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Jan. 4th, 2010 10:14 pmI should send out a "help me obi wan friends list" on this one.
Here's the deal. I have to write a 300 words-or-less blurb on top of a 3000-5000 word excerpt and my novel manuscript for the ABNA (Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards). Now, I'm on about page 7 of a 73 page single spaced (for my convenience) manuscript editing-wise. I hope to start merging corrections and editing scenes (most of them have moved the story along, etc at this point, so I'm actually adding words so far instead of taking them out) sometime next Tuesday. I really hate the compressed schedule, but Amazon decided they wanted everything at entry time this year, and I want to be one of the first to submit for the YA category.
Anyway, back to the pitch. I have no problem sharing it in public, as it's not like people aren't sharing theirs in public on the Amazon boards. I really do need a few eyes looking over it and offering suggestions (in terms of is this a novel you want to read, grammar, things to correct/modify/delete, etc). The current version is about 250 words.
( Pitch, Delicate Appendages )
Here's the deal. I have to write a 300 words-or-less blurb on top of a 3000-5000 word excerpt and my novel manuscript for the ABNA (Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards). Now, I'm on about page 7 of a 73 page single spaced (for my convenience) manuscript editing-wise. I hope to start merging corrections and editing scenes (most of them have moved the story along, etc at this point, so I'm actually adding words so far instead of taking them out) sometime next Tuesday. I really hate the compressed schedule, but Amazon decided they wanted everything at entry time this year, and I want to be one of the first to submit for the YA category.
Anyway, back to the pitch. I have no problem sharing it in public, as it's not like people aren't sharing theirs in public on the Amazon boards. I really do need a few eyes looking over it and offering suggestions (in terms of is this a novel you want to read, grammar, things to correct/modify/delete, etc). The current version is about 250 words.
( Pitch, Delicate Appendages )
