5
Mar
Chuck Sambuchino from Guide to Literary Agents is hosting the third "Dear Lucky Agent" Contest.
Here is the gist of it:
This will be a recurring online contest with agent judges and super-cool prizes. Here's the deal: With every contest, the details are essentially the same, but the niche itself changes—meaning each contest is focused around a specific category or two. So if you're writing a novel-length work of urban fantasy or paranormal romance, this third contest is for you!
But don't just listen to me… go check it out for yourself!
Click here to see what it's all about.
Good luck to those who take part!
Anya Bast is currently running a heck of a contest.
To enter, click below.
So…. that sparked the question… what DO I want to read?
Oh.. gosh. 
I'll list them later!
24
Aug
I have been slack.
Not just writing wise, but blogging wise too.
Though I did manage to finish the "Short" story.
I’m letting it stew at the moment, because I’m not happy with the ending. Not much time though, the thing needs to go out of the door soon.
In other news, I had the judging sheets from the Rebecca back.
93 from one judge, 68 from another.
One was published, one wasn’t.
(No, I don’t know who they are.)
Seems to me one judge got the story, the other didn’t.
The annoying thing is, the stuff I got marked down for wasn’t reflected in the comments. The comments of the lower score… well. I don’t put backstory into the first twenty pages, because it doesn’t belong there.
I don’t make dialog changes from sensible to downright idiotic sounding. (Sorry, Judge. The suggestions were simply stupid and sounded awful — and I’m not the only one who thought so.)
There is some telling, yes, but nowhere near as much as this judge claimed. Yeah, the low score pissed me off. The comments even more so because I didn’t agree with 90% of them.
Nor did I appreciate the condescending "I’m published and you’re not therefore I’m right and you’re wrong." tone at the end of the sheet.
I’ve I told that author whose work I’ve edited, she would probably faint.
Saying that, I still appreciate the time taken to judge the entry and make detailed comments, even if I didn’t agree with them.
We can’t win them all!
The other score sheet was better. The changes suggested were a great help, the catches were all reflected in the score. Most of all, she got it. She got the story, the characters, the world, and that makes all the difference. Thank you, Judge 15, whoever you are. I will be making some of those changes you suggested.
Oddly, the changes suggested by J15, were partly the ones I agreed with from the other judge. Funny that. Both caught the same things, and those I will address. (Cliche’s mostly.)
What else?
TTT – I got as far as the first 5 lines round, a few fellow critters did too. I’m proud of us.
So as September nears, I will get back into writing and blogging.