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CLOSED: Critique of 25 Pages + Synopsis by Lorin Oberweger

The second of two opportunities to get an amazing critique by independent book editor and author Lorin Oberweger, founder of Free Expressions. Lorin is offering to critique the first 25 pages (double-spaced, of course) and a synopsis of any young adult or middle grade manuscript. Lorin is incredibly well known and has helped many an awesome author.

You can bid for this critique until June 15th at 11:59pm, Eastern Daylight Time.

  1. Comment on THIS BLOG POST with your bid. Bidding starts at US$1.
  2. You may, of course, bid more than once.
  3. The highest bid at 11:59pm, Eastern Daylight Time, June 15th, 2012, will win.
  4. Once the auction closes, if you are the highest bidder, I will contact you with further instructions.
  5. Please DO NOT donate, send the file, etc., unless I email you! SERIOUSLY.
  6. And…go!

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About Lorin:

LORIN OBERWEGER is a highly sought-after independent book editor and ghostwriter with almost twenty-five years experience in publishing. Her company, Free Expressions, offers nationwide writing seminars, including the upcoming YA/MG Your Best Book Workshop in Charlotte, North Carolina with literary agents Josh and Tracey Adams and publishing professional Emma D. Dryden. In addition, she serves as Editor-in-Residence/Class Instructor for the renowned Writers Retreat Workshop, a workshop in which she has participated for twenty years.

Lorin’s students and clients have millions of books in print and have been published by imprints of HarperCollins, Random House, Penguin, Scholastic, and other mainstream and independent presses. They have also gained representation with some of the industry’s leading literary agents.

An award-winning author, Lorin’s poetry, short fiction, and articles have appeared in well over one-hundred periodicals, including THE MONTSERRAT REVIEW, STORYQUARTERLY, and the bestselling regional anthology FRENCH QUARTER FICTION. Recently, an excerpt of her novel-in-progress, ITCH, was awarded “Best of Workshop” at Writers in Paradise, co-founded by author Dennis Lehane. She is represented by Tracey Adams at Adams Literary.

Posted on June 14, 2012 in 2012 Crits, Finished · Comments { 12 }

CLOSED: Critique with Authors Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner, Adams Literary, and Editor Laura Schreiber

An amazing opportunity today, guys: co-authors of These Broken Stars Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner (also author of the amazeballs upcoming Skylark) are offering an amazing critique package for any young adult or middle grade manuscript (but especially of the fantasy or scifi persuasion). Not only will both critique your first 25 pages plus query, but your revised query will then be examined by their super agents, Tracey Adams and Josh Adams of Adams Literary. AND your critiqued and edited shiny first chapter will also be read by editor Laura Schreiber, of Disney-Hyperion, and she will provide a follow-up twenty minute phone call.

UPDATE on the extra-secret awesome: Because bidding got so high, and there was that fabulous tie at the end, Meg, Amie, Tracey, Josh, and Laura have offered another crit package to the second place winner, Kristina. Thanks to everyone for providing fifty more people with clean water. Y’all are the best.
You can bid for this critique until June 12th at 11:59pm, Eastern Daylight Time.

  1. Comment on THIS BLOG POST with your bid. Bidding starts at US$1.
  2. You may, of course, bid more than once.
  3. The highest bid at 11:59pm, Eastern Daylight Time, June 12th, 2012, will win.
  4. Once the auction closes, if you are the highest bidder, I will contact you with further instructions.
  5. Please DO NOT donate, send the file, etc., unless I email you! SERIOUSLY.
  6. And…go!

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About Meagan:

Meagan Spooner grew up reading and writing every spare moment of the day, while dreaming about life as an archaeologist, a marine biologist, an astronaut. She graduated from Hamilton College in New York with a degree in playwriting, and has spent several years since then living in Australia. She’s traveled with her family all over the world to places like Egypt, South Africa, the Arctic, Greece, Antarctica, and the Galapagos, and there’s a bit of every trip in every story she writes.

In her spare time she plays guitar, plays video games, plays with her cat, and reads.

About Amie:

Amie is a young adult author from Melbourne, Australia, represented by Tracey Adams of Adams Literary. She writes fantasy, science fiction and all things speculative. Her debut novel, THESE BROKEN STARS, co-authored with Meagan Spooner, will be out in 2013 from Disney-Hyperion.

Her favourite procrastination techniques involve chocolate, baking, sailing, her dog Jack, gardening, plotting and executing overseas travel, napping, her music collection and reading. Also her husband.

About Adams Literary:

Adams Literary is a full-service, boutique literary agency exclusively representing children’s and young adult authors and artists. Clients include Meagan and Amie (obviously!), Veronica Rossi (Under The Never Sky), New York Times Bestseller Margaret Peterson Haddix, and many other award-winning authors.

About Laura:

Laura Schreiber is an Assistant Editor at Disney-Hyperion. She loves books for small people, angsty people and discerning grown-up people. She once dared Meagan Spooner to bring a lion home from Africa.

Posted on June 11, 2012 in 2012 Crits, Finished · Comments { 37 }

CLOSED: Critique of 100 Pages by Cassandra Marshall

Here starts one of three excellent chances to get a critique from Cassandra Marshall, freelance editor, YA author, and literary agent staffer of awesome. Cassandra’s got lots of editing experience, an excellent eye to detail, and plenty of happy clients, so don’t miss this opportunity. This can be for the first 100 pages of any YA manuscript! So get to bidding, folks!

