ALL THE FUN To Celebrate Miss Snark's First Victim's TENTH BIRTHDAY!

Ten years, my friends. On April 4, 2018, it will be AN ENTIRE DECADE since I wrote my first BLOG POST here.  Naturally, I want to celebrate!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE FOLLOWING TEN-YEAR CELEBRATORY EVENTS:

1. SNEAKY AGENT BLOGPITCH 

When: Thursday, March 29

What:  50 pitches to be posted for public critique and possible requests from agents

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

*Submissions will open Monday, March 26 at 9:00 am EDT and will close on Tuesday, March 27 at 9:00 am EDT.

*After the close of submissions, the bot will randomly select 50 entries to be posted on the blog.

*ALL CATEGORIES AND GENRES--except erotica or erotic romance--will be included.

*Your entry should consist of a tight, 75-words-or-fewer pitch for your completed, polished novel. (Do not enter this contest if your manuscript is not agent-ready.) Remember--the fewer words, the better.

*Submit your entry HERE.

*The 50 winning entries will post on Thursday, March 29.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN:

Two wonderful things!

1. Your pitch will receive critique from this lovely blog community AND several published authors.

2.  SNEAKY AGENTS will also be reading the pitches! If they see anything they like, THEY WILL MAKE REQUESTS IN THE COMMENT BOXES.

So basically, if your entry is chosen for this blogpitch round, your pitch will be read by agents who are currently open to new clients. The agent response to my invitation to this contest has been delightfully positive so far!

If you have any questions about this contest, please leave them in the comment box below.

2. Q&A WITH ELAYNE BECKER, Associate Editor at Tor Teen

On Wednesday, April 4 -- MSFV's 10th birthday -- I will share an exclusive interview with Elayne Becker, my fabulous editor and rising star at Tor Teen and Tor/Forge Books.  In the comment box of the interview, Elayne will field your questions! The comment box will be open for 24 hours, during which time you may post your questions to Elayne. She will take up to 3 days to answer ALL questions posted!

Note: This is a GREAT opportunity to get insight from the inside. Mark your calendars!

WAIT! THERE'S MORE!

Elayne will be giving away a box o'books from Tor to one lucky winner. YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS!  Details on the giveaway are forthcoming.

I hope you'll join us for the celebration! I'm thankful for these past ten years, and I'm glad you've been a part of them.

#BLOGPITCH Winners

It was fun reading all the entries!  Thank you to EVERYONE who entered.  Here are my top 10 picks, in no particular order:

@michelleimason - YA C: LIAR SOCIETY meets 12th NIGHT when 16yo Hannah becomes Gid at summer camp to catch the boy who put her brother in a coma.

@DiamondLB - Getting a new heart might not fix 17 year old Adam's broken one.

@GAKulz - MG: Brain-injured Jason becomes detective to solve case of the school bully's missing pin. Why? Jason's the number one suspect.

@kathleea - 15yo Zoey escaped from a kidnapper two years ago. He's supposed to be dead but someone is stalking her and she's sure it's him.

@AuthorEJanette - The vigilante justice business gets mighty complicated when the killer you're tracking might turn out to be you.

@almccall - Trapped in her past life, Devana becomes a pirate to survive. When she falls for the capt she must choose: love or home.

@Vampyr14 - American Pie meets The Sessions as 16 YO Ozzy struggles to dump his virginity and prove he can be a man in a wheelchair.

@JustinDHerd - Pursued by cops through a heathen port city, mobster Raine Morgan has bigger things to worry about: he just killed a god.

@jdavidsonwrites - A kill away from the sandman quota, a dream assassin learns the outlaws he killed aren't who he was told. And neither is he.

@AubreyCann - Dava must find the boy who tried to bump off her crime-boss father before he returns to finish the job.

All winners will need to post their logline and first 250 words ON THEIR OWN BLOGS, and email me the link by Sunday, July 6.  The BLOG CRITIQUE TOUR will go live on Wednesday, July 9, when everyone will have the opportunity to critique the winning entries.  (And remember -- each valid critique you leave = 1 entrance in a drawing to win a 15-page critique from AUTHORESS EDITS!)

