Showing posts with label YA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label YA. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Day 16: Item 2: 30 PAGE YA MANUSCRIPT CRITIQUE

Remember the wonderfully talented Sara Megibow? Well here is one of her clients, an AMAZING writer who delights me by placing actual photos of herself as a child on her website (truly - she is adorable!), posting truly honest blog posts and being all around wonderful to boot!


Natalie is offering a 

30 PAGE CRITIQUE OF A YA MANUSCRIPT! 

Yep you heard me...so get bidding guys!

From Natalie's Website:
I have four very little children and one normal-sized husband. When I’m not changing diapers, scrubbing toilets, picking up toys, making food, or cleaning dog vomit off the carpet, I might be writing middle grade adventures. My work is represented by Sara Megibow of Nelson Literary Agency

Friday, May 27, 2011

Day 15: Item 1: SIGNED BOOK

Another from the collection of our very own Courtney Barr...

Girl at Sea
SIGNED by Maureen Johnson


This is the summer Clio has waited for her whole life. School is out. She’s gotten a great job. And she’s just met the guy of her dreams. Things could not be better.
It’s about time something remotely normal happened to her. Named after the muse of history, quasi-famous at eleven for making a board game with her father, touring the world in questionable style at twelve… it’s been an odd journey so far. Some of it sounds good on paper. Lots of things sound good on paper. It doesn’t mean they actually are…
PLUS
Our own Crystal Harris is throwing in a copy of
*Please note that Crystal will be seeing Ms. Johnson at a signing in June - if the winner wants it personalized and can wait just a little longer, Crystal will be glad to oblige!

13 Little Blue Envelopes
by Maureen Johnson
Maureen Johnson 13 Little Blue Envelopes


Image of "Maureen Johnson"
from Amazon.com Author Page:
Maureen Johnson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Like a lot of people who end up writing books, she was always reading. This paid off in the end, but also resulted in her not playing any sports, so she is spectacularly uncoordinated, and is easily injured by harmless household objects, like endtables.
She studied writing and theatrical dramaturgy at Columbia University. Before she could spend all her days writing, Maureen served up hamburgers in the company of mad scientists and talking skeletons in New York, tended bar in Piccadilly Circus, nervously worked alongside live tigers in Las Vegas, and once got mixed up with the entire cast of a major West End musical.
Maureen lives in New York City, and when she is not writing, spends her time in a relentless pursuit of the perfect cup of coffee. If you know where it is, get in touch with her at once.

Follow her on Twitter @maureenjohnson
Trust me you won't regret it!

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Day 14 Item 3: SIGNED BOOK

Our own Courtney Barr is offering this next selection from her personal collection...

TWILIGHT
by Stephenie Meyer


This is a hardback copy of TWILIGHT - this book was signed by the author at an event in Arizona in 2009.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Day 10: Item 4: SIGNED BOOK

The very sweet Juju from Tales of Whimsy has donated a great book package!

SIGNED COPY OF 

The Shifter 
by Janice Hardy


PLUS

a Hardback copy of 
Spells
by Aprilynne Pike


Saturday, May 21, 2011

Day 9: Item 3: First 30 Page Line Critique - YA Manuscript

The very sweet and awfully generous Riley Redgate is offering up a 
LINE Critique of the FIRST 30 Pages of a YA Manuscript

Trust me her posts are honest and her tone makes me want to get to know this girl even more!

From Riley:

"I'm a seventeen-year-old aspiring author, and I'm willing to give a line critique of the first thirty pages of your YA manuscript - any genre. If you haven't had a beta reader from your target audience yet, I'm your girl!

I'm great (read: picky) with grammar and dialogue, and if your novel is set in high school...well, I know a little something about high school. Not sure if your teenagers sound like teenagers? I'll let you know.

Along with the line edits, I'll include a 1-2 page summary of big-picture issues, if there are any."

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Day 5: Item 5: SIGNED copy of WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON by David Levithan

The sweet and talented Michelle Hodkin has decided to pry her own fingers from this SIGNED copy of:


Will Grayson, Will Grayson 
by John Green & David Levithan


Michelle is the author of the upcoming:
Simon & Schuster BFYR - 9.27.11
Be sure to check it out.