Take your first page for a test drive in this free workshop! My hope is that the critiques will help you to avoid mistakes that get submissions deleted by agents and that cause readers to put the book down (or click away from the webpage) without buying. Want to know what to expect from the … Continue reading Novel Boot Camp: First Page Critique Workshop

This query critique session is part of my Novel Boot Camp series. If you don’t know what Novel Boot Camp is, click here to check it out. If you’ve already submitted your query and didn’t receive a critique or if you would like to now submit your query for critique, I will be posting another … Continue reading 20 Query Critiques [Novel Boot Camp]

Agents and editors read a lot (a LOT!) of query letters. Naturally they have to make speedy quick decisions about which queries interest them. In this workshop, I will be simulating that lightning quick process. On Friday (August 25) I will post each query up to the point that I lost interest with a few … Continue reading Query Letter Critique Workshop [Novel Boot Camp]

Welcome to the peer critiques. Below you will find a list of novel openings available for peer critique. If you submitted your opening, please critique at least five other submissions. If you didn’t submit your opening, you are still welcome to help out your fellow writers by leaving critiques. While honesty is a good thing, … Continue reading First Page Critique Peer Workshop [Novel Boot Camp]

Welcome to the second workshop of Novel Boot Camp! This workshop will focus on peer critiques, but I will jump in with my own thoughts and comments if anyone has any questions or if I feel I can offer additional assistance. Each participant will be given their own page and comments section for their work. … Continue reading Peer First Page Critiques – Submission Form [Novel Boot Camp]

Publishers, agents, and readers all make quick decisions about what they want to read. Below are my first impressions of ten novel openings written by Novel Boot Camp participants. I stopped reading (and ended the excerpt) at the point that I was no longer interested in continuing. I also included comments about why the story … Continue reading First Page Critiques: YA Fantasy & SciFi [Novel Boot Camp]

Publishers, agents, and readers all make quick decisions about what they want to read. Below are my first impressions of ten novel openings written by Novel Boot Camp participants. I stopped reading (and ended the excerpt) at the point that I was no longer interested in continuing. I also included comments about why the story … Continue reading First Page Critiques: Adult Fantasy, SciFi, Horror [Novel Boot Camp]

Publishers, agents, and readers all make quick decisions about what they want to read. Below are my first impressions of ten novel openings written by Novel Boot Camp participants. I stopped reading (and ended the excerpt) at the point that I was no longer interested in continuing. I also included comments about why the story … Continue reading First Page Critiques: Young Adult [Novel Boot Camp]

Publishers, agents, and readers all make quick decisions about what they want to read. Below are my first impressions of ten novel openings written by Novel Boot Camp participants. I stopped reading (and ended the excerpt) at the point that I was no longer interested in continuing. I also included comments about why the story … Continue reading First Page Critiques: Adult Realistic Fiction [Novel Boot Camp]

Publishers, agents, and readers all make quick decisions about what they want to read. Below are my first impressions of ten novel openings written by Novel Boot Camp participants. I stopped reading (and ended the excerpt) at the point that I was no longer interested in continuing. I also included comments about why the story … Continue reading 10 First Page Critiques: Young Adult Edition [Novel Boot Camp]