CONGRATULATIONS, winners!

#BlogPitch Today!

Ready to enter your logline on Twitter?  Here's the how-to:

1.  Make sure you're following me on Twitter.
2.  Starting at noon EDT, you may tweet your 128-character-or-less logline to #BLOGPITCH any time within the 24-hour window.  (Note:  You only need to tweet once. That counts as your entry.)
3.  Make sure you include the hashtag #BLOGPITCH in your tweet.  IF YOU DON'T INCLUDE THE HASHTAG, I WON'T SEE YOUR ENTRY.
4.  All genres except erotica or erotic romance will be accepted.
5.  When the 24-hour period has closed, I will choose my 10 favorites, and will DM the winners.  THIS IS WHY YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE FOLLOWING ME ON TWITTER.  If you're not following me, I won't be able to DM you.
6.  The 10 winners will be invited to post their logline-plus-first-250 words ON THEIR OWN BLOGS.  Winners must send me the links to their blog posts by Sunday, July 6.   The links to these 10 winning entries will post on MISS SNARK'S FIRST VICTIM during our BLOG CRITIQUE TOUR on Wednesday, July 9.

WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER THINGS?

Everyone is welcomed and encouraged to visit the 10 winning blog posts and leave thoughtful critique.  Each critique you leave = 1 entry in a drawing for a 15-page line edit from AUTHORESS EDITS.  And yes, the authors of thew inning entries may also critique to be entered in the drawing.  All critiques posted by midnight on Friday, July 11 will be included in the drawing.

Capiche?

Okay, let's do this thing!  Happy tweeting.

Farewell...Plus a FUN ANNOUNCEMENT!

First of all, I'm leaving for a much-anticipated vacation on Wednesday.  The blog will go dark (unless you decide to remain chatty in today's comment box, which would make me awfully happy!), and I will see you again toward the end of the month.

Once I'm back, we're going to do something BRAND NEW!  Here's what's in store:

Introducing our first BLOG CRITIQUE TOUR

Let's face it--I'm not the only one around here with a blog.  Here's a chance to get some solid critique on your opening page, PLUS get some traffic to your blog...PLUS be entered to win a free critique from me!

THE DETAILS:

1.  You must have a writing-related blog on which you post a minimum of once a week.
2.  You must have a CLEAN draft of a novel.  (In short -- no first drafts, please!)
3.  To enter, you will tweet your 128-character-or-fewer logline to #BLOGPITCH
4.  I will choose my 10 favorite loglines.
5.  The 10 winners will be invited to post their logline-plus-first-250-words ON THEIR OWN BLOGS.
6.  I will post the 10 links on BLOG CRITIQUE TOUR DAY.
7.  You can visit the winning blog posts and leave your critique.
8.  Each critique you leave = 1 entry in a drawing for a 15-page line edit from AUTHORESS EDITS.
9.  The authors of the winning entries may also critique to be entered in the drawing.

THE DATES:

TWITTER PORTION:

#BLOGPITCH entries to be tweeted from noon EDT on Monday, June 30 to noon EDT on Tuesday, July 1

Winners will be announced on Thursday, July 3.

Winners must send me the links to their blog posts by Sunday, July 6.

BLOG CRITIQUE TOUR:

Links to the 10 winning entries will post on my blog on Wednesday, July 9.  Critiquing may begin immediately.  All critiques posted by midnight on Friday, July 11 will be included in the drawing.

And that's the way we'll roll!

So, while I'm gone, WORK ON YOUR TWITTER-FRIENDLY LOGLINES!

(Note:  All genres except erotica or erotic romance will be accepted.)

Questions?  Leave them below!  I'm still around for a couple more days.

Also?  Spread the word!  This is a fun way to support each other and grow our community of writers.

I'll see you all when I get back!