Here are Holly Bodger's top nine:
THIRD PLACE (query critique):
#8 -- Query critique from Tara Dairman
#26 -- Query critique from Monica Goulet
#45 -- Query critique from Stephanie Scott
#48 -- Query critique from Nicole Wolverton
SECOND PLACE (1 first-chapter critique plus 1 query critique)
#15 -- First-chapter critique from Danielle Jensen, query critique from Michael Gilmartin
#18 -- First-chapter critique from Dorothy Dreyer, query critique from Monica BW
#31 -- First-chapter critique from Kristi Helvig, query critique from Stacey Lee
FIRST PLACE ( a first-chapter critique from 3 authors plus 1 query critique)
#12 -- First-chapter critique from Sarah Brand, Karen Akins, and JM Frey; query critique from Alice Loweecey
#22 -- First chapter critique from Beth Hull, Jenn Malone, Josh McCune; query critique from Kristi Helvig
All critiques have been generously donated by MSFV Success Story authors -- thank you, guys!
HERE IS THE LIST OF ENTRIES, in case you'd like to read the winning entries.
And congratulations to our winners. Please email me at facelesswords(at)gmail.com for submission instructions!
Miss Snark's First Victim
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Monday, April 8, 2013
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Fake Logline Round 2 Winners
HERE ARE OUR WINNING ENTRIES! Holly Bodger will be judging these, and will choose 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners, to be announced on Monday.
There are 21 instead of 20, because the last 2 places were tied:
3. The 3 tenets of the Authoress' faith are: "write books, wear fabulous hats, eat chocolate." When a talented wordsmith captures her heart via a pitch on her blog, she must choose: allow him to be courted by a Secret Agent, or keep his words all to herself.
9. The pen is mightier than the sword, particularly when it's a pen that can turn into a sword. Tracy Gotfrey will need to use both if she is to save the mysterious Queen Authoress from the Sorcerer of Slushpile's clutches. If she can not, the whole of the realm will fall into the Vortex of Eternal Revision.
10. A plethora of suitors pursue AUTHORESS. They hang on her every word, longing to catch her ear (or eye, actually.) Alas, in the virtual world of the twenty-first century, distinguishing Pulitzers from imposters takes wit, wisdom, and a rigorous Web site. Will Authoress find a perfect match, or will she be thwarted by the very firewall that protects her?
12. When the master list of Secret Agent identities is stolen, Authoress goes undercover as helpful intern Paige Turner to infiltrate the Library, a shadowy coalition of literary spies. But the real thief may be closer than she thinks, and if Authoress isn’t careful, her next stop might be the slush pile.
15. When mild-mannered writer Audrey (Au) Thoress has her WIP demolished publicly by the dreaded Miss Snark, she faces a choice: numb herself into oblivion with chocolate, or find a way to save other aspiring writers from the wrath of exasperated agents.
16. In a literary world gone mad, one Authoress will join forces with a**-kicking agents and strikethrough-exercising editors to reel in the rampant use of, incorrectly-placed commas, alliteration-excessive adjectives, patently perverse punctuation and--most insidious of all--THE PROFLIGATE USE OF ALL CAPS.
18. When the great Authoress discovers that "Josh Getzler" is ALSO a pseudonym, she must sift through a world of lies, deceit, and handcrafted mitts to figure out who's been stealing her manuscripts and selling them on the black market.
22. When Authoress agress to critique a mystery, she's horrified to learn she is the victim. If she doesn't solve the clues left in the manuscript in time, then fiction and life will meet in a deadly ending.
26. After killing the Sugar King and taking his life supply of decadent dark chocolate truffles, the beautiful Authoress is on the run. The Sugar Prince has vowed to capture her and bring her to justice, but he isn't prepared to fall in love with her. Authoress learns that fighting for her chocolate is nothing compared to fighting for her heart.
