Wow!
It's a bit heady, all this excitement and enthusiasm. Buoying, too, because I'm admittedly a bit nervous about the actual onslaught of submissions.
I think I'm going to have a new level of empathy for agentkind.
So here's a quick peek at our upcoming schedule:
Next week: Logline Critique Session #3
Week of November 8: Secret Agent Contest
Week of November 15: Submissions for the Baker's Dozen Agent Auction
Week of November 22: Authoress collapses beneath the Thanksgiving table
Saturday, December 4: 40 winning entries posted to the auction
Tuesday, December 7: The bidding begins! The auction will remain open for 24 hours.
Definitely the most exciting line-up we've had in a while.
Somewhere in the middle of all that I will have completed the revision that's been grasping my life by the heels for weeks now. And there will be much rejoicing.
It's funny. I've never considered myself a "Type A" personality. I don't have the sort of heart-attack-inducing drive that these folks typically display. Yet Mr. A claims I AM a "Type A." Driven. And anyone reading today's post might say, "Um, Authoress is in denial if she thinks she's not a 'Type A'."
I'm not sure "driven" is the right word, though. Tenacious, yes. Determined, definitely. Committed to this writing thing to the end of time, for sure.
And slightly bonkers. Absolutely.
But "driven" sounds too pejorative. I'd rather not describe myself that way.
What a fun ride, though! Thanks for being a part of all this. See you on Monday!
Miss Snark's First Victim
Friday, October 29, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Submission Dates: BAKER'S DOZEN AGENT AUCTION
Mark your calendars! Set your alerts! Elbow the nearest guy out of your way as you dive for the mouse!
These are the Official Submission Windows for the Baker's Dozen Agent Auction. Please read carefully!
1. ADULT FICTION: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16
SUBMISSION WINDOW #1: 12:00 pm EST for the first 20. No alternates.
SUBMISSION WINDOW #2: 6:00 pm EST for the next 20. No alternates.
All 40 entrants will be notified within 1 week as to whether their submission has been accepted for the auction.
2. MIDDLE GRADE AND YOUNG ADULT FICTION: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18
I will accept 80 (up from 40) submissions. 25 will be chosen for the auction.
SUBMISSION WINDOW #1: 12:00 pm EST for the first 40. No alternates.
SUBMISSION WINDOW #2: 6:00 pm EST for the next 40. No alternates.
All 80 entrants will be notified within 1 week as to whether their submission has been accepted for the auction.
All submissions must be emailed to authoress.submissions(at)gmail.com and formatted in the usual way:
SCREEN NAME: (type it here)
TITLE: (type it here)
GENRE: (type it here)
(Type your logline here. DO NOT TYPE THE WORD "LOGLINE". Just, yanno, type your logline.)
(Type your 250-word excerpt here.)
There will be a 100-word addition to the word count to allow for the loglines. If your logline is longer than 100 words, you'll have to shorten your excerpt.
Entries will be read just like any other slush pile. The 40 that float to the top will be included in the auction. I may have something special for the others later. It depends on whether or not I'm in a blog-induced coma by then.
The 40 winning entries will be posted to the blog on Saturday, December 4, to give the bidding agents several days to read them prior to the opening of the auction on the 7th.
I think that's everything! Post your questions below.
These are the Official Submission Windows for the Baker's Dozen Agent Auction. Please read carefully!
1. ADULT FICTION: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16
- Women's fiction
- Historical fiction
- Thriller (including historical)
- Mystery
- Romance (including historical and paranormal)
- Fantasy (including urban and all subgenres)
- Science Fiction (including all subgenres)
- Suspense
- Literary
SUBMISSION WINDOW #1: 12:00 pm EST for the first 20. No alternates.
SUBMISSION WINDOW #2: 6:00 pm EST for the next 20. No alternates.
All 40 entrants will be notified within 1 week as to whether their submission has been accepted for the auction.
2. MIDDLE GRADE AND YOUNG ADULT FICTION: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18
I will accept 80 (up from 40) submissions. 25 will be chosen for the auction.
SUBMISSION WINDOW #1: 12:00 pm EST for the first 40. No alternates.
SUBMISSION WINDOW #2: 6:00 pm EST for the next 40. No alternates.
All 80 entrants will be notified within 1 week as to whether their submission has been accepted for the auction.
All submissions must be emailed to authoress.submissions(at)gmail.com and formatted in the usual way:
SCREEN NAME: (type it here)
TITLE: (type it here)
GENRE: (type it here)
(Type your logline here. DO NOT TYPE THE WORD "LOGLINE". Just, yanno, type your logline.)
(Type your 250-word excerpt here.)
There will be a 100-word addition to the word count to allow for the loglines. If your logline is longer than 100 words, you'll have to shorten your excerpt.
Entries will be read just like any other slush pile. The 40 that float to the top will be included in the auction. I may have something special for the others later. It depends on whether or not I'm in a blog-induced coma by then.
The 40 winning entries will be posted to the blog on Saturday, December 4, to give the bidding agents several days to read them prior to the opening of the auction on the 7th.
I think that's everything! Post your questions below.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Logline Critique Session Two: #25
TITLE: Lost in a Heartbeat
GENRE: YA romantic suspense
After a stalker assaulted seventeen-year-old Calleigh, she's forced to keep silent about what happened--screwing up her chance to heal--or else the psycho will kill her BFF. But as she falls for her new friend, Aaron, she discovers they're linked in a way she could never have imagined--a connection that could be deadly for Calleigh.
GENRE: YA romantic suspense
After a stalker assaulted seventeen-year-old Calleigh, she's forced to keep silent about what happened--screwing up her chance to heal--or else the psycho will kill her BFF. But as she falls for her new friend, Aaron, she discovers they're linked in a way she could never have imagined--a connection that could be deadly for Calleigh.
Logline Critique Session Two: #24
TITLE: I'm Here to Save Your Day- The Adventures of Bo Wolf
GENRE: MG Adventure/Fantasy
When you're the greatest eleven-year-old fencer of all time, you naturally bring the smackdown on a playground bully who's taken over the jungle gym, but when Bo Wolf discovers the bully's mom- the lunch lady- is plotting to poison the school with her irresistible ginger snaps, he must save his friends from an imminent cafeteria-induced death.
GENRE: MG Adventure/Fantasy
When you're the greatest eleven-year-old fencer of all time, you naturally bring the smackdown on a playground bully who's taken over the jungle gym, but when Bo Wolf discovers the bully's mom- the lunch lady- is plotting to poison the school with her irresistible ginger snaps, he must save his friends from an imminent cafeteria-induced death.
Logline Critique Session Two: #23
TITLE: ADVENTURES OF A TEENAGE DEMIGODDESS
GENRE: MG FANTASY
Ninth-grader Morgaina England learns she's a demigoddess and must fly through time and space on a magical horse to the sky palace of Odin, "The Terrible One," Father of the Gods, to save his most precious possession; if she fails, she loses all her new-found powers and her father will be tortured for a thousand years.
GENRE: MG FANTASY
Ninth-grader Morgaina England learns she's a demigoddess and must fly through time and space on a magical horse to the sky palace of Odin, "The Terrible One," Father of the Gods, to save his most precious possession; if she fails, she loses all her new-found powers and her father will be tortured for a thousand years.
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