Pay It Forward with Partials!
Okay, today is the day you've been waiting your entire life for. Don't think so? Trust me, it is.
Because today, I, along with 4 fantastically amazing writers are doing a Pay It Forward with Partials event! In order to get your partial upgraded to a full, you need to have those first chapters sharp and strong. And we want to help you do that. So today, you could win one of 5 25-page critiques!
Meet the critiquers:
Lisa & Laura Roecker: Ever since Lisa and Laura were born, they've wanted to be conjoined twins, you know, like that Matt Damon movie. So they decided to do it virtually. Thus, LiLa was born, and the sisters actually got surgically joined at the hip in 2009. For realz. What? You think they're two different people? I beg to differ. And with a killer debut called THE LIAR SOCIETY, I think we all know who's right. (Me.)
Shannon Messenger: After her morning hang gliding routine (she launches from the double-Os on the Hollywood sign), Shannon spends her time memorizing all things Harry Potter, deep sea fishing, and inventing new hashtags for Twitter. #truefact But she's looking for a SUB for that so she can be freed up to zip through her next novel. All interested in the position can inquire at her blog.
Sarah Wylie: Born to Brownies (the creature, not the delicious snack cake), Sarah grew up in the wild. Because of this, she has a special place in her heart for Mowgli, living in tree houses, and only using three squares of toilet paper each day. She secretly wishes she could star in "Days of our Lives" (I mean, who doesn't?), the long-running soap opera on NBC. Instead, she wrote an amazing YA novel, ALL THESE LIVES, due out in the Spring of 2012.
Elana Johnson: Lover of octopus, mushrooms, and dieting, Elana lives in the isles of the Caribbean, where she sleeps in late, enjoys the undulation of crystalline water, and writes young adult novels perfectly the first time. Her greatest POSSESSION is the fancy home office where she crafts her masterpieces.
In order to win a 25-page critique from me, you have to leave a comment on this post AND be a follower. To win from one of the other lovelies, visit their blogs (linked above) and follow their instructions. All winners will be announced on Monday, November 15--the same day as our next WriteOnCon event!
And seriously, don't you think LiLa is one person? Wouldn't you like to be able to read minds? Have you ever been hang gliding? Lived in the wild? Eaten octopus?
198 comments:
I would be honored! Please enter me.
DreamyCowgirl@hotmail.com
Of course, I am a follower.
I would love a critique! I'm already a follower, so please enter me.
khashway(at)hotmail.com
This is awesome...thanks for this chance!
jmanni32@yahoo.com
Mmm, octopus. Please enter me, too. I'm already a follower.
anpstevens(at)gmail.com
I would so love a critique. I could use the help. Please pick me.
I would to win but if you must have a book, I am outta luck.
I do shorts and poems so...
Have fun with the contest.
I would love to read minds, my mother had a "gift" but it skipped me.
Never had octupus or never hang glided...does that mean my life is incomplete? I do live on a farm so that is kinda wild.
Elana,
Great contest! I am a follower.
Jennifer Swanson
You girls are beyond generous! What a great contest!
Would I love this prize? Yes please. :)
Oh yeah, I'm a follower as well. :)
What a cool contest - you ladies really are amazing!! Thanks so much for the chance.
I did have octopus once - meh, but better than the squid. :)
I eat octopus all the time :o) Readily available in Greece. What a great opportunity you're giving everyone! But .. guess what? I don't need it anymore because ... come check out my blog to find out why. ;O hehehehe
That is a great way to pay it forward! And you're little bio totally cracked me up. And I'm a follower. Thanks for the chance!
I've been following you for a long time in my google reader, now I am officially. I've got a middle-grade that is in its second round of revisions now, and would love your opinion.
Now which Caribbean Island would you be living on? Maybe we can get together for lunch....
LiLa is one person. I'm pretty sure of it.
I'm definitely entering this.
christine.danek(at)verizon(dot)net
It would be an honor. :)
I really doubt my current manuscript will be in good enough condition for a critique, so if I win, it better be a gentle critique!
Wow! You guys are so great for doing this! Seriously. I can't believe how often all of you give away your time.
Such an awesome thing you are doing. ANd dude...your bio made me spew all over my computer this am!