28. After a fight over the Oxford comma puts a period to her marriage, aspiring novelist Authoress vows to save her love for fictional characters only. But when a chance gust sweeps her trademark red hat (and her heart) into the hands of Josh Getzler, she’ll risk it all to decide if he's Mr. Write...or just another agent of heartbreak.
30. A nanotechnology terrorist going by the name of TH3B!TT has crashed the planetary AngelNet causing widespread panic and death. An elite team of nano-hack experts, led by THEAUTHORE$$, is formed to retake the AngelNet and restore the nano-enabled medical safety systems everyone depends on. The team must unravel the secret of "The_Sacred_Doodlefart" a children's fantasy made terrifying after AngelNet crashed.
31. Authoress has known her toaster was haunted for years, but when a botched exorcism relocates the spirit into her vaccuum it's worse - now she can hear it's voice over the appliance's sucking roar. And it's telling her I was murdered.
35. When femme-fatale spy, Authoress, reveals her identity to a community known as ‘Blog’ she knows her life will change forever. Once the victim of a Snark, she uses her devilish pen to make her dreams come true. Will Secret Agent Josh sell her soul to ‘The Publisher', or will she run into the arms of the mysterious Mr A?
40. When evil space cows kidnap the famous writer Authoress and force her to be their earth spokesperson for their hypnotic drug-laced milk, Authoress must rely on her skill in karate and ventriloquism to overthrow the cows and save the world.
44. Against the wishes of her Victorian family, Authoress constructs a coterie of clockwork minions to assist in her grand plan of opening a love-match steamnetwork. But a business rival kidnaps her silent partner (and secret love) Mr. A in a bid to shut down her now-thriving business. Can Authoress and her clockwork minions rescue Mr. A before it’s too late?
45. When Authoress goes mad from dissecting one error-strewn chapter too many, she takes her razor-edged wit and and bloody scalpel directly to befuddled writers. The legendary Miss Snark, armed with a cluegun, throwing stiletto, and spiked thesaurus on a chain, must return from her lovenest at Lake Cuomo to stop MSFV from claiming more victims for herself.
48. In Paris, a gorgeous woman in a red hat finds herself surrounded by the disciples of Unedited Fiction. With only a red pen and clever wit at her disposal, she must figure out what the disciples are trying to say before they send their work to unsuspecting literary agents.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ROUND TWO FINALISTS!
The Prizes--critiques have been graciously donated by authors from our MSFV Success Story passe. They will be distributed as follows:
1st place winners: You will each receive 3 separate critiques of your first chapter, plus 1 query critique.
*Chapter (Helene Dunbar), Chapter (Alice Loweecey), Chapter (Leah Petersen) + query (Peter Salomon)
*Chapter (Sarah Brand), Chapter (Karen Akins), Chapter (JM Frey) + query (Alice Loweecey)
*Chapter (Beth Hull), Chapter (Jenn Malone), Chapter (Josh McCune) + query (Kristi Helvig)
2nd place winners: You will each receive 1 first chapter critique and 1 query critique.
*Chapter (Danielle Jensen) + query (Michael Gilmartin)
*Chapter (Dorothy Dreyer) + query (Monica BW)
*Chapter (Kristi Helvig) + query (Stacey Lee)
3rd place winners: You will each receive a query critique.
Query (Tara Dairman)
Query (Monica Goulet)
Query (Stephanie Scott)
Also: Remember the SPECIAL-FUN PRIZE I mentioned? Look for the next post to appear soon!
There are 21 instead of 20, because the last 2 places were tied:
3. The 3 tenets of the Authoress' faith are: "write books, wear fabulous hats, eat chocolate." When a talented wordsmith captures her heart via a pitch on her blog, she must choose: allow him to be courted by a Secret Agent, or keep his words all to herself.
5. She is the one—the word weavers’ final hope. When the magical art of storytelling threatens to dwindle in a society addicted to social media gossip, a woman in red emerges to revive a dying breed. Clothed in anonymity to evade detection and ever sacrificing for love of the written word, she bravely toils to inspire a return to eloquence.
