TITLE: Courting Miss Snarky
GENRE: Women's Fiction
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.
Miss Snark's First Victim
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
FAKE LOGLINE #2
TITLE: Re-Wash: A New Destiny
GENRE: SF
The mysterious Authoress had discovered the real destiny of the little firefly ship named Serenity and clutched her all powerful pen, swearing to intervene and re-write Wash’s last chapter.
GENRE: SF
The mysterious Authoress had discovered the real destiny of the little firefly ship named Serenity and clutched her all powerful pen, swearing to intervene and re-write Wash’s last chapter.
FAKE LOGLINE #1
TITLE: Communicating 101
GENRE: Humor/Adventure
In a post-computer world, Authoress guides a group of writers in their quest to reteach mankind how to communicate…in person. If they fail, a fierce tribe of mimes will lead Earth into a bookless silence.
GENRE: Humor/Adventure
In a post-computer world, Authoress guides a group of writers in their quest to reteach mankind how to communicate…in person. If they fail, a fierce tribe of mimes will lead Earth into a bookless silence.
Monday, April 1, 2013
Winners! (...and words from our SA)
First, some comments from Hannah Bowman:
This was a strong group of entries! You'll notice I made a lot of similar comments to many of you. In general, I think sometimes writers worry too much about getting a lot of information, action, and conflict into the first 250 words when it would be better to let the story start slower but focusing on making what's shown the very best writing it can be. If you give me a cool idea, or a great voice, or a conflict, I'll follow you, and a lot of these scenes would have benefited from "lingering" a little more.
In the winners below, I'm not requesting everything where I commented "I'd read more." That's because of my preferences and market conditions (there's no point in me requesting something I don't think I could sell or that has a premise I don't love), not because I didn't mean what I said in those comments. There's a difference for me between continuing to read in a document open in front of me and requesting something, and I'm pickier with my requests than if I'm reading! Anywhere I said "I'd read more," I think you're on the right track with your opening.
Thanks to everyone who entered -- this takes a lot of courage!
THE WINNERS:
Ms. Bowman would like to see the query and first 10 pages of the following:
#1 -- Game Changer
#47 -- The Lucky Few
#50 -- Jane Unwrapped
Ms. Bowman would like to see the query, synopsis, and first 50 pages of the following:
#27 -- The Detective's Apprentice
#13 -- Romance on the High Seas
Congratulations, all! Winners, please email me at facelesswords(at)gmail.com for specific submission instructions.
This was a strong group of entries! You'll notice I made a lot of similar comments to many of you. In general, I think sometimes writers worry too much about getting a lot of information, action, and conflict into the first 250 words when it would be better to let the story start slower but focusing on making what's shown the very best writing it can be. If you give me a cool idea, or a great voice, or a conflict, I'll follow you, and a lot of these scenes would have benefited from "lingering" a little more.
In the winners below, I'm not requesting everything where I commented "I'd read more." That's because of my preferences and market conditions (there's no point in me requesting something I don't think I could sell or that has a premise I don't love), not because I didn't mean what I said in those comments. There's a difference for me between continuing to read in a document open in front of me and requesting something, and I'm pickier with my requests than if I'm reading! Anywhere I said "I'd read more," I think you're on the right track with your opening.
Thanks to everyone who entered -- this takes a lot of courage!
THE WINNERS:
Ms. Bowman would like to see the query and first 10 pages of the following:
#1 -- Game Changer
#47 -- The Lucky Few
#50 -- Jane Unwrapped
Ms. Bowman would like to see the query, synopsis, and first 50 pages of the following:
#27 -- The Detective's Apprentice
#13 -- Romance on the High Seas
Congratulations, all! Winners, please email me at facelesswords(at)gmail.com for specific submission instructions.
Secret Agent Unveiled: Hannah Bowman
Big thanks to this week's speedy and helpful Hannah Bowman of Liza Dawson Associates!
Hannah's Bio:
In her free time, she writes her own fiction (mostly science fiction and fantasy) and plays the organ. Hannah specializes in commercial fiction, especially science fiction and fantasy, women's fiction, cozy mysteries, romance and young adult. Hannah is also interested in nonfiction, particularly in the areas of mathematics, science and religion.
What Hannah's looking for:
"What I'd really love to see right now: smart, accessible adult space opera (think Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga) or other far-future, aspirational science fiction; adult or YA historical fantasy (think Katherine Kurtz on the adult side or Rae Carson in YA); funny, sharp contemporary romance."
Winners forthcoming!
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