Wow that was a heavy dose of awesome!
I'm so glad you told me about LiLa, I had always suspected it, but never had it confirmed.
Thank you for confirmation!
Awesome opportunity! I hope to snag a win!
Thanks so much for paying it forward and I'm a follower. I'd love to win this.
novelgirl[at]gmail[dot]com
Thank goodness for the WriteOnCon ladies! Another great contest!
Cool contest! I had a feeling that someone waved a magic wand and presto LiLa. Might want to check the name. I was under the impression it was LaLi. Hmmm.
Well, I just decided that I was going to post on your blog today no matter what, so I guess this is as good of a time as ever. I don't really do exciting things...I write, I work in insurance, and sometimes I sing Joan Jett songs really loudly when I think no one is listening...
Oh, oh, pick me, pick me! This would be amazing!
nkrell(at)hotmail(dot)com
ooh more publishing blogs to follow! yay!
chelseyblair(at)gmail(dot)com
You ladies are amazing! I would love to enter. I'm already a follower :)
Awesome contest and just the kind of help I need. Of course I'm already a follower.
I'd like to enter, please. I'm new to following through Google, but I've followed your blog for a while. And I own From the Query to the Call.
Funny you should mention octopodes. My book has chromatophore-implants. :D (I would never eat one, though. An octopus, I mean.)
b.t.sonderby@gmail.com
Okay, you win the award for the cutest blog post ever! What a fun contest!
Wow Elana, you are super-generous. What a great idea, seriously.
All 6 of you (okay, I admit, I do think LiLa are separate people)are so awesome! Thanks so much!
Vicki
This would be heaven. Thanks for the chance. My fingers are crossed.
What a cool idea. You people are amazing. So glad I made it into work (and more importantly, blogging) today.
I've seen a hundred new pictures of you lately! Which goes on the book?
Thank you for this!
LOVE your bio :) I would also love a critique! Thanks for the chance.
I have never eaten octopus. I have a difficult enough time with squid. And who WOULDN'T love to read minds? Seriously.
Just had to swing by to say my husband and I tried octopus for the first time last week. He loved it. It'll grow on me.
~ Wendy
Follower, check. Leaving comment, check. Octo--??? What about the bacon, Elana? Yes, please enter my name.
I'll believe anything you say... Goddess of Blogging.
I most certainly wouldn't want to read minds. But hang gliding I would consider.
Im entering!
jancline(at)ymail(dot)com
Me! Me! Enter me! Dude, rsised by brownies? Joined at the hip? Octopus? I ask you. Your lives are way more interesting than mine.
I'm with you on your next diet *sigh* and the Caribbean if I could...
Great contest, count me in with many thanks!
Sad but I have absolutely nothing to critique right now!
This is a wonderful offer. It’s too bad I’m still in the midst of revisions.
What a great opportunity! Thanks
Love this contest! Enter me please :-)
Thanks for the opportunity - please add me to the list.
Sounds awesome! Please enter me, I am a follower.
As I am re-writing the novel I was searching for an agent with, I would love an extra set of eyes to look at the beginning.
And, I loved your summaries of all the authors participating! Great job :)
So cool! Thanks so much for offering this. Enter me, please :)
OMG, love your bio! awesome! And AWESOME contest!!
Thanks so much! I'm in! :)
Yes. Please enter me. I'm definitely a devoted follower.
Oh, enter moi!
lisa.aldin@gmail.com
Awesome opportunity! I'd like to be entered.
Have you ever eaten live octopus? Here in Korea they do it two ways.
First, they chop up the octopus into small pieces and you eat it while it's still wriggling.
Second, it's a baby octopus. You wrap the tentacles tightly around chopsticks and eat the octopus whole.
I've only tried the first method, which is more popular. I didn't really get the appeal though. It didn't taste like anything ... and it stuck to my tongue piercing (when I had it).
I so need this!
It would be awesome to read minds. Think of all the I could learn about motivation and inner conflict to take to my writing. :-D
I so want to win! This is such an awesome contest! As for octopus, I've never eaten it but my husband has. He said the thing you have to get over is the tentacles. Oh, and the suction cups. Ew.
Pick me! Pick me!