8. After blog queen Miss Snark eats a poisoned batch of chocolates from a demented superfan, she slips into a coma and awakens with no memory of who she really is. With the help of a drop-dead gorgeous hardboiled PI, she launches Authoress Anon, a site to entrap the killer before her fellow bloggers fall victim to his coma-inducing confections.
12. When the master list of Secret Agent identities is stolen, Authoress goes undercover as helpful intern Paige Turner to infiltrate the Library, a shadowy coalition of literary spies. But the real thief may be closer than she thinks, and if Authoress isn’t careful, her next stop might be the slush pile.
15. When mild-mannered writer Audrey (Au) Thoress has her WIP demolished publicly by the dreaded Miss Snark, she faces a choice: numb herself into oblivion with chocolate, or find a way to save other aspiring writers from the wrath of exasperated agents.
16. In a literary world gone mad, one Authoress will join forces with a**-kicking agents and strikethrough-exercising editors to reel in the rampant use of, incorrectly-placed commas, alliteration-excessive adjectives, patently perverse punctuation and--most insidious of all--THE PROFLIGATE USE OF ALL CAPS.
18. When the great Authoress discovers that "Josh Getzler" is ALSO a pseudonym, she must sift through a world of lies, deceit, and handcrafted mitts to figure out who's been stealing her manuscripts and selling them on the black market.
22. When Authoress agress to critique a mystery, she's horrified to learn she is the victim. If she doesn't solve the clues left in the manuscript in time, then fiction and life will meet in a deadly ending.
23. "Running a blog is easy," they said, but they were wrong. When Dr. Whom has a public meltdown and loses his agent, he hires the only lady fit to relaunch his career . Now it's up to Authoress and MSFV to rebuild the disgraced author's image, and novel, one line edit at a time.
25. Rose Athus has led her Browncoats through five years of successful cryptozoological captures, keeping the Agency's laboratories busy and the mundane world safe. But when government cuts threaten to shut the Agency down, Rose and her team find themselves using their unique talents to protect the monsters, who may be the only reason humanity has survived this long...
28. After a fight over the Oxford comma puts a period to her marriage, aspiring novelist Authoress vows to save her love for fictional characters only. But when a chance gust sweeps her trademark red hat (and her heart) into the hands of Josh Getzler, she’ll risk it all to decide if he's Mr. Write...or just another agent of heartbreak.
30. A nanotechnology terrorist going by the name of TH3B!TT has crashed the planetary AngelNet causing widespread panic and death. An elite team of nano-hack experts, led by THEAUTHORE$$, is formed to retake the AngelNet and restore the nano-enabled medical safety systems everyone depends on. The team must unravel the secret of "The_Sacred_Doodlefart" a children's fantasy made terrifying after AngelNet crashed.
31. Authoress has known her toaster was haunted for years, but when a botched exorcism relocates the spirit into her vaccuum it's worse - now she can hear it's voice over the appliance's sucking roar. And it's telling her I was murdered.
35. When femme-fatale spy, Authoress, reveals her identity to a community known as ‘Blog’ she knows her life will change forever. Once the victim of a Snark, she uses her devilish pen to make her dreams come true. Will Secret Agent Josh sell her soul to ‘The Publisher', or will she run into the arms of the mysterious Mr A?
40. When evil space cows kidnap the famous writer Authoress and force her to be their earth spokesperson for their hypnotic drug-laced milk, Authoress must rely on her skill in karate and ventriloquism to overthrow the cows and save the world.
44. Against the wishes of her Victorian family, Authoress constructs a coterie of clockwork minions to assist in her grand plan of opening a love-match steamnetwork. But a business rival kidnaps her silent partner (and secret love) Mr. A in a bid to shut down her now-thriving business. Can Authoress and her clockwork minions rescue Mr. A before it’s too late?
45. When Authoress goes mad from dissecting one error-strewn chapter too many, she takes her razor-edged wit and and bloody scalpel directly to befuddled writers. The legendary Miss Snark, armed with a cluegun, throwing stiletto, and spiked thesaurus on a chain, must return from her lovenest at Lake Cuomo to stop MSFV from claiming more victims for herself.
