I Love Winning Free Stuff....

However, I rarely do.

Although....that's not completely true. I won a critique once from an editor in New York at my very first writing conference at UVSC. That was a pleasant surprise.

I won a fluffy ruffly skirt from Simple Simon and Co.

And I won a first chapter critique from an author just this last December....ack! I still haven't used that one....

Julie Daines, fellow Utah writer is hosting a great giveaway today.....a $25 Amazon gift card in celebration of her birthday. Happy Birthday Julie! Go check it out and get your name in the pot at Julie's blog.

Contest to win a free critique!

Check out the brilliant interview with author Karen Sandler about her book Tankborn here.



And also enter to win...

Cynsational Giveaway

Stacy.

Tu editor Stacy Whitman is offering a critique of the first 10 pages of a middle grade (8-12) or young adult (12 and up) manuscript.

The manuscript should be fiction (no nonfiction or picture books). Though she specializes in fantasy, science fiction, and mystery, other genres such as realism are welcome.

Her response will include a fifteen-minute phone call with the author and short, written notes about the submitted work.

The winner will have three weeks to submit an excerpt for critique, and the critique and phone call will occur within two weeks after that.

Submissions should be writing targeted to young readers, ages 8 and up.

The phone call may also touch on any questions the author has about the audience or market for the book, the publishing and submitting process, etc.



For more details visit Cynthia Leitich Smith's blog, Cynsations.