ROUND THREE SURVIVORS! A COMPLEX SOLUTION, HELL’S PARADISE, Romance – other RED, YA Paranormal Romance LIFE RIGHT NOW, YA Rom Com/Chick Lit MIDNIGHT’S BALANCE, Paranormal Romance UNCONTROLLED HOPE, Paranormal Romance AT FIRST BLUSH, Contemp Romance THE WESTERMAN AFFAIR, Non-Regency Historical Romance KISMET, Rom Suspense CHIME, YA Sci Fi BLINDFOLDED, Contemp Romance UNTITLED #1, Paranormal Romance LOVE’S NO JOKE, Romance – other CASANOVA EXPOSED, Contemp Romance HIS DARK TEMPTATION, Paranormal Romance Why no top 5? Because basically we had a {Read More}
Line by Line – Round 3 VOTING
March 28, 2017 by 28 Comments
VOTING CLOSED WOOO HOOO The third line. Everything is going to get mixed and shaken and stirred some more. BEFORE YOU VOTE: Just a note, I’m seeing a lot of conversations here and on social media that go along lines of “I thought XXX was a great open but I didn’t vote for it bc I don’t read that genre.” Please don’t vote by what you read. What happens if only paranormal readers vote or only historical… {Read More}
Round 2 – RESULTS!
March 27, 2017 by 19 Comments
This round was SO CLOSE for the top five and bottom five. There really are no losers in this game – just people who get feedback longer! So, here we go with the next round… did your favorite stick? Did you lose a favorite? Congrats to (in order of appearance in Round 2)… CHIME, YA Sci Fi A COMPLEX SOLUTION, YA Romantic Suspense HELL’S PARADISE RECIPE OF LOVE, Contemp Romance AT FIRST BLUSH, Contemp Romance KISMET, Rom Suspense RED, {Read More}
Line by Line – Round 2 VOTING!
March 25, 2017 by 25 Comments
VOTING CLOSED OK, ONCE AGAIN: Here’s the deal: a few lines were outed by loved ones. If that’s why you’re here, please don’t vote. If someone gets a suspicious voting pattern again, they will be disqualified. Also, please remember – I can see today’s and yesterday’s IP addresses…so, let’s all just not risk it. Okay? This round you still get THREE VOTES. Vote once but for three different titles. Do not vote for one book three times. No. {Read More}
Line by Line – Round 2, ENTRIES
March 24, 2017 by
ROUND TWO! IS NOW CLOSED – IT’S 10:10, AND WE HAVE 24 ENTRIES FOR VOTING TOMORROW MORNING! I know you’re excited to see who made the cut, but a couple things first First off, I want to say, congrats to everyone. There were some amazing lines and sadly, some of the ones I loved didn’t make it. But, here’s the deal: You can learn a ton just by reading the comments on the remaining lines Hated a line that made it {Read More}
LINE BY LINE – Round 1 VOTING!
March 21, 2017 by 34 Comments
VOTING CLOSED WOW – there are some really amazing opening lines here. I’m so excited to see how this goes. So, here’s the deal. At the bottom is the poll for voting. Everyone gets 3 votes this round. WHO CAN VOTE: Anyone. Anyone can vote ONCE. Readers, writers, people in the list (and yes, if you want to vote for you this round, go ahead) bloggers, people who stumble upon this out of blatant curiosity. Vote for the lines {Read More}
Line by Line – ROUND ONE, OPEN!
March 21, 2017 by Leave a Comment
CLOSED!!!! VOTE TOMORROW! Did you read the DIRECTIONS first?
Line by Line Contest
March 18, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Hi guys! I LOVE Line by Line contests. I entered one way back in the day and it changed how I write my first pages. I also think it’s why Secret Girlfriend got me an agent in a week of submitting. Those opening pages were ready to go as I applied everything I learned to the rest. So, what is a LbL? We start with the entries (and, yes, I’ll be limiting them to the first 50 bc last time was {Read More}