48. In Paris, a gorgeous woman in a red hat finds herself surrounded by the disciples of Unedited Fiction. With only a red pen and clever wit at her disposal, she must figure out what the disciples are trying to say before they send their work to unsuspecting literary agents.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ROUND TWO FINALISTS!
The Prizes--critiques have been graciously donated by authors from our MSFV Success Story passe. They will be distributed as follows:
1st place winners: You will each receive 3 separate critiques of your first chapter, plus 1 query critique.
*Chapter (Helene Dunbar), Chapter (Alice Loweecey), Chapter (Leah Petersen) + query (Peter Salomon)
*Chapter (Sarah Brand), Chapter (Karen Akins), Chapter (JM Frey) + query (Alice Loweecey)
*Chapter (Beth Hull), Chapter (Jenn Malone), Chapter (Josh McCune) + query (Kristi Helvig)
2nd place winners: You will each receive 1 first chapter critique and 1 query critique.
*Chapter (Danielle Jensen) + query (Michael Gilmartin)
*Chapter (Dorothy Dreyer) + query (Monica BW)
*Chapter (Kristi Helvig) + query (Stacey Lee)
3rd place winners: You will each receive a query critique.
Query (Tara Dairman)
Query (Monica Goulet)
Query (Stephanie Scott)
Also: Remember the SPECIAL-FUN PRIZE I mentioned? Look for the next post to appear soon!
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
FAKE LOGLINE CONTEST: The Rules!
So here we go!
Voting is easy -- just read each logline, and write YES or NO in the comment box. Your YES or NO means "Yes, this should go on to the next round," or "No, this should NOT go on to the next round."
IMPORTANT: Please (please oh please) type your YES or NO first. If you want to say more, fine. But PLEASE type your vote first. That makes counting the votes much, much easier.
Voting will close at 8:00 am tomorrow (Wednesday). The top 20 entries will go on to Round 2, which will be judged by the illustrious Logline Queen, Holly Bodger.
Leave your questions below! Otherwise, happy voting!!
Voting is easy -- just read each logline, and write YES or NO in the comment box. Your YES or NO means "Yes, this should go on to the next round," or "No, this should NOT go on to the next round."
IMPORTANT: Please (please oh please) type your YES or NO first. If you want to say more, fine. But PLEASE type your vote first. That makes counting the votes much, much easier.
Voting will close at 8:00 am tomorrow (Wednesday). The top 20 entries will go on to Round 2, which will be judged by the illustrious Logline Queen, Holly Bodger.
Leave your questions below! Otherwise, happy voting!!
FAKE LOGLINE #49
TITLE: Anonymous in a Brown Coat
GENRE: NA
Life can never be the same, when you never really exist. Fighting against the comma challenged and the grammar phobic, the secret mistress of editorial perfection lives her life in secret, her goal a world of perfect grammar and intriging plot lines. One day the brown coat is pulled off, and she enters the ultimate battle, editing her own MS.
GENRE: NA
Life can never be the same, when you never really exist. Fighting against the comma challenged and the grammar phobic, the secret mistress of editorial perfection lives her life in secret, her goal a world of perfect grammar and intriging plot lines. One day the brown coat is pulled off, and she enters the ultimate battle, editing her own MS.
FAKE LOGLINE #48
TITLE: Defeating the Dangling Participle
GENRE: Suspense
In Paris, a gorgeous woman in a red hat finds herself surrounded by the disciples of Unedited Fiction. With only a red pen and clever wit at her disposal, she must figure out what the disciples are trying to say before they send their work to unsuspecting literary agents.
GENRE: Suspense
In Paris, a gorgeous woman in a red hat finds herself surrounded by the disciples of Unedited Fiction. With only a red pen and clever wit at her disposal, she must figure out what the disciples are trying to say before they send their work to unsuspecting literary agents.