You can participate in all three of Cassandra’s critiques, but you can only win one.

You can bid for this critique until June 4th at 11:59pm, Eastern Daylight Time.

  1. Comment on THIS BLOG POST with your bid. Bidding starts at US$1.
  2. You may, of course, bid more than once.
  3. The highest bid at 11:59pm, Eastern Daylight Time, June 4th, 2012, will win.
  4. Once the auction closes, if you are the highest bidder, I will contact you with further instructions.
  5. Please DO NOT donate, send the file, etc., unless I email you! SERIOUSLY.
  6. And…go!

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About Cassandra:

Cassandra gets to use her MA in Creative Writing from Newcastle University in her day job as a freelance editor. This means that she can set her own hours and lay around the house in her pajamas all day (not really) and snuggle with her dog Mollie whenever she wants to (really). She’s seriously addicted to that dog.

She’s also addicted to reading queries for a literary agency in NYC. Some are funny, some are horrifying, and some are so awesome that it takes all her reserve not to jump around and shout about them. She does that anyway, but only in the privacy of her own home.

It took a year in the northeast of England to get that MA and even though she’ll be in student debt up to her eyeballs for the rest of her life, it was worth every penny. And before that she attended Rochester College where she earned a BA in Professional Writing.

Posted on June 3, 2012 in 2012 Crits, Finished · Comments { 18 }

CLOSED: Critique of 25 Pages + Synopsis by Lorin Oberweger

Next up on the auction block is an amazing opportunity by renowned independent book editor and author Lorin Oberweger, founder of Free Expressions. Lorin is offering to critique the first 25 pages (double-spaced, of course) and a synopsis of any fiction manuscript. This is an amazing opportunity to get incredibly experienced eyes on your MS–so bid, minions!

You can bid for this critique until May 23rd at 11:59pm, Eastern Daylight Time.

  1. Comment on THIS BLOG POST with your bid. Bidding starts at US$1.
  2. You may, of course, bid more than once.
  3. The highest bid at 11:59pm, Eastern Daylight Time, May 23rd, 2012, will win.
  4. Once the auction closes, if you are the highest bidder, I will contact you with further instructions.
  5. Please DO NOT donate, send the file, etc., unless I email you! SERIOUSLY.
  6. And…go!

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About Lorin:

LORIN OBERWEGER is a highly sought-after independent book editor and ghostwriter with almost twenty-five years experience in publishing. Her company, Free Expressions, offers nationwide writing seminars, including the upcoming Breakout Novel Intensive 2.0 in Orlando, Florida with literary agent Donald Maass. In addition, she serves as Editor-in-Residence/Class Instructor for the renowned Writers Retreat Workshop, a workshop in which she has participated for twenty years.

Lorin’s students and clients have millions of books in print and have been published by imprints of HarperCollins, Random House, Penguin, Scholastic, and other mainstream and independent presses. They have also gained representation with some of the industry’s leading literary agents.

An award-winning author, Lorin’s poetry, short fiction, and articles have appeared in well over one-hundred periodicals, including THE MONTSERRAT REVIEW, STORYQUARTERLY, and the bestselling regional anthology FRENCH QUARTER FICTION. Recently, an excerpt of her novel-in-progress, ITCH, was awarded “Best of Workshop” at Writers in Paradise, co-founded by author Dennis Lehane. She is represented by Tracey Adams at Adams Literary.

Posted on May 22, 2012 in 2012 Crits, Finished · Comments { 20 }

CLOSED: Critique of a Full MS copy-edit by Rachel Bateman

We interrupt your scheduled adult fiction fanfare for a spectacular critique of


YA

And it’s a big one, folks. Editor at Month 9 Books and fabulous author in her own right, Rachel Bateman is offering a full critique including developmental and copy-edits of a young adult novel (any sub-genre). This is a fab opportunity to get your MS ready for submission or a passover for self-pubbing. Do not miss this ridiculously excellent opportunity from an amazing lady! (Please note: winning this auction of course does not guarantee that the MS will be published by Month 9 Books.)

This auction is open for bidding until 11:59pm, Eastern Daylight Time, May 11th, 2012.

  1. Comment on THIS BLOG POST with your bid. Bidding starts at US$1.
  2. You may, of course, bid more than once.
  3. The highest bid at 11:59pm, Eastern Daylight Time, May 11th, 2012, will win.
  4. Once the auction closes, if you are the highest bidder, I will contact you with further instructions.
  5. Please DO NOT donate, send the file, etc., unless I email you! SERIOUSLY.
  6. And…go!

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About Rachel:

Rachel Bateman is a mommy and a writer. A wife and a friend. A student and Russian lover. An editor and voracious reader. She has a deep and undying love for Young Adult novels and can’t get her hands (or eyes!) on enough of them. Luckily, her job as an editor for Month9Books keeps the YA speculative fiction coming. When Rachel is not reading books, writing books, or editing books she can be found playing with her husband, young son, and herd of alpacas.

Posted on May 10, 2012 in 2012 Crits, Finished · Comments { 13 }