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Results of our First Page Challenge are in!
Our team of editors randomly selected five of your first pages – and one bonus first page! Here are their critiques! We enjoyed reading these openings and hope you’ll keep going on your writing journeys. If you entry wasn’t critiqued here (we are only so many editors), stay tuned for next month’s boot camp and other opportunities in September. Thank you for submitting all your fabulous first pages!
Page One_Untitled by Tricia Sargant
Page One_Until Summer Ends by Liz Isaacson
Page One_Untitled by E Mellyberry
Page One_Untitled by Emily Evans
Page One_ SpyMistress by Fiona Marsden
And one more:
Page One_His Rebel’s Heart by April Arrington
14 replies on “Author Challenge! Page One Critique: Results”
Congratulations Ladies..
Great job, ladies! These first pages leave me wanting more!!
Congratulations and well done, everyone!
Congrats!
Wow, lots of good reading here. Thanks for the opportunity to see your stuff.
Great first pages! I can’t wait to read the rest of chapter for these stories–hope to see these entries come September. I’m especially looking forward to reading the chapters written by April and Liz. 😀
Congratulations to all!
Congratulations to all! Fab first pages! 🙂
Well done to the ‘exhibition’ panellists. I particularly liked ‘Until Summer Ends’ and ‘His Rebel’s Heart.’ Loving the various critiques too.
Thanks so much for the opportunity and the feedback! And for the kind comments!
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Congrats April. Beautifully written.
And congrats to the rest of the chosen pages. They were all fun to read.
Thank you, Melinda & Nikki O. And thank you, too, Fiona- I really enjoyed your opening as well!
Wow, these are all so very different but all really compelling and original. Hope we get to read them in September. Good luck!
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I spent the entire shutdown working. Had no time to wind down. I didn’t see my son much when school shutdown. My one co worker was told to stay home for 3 weeks so I picked up her hours. This year has been really crappy.
Ugh, Janell. Here’s hoping the rest of your summer is better.
Thanks for the info, Carol! Everyone is different in how they deal with the shutdown! I stay at home all the time since I don’t work so I haven’t been too effected but my shopping and errands sure have been effected!
Valri, I’ve been doing most of my shopping online. My local Target is still low on some items – mostly cleaning supplies. Grocery store is pretty much back to normal. Most of the dining in our town is outdoor. I can’t imagine have school-age kids!
Wow–getting your creative process on track must have been daunting–especially with “extra-large dog” glad to have you home. You don’t like coffee–I love coffee and have enjoyed my fortifying 2 cups in the morning even more than usual! How as COVID affected your story lines and characterizations? Best Wishes for all releases!
Interesting question, Virginia. You’ll have to tell me if the tone of my “COVID” books changed any! LOL
Life has changed so much! My dad passed Feb 2. The assisted living facility my folks were at went into hardcore lockdown the beginning of March. Mom couldn’t leave her apartment for 4 months! She was on the third floor, Will be 89 in two months & doesn’t use the phone. My husband and I remodeled the lower level completely and moved her in with us July 1. What a life change and difficult transition for the 3 of us! But we’re working thru it!