FAKE LOGLINE #47
TITLE: Miss Snark's Last Victim
GENRE: Young Adult Thriller
Little does Miss Snark know what evil awaits when she opens her Blog Tuesday morning - The Snark Slayer is on the loose and will stop at NOTHING to ensure that her post is only one left in the Logline prize. Miss Snark has 10 mins to stop the Snark Slayer's evil virus, before her reputaion and blog lies in shreds!
GENRE: Young Adult Thriller
Little does Miss Snark know what evil awaits when she opens her Blog Tuesday morning - The Snark Slayer is on the loose and will stop at NOTHING to ensure that her post is only one left in the Logline prize. Miss Snark has 10 mins to stop the Snark Slayer's evil virus, before her reputaion and blog lies in shreds!
FAKE LOGLINE #45
TITLE: BETWEEN A ROCK AND A SNARK PLACE; OR, WHAT THE THESAURUS SAW
GENRE: Memoir
When Authoress goes mad from dissecting one error-strewn chapter too many, she takes her razor-edged wit and and bloody scalpel directly to befuddled writers. The legendary Miss Snark, armed with a cluegun, throwing stiletto, and spiked thesaurus on a chain, must return from her lovenest at Lake Cuomo to stop MSFV from claiming more victims for herself.
GENRE: Memoir
When Authoress goes mad from dissecting one error-strewn chapter too many, she takes her razor-edged wit and and bloody scalpel directly to befuddled writers. The legendary Miss Snark, armed with a cluegun, throwing stiletto, and spiked thesaurus on a chain, must return from her lovenest at Lake Cuomo to stop MSFV from claiming more victims for herself.
FAKE LOGLINE #44
TITLE: Steamy Hot
GENRE: Steampunk Romantic Comedy
Against the wishes of her Victorian family, Authoress constructs a coterie of clockwork minions to assist in her grand plan of opening a love-match steamnetwork. But a business rival kidnaps her silent partner (and secret love) Mr. A in a bid to shut down her now-thriving business. Can Authoress and her clockwork minions rescue Mr. A before it’s too late?
GENRE: Steampunk Romantic Comedy
Against the wishes of her Victorian family, Authoress constructs a coterie of clockwork minions to assist in her grand plan of opening a love-match steamnetwork. But a business rival kidnaps her silent partner (and secret love) Mr. A in a bid to shut down her now-thriving business. Can Authoress and her clockwork minions rescue Mr. A before it’s too late?
FAKE LOGLINE #43
TITLE: Victim No More
GENRE: Suspense
Spinning dreams out of words, Authoress enters the world of bloggers in a quest to bring agents and the unagented together or die a slow death by quill in endless pursuit of publication.
GENRE: Suspense
Spinning dreams out of words, Authoress enters the world of bloggers in a quest to bring agents and the unagented together or die a slow death by quill in endless pursuit of publication.
FAKE LOGLINE #41
TITLE: Ms. Snark Goes Hollywood
GENRE: Women's Fiction
Ms. Snark sets her sights on Hollywood for her latest novel, RETURN OF THE BANSHEE. When the Banshees catch wind of her book, they target Ms. Snark as their next meal; she must decide whether to give up her Hollywood dream and stay safe or fight the Banshees with her extreme Banshee hunter skills and face death as their dessert.
GENRE: Women's Fiction
Ms. Snark sets her sights on Hollywood for her latest novel, RETURN OF THE BANSHEE. When the Banshees catch wind of her book, they target Ms. Snark as their next meal; she must decide whether to give up her Hollywood dream and stay safe or fight the Banshees with her extreme Banshee hunter skills and face death as their dessert.
FAKE LOGLINE #40
TITLE: Milk Maid to the Rescue!
GENRE: Science Fiction/Adventure
When evil space cows kidnap the famous writer Authoress and force her to be their earth spokesperson for their hypnotic drug-laced milk, Authoress must rely on her skill in karate and ventriloquism to overthrow the cows and save the world.
