celebrating 1,000 followers by offering five five-page critiques, two first-chapter critiques and a three-month mentorship with author Angela Ackerman. Freelance editor Cassandra Marshall is offering a whopping contest for a free substantial edit of an entire manuscript of up to 100,000 words! One…
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As part of the book launch for her novel Losing Faith, author Denise Jaden has a contest on the Class of 2K10 blog for a query critique with her agent, Michelle Humphrey at ICM Talent Agency. To enter to win the critique, you just have to upload a logline for your novel in the blog…
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Manuscript update: 4,954 words. Had a pretty good session yesterday. Today, I’m procrastinating with this blog post. 🙂 But then I’ll knuckle down. I think I’m behind if I want to meet my goal of finishing the first draft by the end of May. QueryTracker is hosting a pitch contest today with literary agent Chris…
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Manuscript update: Still nothing new as I’ve been too busy with www.discdish.com. But I’ve got lots of ideas for I get back to the book. Some quick agent news: Bree Ogden has been made an associate agent at Martin Literary Management. She will represent children’s, young adult and graphic novels. Here’s some info on Bree,…
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