Thank you to
everyone who has participated so far in Calling All Critiques,
whether you were a submitting author or a critiquer or just stopped
by the blogs to see what was going on. The second week’s
Rafflecopter random giveaway of two eBooks and a $10 Amazon gift
certificate ends on Sunday at midnight, so give some feedback on one
of the earlier posts and maybe win some prizes:
First Week Visiting Winner
The first week’s
visiting winner who either commented or followed one of the
participating bloggers on Twitter is:
Entry
#49
Elliot W.
Elliot, you should
have received an email yesterday. You have until Thursday to respond
with further information for us to send you your prize. If we don’t
hear from you by then, a runner-up will be chosen.
Cover Art Random
Winner
As a thank you to
all the authors who submitted their work to be critiqued, we’ve
randomly chosen one lucky winner who has a choice of the following
prizes:
This week’s
winner is:
Entrant
#9
Bob Cradock
Bob, look for an
email in your inbox later today. You have until Friday to respond as
to which of the three prizes you want. If we don’t hear from
you by then, a runner-up will be chosen. Once you choose your prize,
we will provide you and the blogger with each other’s contact
information to coordinate timing.
Next Week: Query
Letter or Book Blurb Critique
Starting Saturday,
June 7, 2014, at 6 a.m. Eastern and ending Monday, June 9, 2014, at 8
p.m. Eastern, submit your query letter or book blurb to
Critiques@Saboviec.com.
Cut and paste the following template into your email and fill it in.
The name you want
to be known by:
Your website (optional):
Title:
Genre (include audience, such as YA/Adult, and
category):
Entry:
We’re not
imposing a word limit for this critique; however, you already know
that too long isn’t going to get you an agent or interest in
your novel, right?
This week’s
deadline: Monday, June 9, 2014, at 8 p.m.
No changes for
the rest of this from last week: Your entry will be assigned a
number in the order in which it is received. Our cutoff is 30
entries. Entries 1-6 will be posted on our blogs Monday morning,
entries 7-12 will be posted on our blogs Tuesday morning, etc.
Your email will be
kept confidential. What you submit is what will be posted, so double-
and triple-check your spelling and grammar. (We may correct crazy
formatting errors as a result of email quirks, but still, make sure
it’s clean before you press send.) You may resubmit an entry,
but it goes to the end of the queue: if you submit it past the
30-entry cutoff, you’ll have lost your spot.
All 30 accepted
entrants will be entered into the prize drawing, and the winner will
be chosen by their assigned number through Random.org.
As always, if you
don’t want both positive and negative feedback, please don’t
enter. This event is for us to help one another grow as authors
and maybe to make some friends in the process.
Some fine print:
Entries that don’t include the above information will be
discarded. At our sole discretion, we may also discard other posts
for reasons such as offensive/distasteful material. Erotica may be
confined only to certain blogs, and we may put an adult content
warning on it.
If You Enter, Please …
Critique other
entrants. The sky’s the limit on how many other entries you
critique, but we ask that you at least provide feedback to two
other participants.
Also, when you
receive feedback on your entry, be gracious if you decide to respond.
We would highly suggest not responding except for perhaps a “thank
you,” but you’re going to do what you’re going to
do, aren’t you? Don’t be defensive or explanatory; these
critiques are for you to improve your writing. Take what you want and
leave the rest behind.
And If You Critique, Please …
Be nice. Be
constructive. Be specific. Be polite.
Mean-spirited or
spam posts will be deleted. General “I love everything about it
and I think you’re the next J.K. Rowling, ZOMG!”
obviously-written-about-your-best-friend comments won’t be
deleted, but that’s tacky. Don’t be tacky.
Join us for more
fun next week!
While you wait,
check out all the participating blogs and bloggers:
We look forward
to seeing you back here soon.
Any questions? Leave
them in the comments!