GENRE: Science Fiction/Adventure
When evil space cows kidnap the famous writer Authoress and force her to be their earth spokesperson for their hypnotic drug-laced milk, Authoress must rely on her skill in karate and ventriloquism to overthrow the cows and save the world.
FAKE LOGLINE #39
TITLE: The Anonymous Comment
GENRE: Adventure
After uncovering missives in her spam comments, Authoress is thrust into a hunt across the blogosphere for a mysterious commenter with a NYC House publishing deal up their sleeves. But is correct use of you’re and your, avoidance of passive sentences, and Mr. A, her tight-wearing sidekick, enough for Authoress to circumnavigate comment forums, misplaced modifiers, and the dreaded WordPress?
GENRE: Adventure
After uncovering missives in her spam comments, Authoress is thrust into a hunt across the blogosphere for a mysterious commenter with a NYC House publishing deal up their sleeves. But is correct use of you’re and your, avoidance of passive sentences, and Mr. A, her tight-wearing sidekick, enough for Authoress to circumnavigate comment forums, misplaced modifiers, and the dreaded WordPress?
FAKE LOGLINE #38
TITLE: Authoress the Rescuer
GENRE: Action/Adventure
Calm and collected Authoress needs to save authors' work from the evil and calculating Bot. It snatches up entries, swallowing them deep into the confines of cyberspace. The Authoress must rescue entries in time for the big reveal to the angelic Secret Agent.
GENRE: Action/Adventure
Calm and collected Authoress needs to save authors' work from the evil and calculating Bot. It snatches up entries, swallowing them deep into the confines of cyberspace. The Authoress must rescue entries in time for the big reveal to the angelic Secret Agent.
FAKE LOGLINE #37
TITLE: Grumpy Dragon Playtime
GENRE: Fantasy
When Authoress drops her Roomba in the toilet she unwittingly unleashes the spell that begins the Grumpy Dragon Playtime Prophesy. Now she'll have to put these Grumps in timeout before they turn the entire city into their own personal pillow fort.
GENRE: Fantasy
When Authoress drops her Roomba in the toilet she unwittingly unleashes the spell that begins the Grumpy Dragon Playtime Prophesy. Now she'll have to put these Grumps in timeout before they turn the entire city into their own personal pillow fort.
FAKE LOGLINE #35
TITLE: L'espion Connu Sous Le Nom Auteure
GENRE: Literary/Mystery
When femme-fatale spy, Authoress, reveals her identity to a community known as ‘Blog’ she knows her life will change forever. Once the victim of a Snark, she uses her devilish pen to make her dreams come true. Will Secret Agent Josh sell her soul to ‘The Publisher', or will she run into the arms of the mysterious Mr A?
GENRE: Literary/Mystery
When femme-fatale spy, Authoress, reveals her identity to a community known as ‘Blog’ she knows her life will change forever. Once the victim of a Snark, she uses her devilish pen to make her dreams come true. Will Secret Agent Josh sell her soul to ‘The Publisher', or will she run into the arms of the mysterious Mr A?
FAKE LOGLINE #34
TITLE: Heart of the Industry
GENRE: Horror
A writer in a red hat struggles with bizarre query letters, unfamiliar slushpile memories, and increasingly violent episodes of marking things with red pen after receiving an emergency heart transplant from an unknown agent.
GENRE: Horror
A writer in a red hat struggles with bizarre query letters, unfamiliar slushpile memories, and increasingly violent episodes of marking things with red pen after receiving an emergency heart transplant from an unknown agent.
FAKE LOGLINE #33
TITLE: The SuperAgent's Quest
GENRE: Epic SuperAgent Adventure
If SuperAgent Josh does not sell Authoress's Awesome Novel, Authoress's true identity will be stuck behind that red hat that she doesn't even like.
GENRE: Epic SuperAgent Adventure
If SuperAgent Josh does not sell Authoress's Awesome Novel, Authoress's true identity will be stuck behind that red hat that she doesn't even like.
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