Caribbean sounds good to me. Not wild on dieting, tho. The idea of giving up chocolate is unthinkable. :D
Cool contest!
I ate octopus - once. The suckers on the tentacles are crunchy. Weird.
SWEET. What a great idea. Love what you guys do for the writers. You give so much back to the community. Don't enter me in the drawing, I just wanted to comment to say thanks for all you do!!!
Oh, and yeah, I'd LOVE to be able to read minds and OMW, I think I would have a stroke if I ever went hang gliding. LOL. I'm such a WIMP
I haven't got anything to crit right now so I'm out. But great contest nevertheless!
Dude, seriously, I believe every word you've ever written. Every word. Consider me entered . . . in the partial contest (and the gullibility contest too). Ha!
S
Of course I'm a loyal follower and a fan of your work! Please enter me!
This would be so awesome! Please drop my name in the hat :) Thanks so much!
Holy awesome opportunity, Batgirl!! I find this funny after our game of email ping pong recently. I would seriously kill to have your eyes on my MS. You are ALL so generous and helpful! Thank you!!! :-)
I would totally love this. I already follow your blog.
You guys all rock. Like ridiculously rock. Sign me up. :)
karen.d.akins (a) gmail.com
I'd love to win a partial from you, Elana!
And btw, love this post's bio. LOL.
I am a follower and would love a critiiiquuee!!
Av668772@wcupa.edu
POR FAVOR ;]
My secrets...they're all exposed! Well played, Johnson. Well played. ;)
I would love a critique.
brandileigh2003@yahoo.com
YES! Awesome contest. I'm a follower on twitter (@olsonkayla) and my email is olsonkayla (at) gmail (dot) com.
Thanks for this opportunity!
:) Kayla Olson
Awesome contest! You all pay it forward so much, we are so lucky you guys are so generous ;o)
Don't you think LiLa is one person? LOL. Nope.
Wouldn't you like to be able to read minds? OMG yes! but only for a short period, to see what it's like.
Have you ever been hang gliding? Nope, but I would try it, I think.
Lived in the wild? Maybe, if family vacations count. Ha.
Eaten octopus? No, probably won't either. Not really into food like that. I'm a burger and salad kind of gal.
Thanks so much!
Oh my gosh, how exciting. I'm definitely throwing my hat in the ring.
Thanks! :)
Lisa ~ YA Literature Lover
Wow! Amazing contest. I would love to be entered.
writerkelley@yahoo.com
Wow! You gals are super generous and beyond awesome. Thanks :)
Lover of dieting, lol!!!! Aren't we all :/
So exciting! I'm in!
LOL, I thought LiLa was one person at first.
Oooooh, read minds! Yes, definitely, though there could be some drawbacks to having that skill.
I have been hang gliding. It takes forever to get certified, easily over 100 launches. I put a five launch dent in my progress and actually flew about ten feet :)
I practically lived in the wild a few times. My parents were hippies so we lived on a nudist colony for a few weeks.
I've eaten smoked octopus tentacles (good, but waaaaaaay too salty) and itty bitty octopus in sushi when I was in Singapore. Not too fond of it really, but in lieu of McD's, I like to eat local food when I go to a different country.
And yes, yes, yes, enter me in the contest. I'm a follower. Thanks for again putting up a great contest!
tropixgirl(at)gmail.com
Oh what fun! I just realized your blog has been in my reader for over a year but I'm not a follower. Remedy-ing that now! :-)
I am already a loyal follower. I haven't done any of the awesome things mentioned in the bios, however, I have done a caged shark dive with about fifty really huge sharks. Hopefully that makes me cool enough. :-)
Heading to the other's blogs right now to check them out.
Already a follower. :) Great contest, Elana!
What an a-mazing opportunity! I'm soooo in!
Thanks for conjuring this one up - what a great idea!
CONTESTS!
**hopping, screaming**
I kinda like 'em.
Sweet! Great contest and WAY fun bios. I think those are the ones that should go on their author bio pages in their books.
Yay!!! Thanks so much for participating in this. YOu girls rock!
Cool giveaways Elana! You guys rock!
Oh wow, Elana. This is awesome. I am *so* entering this - thanks for always helping out your fellow writers! :)
Love this idea! Please enter me. :)
pakazo77@gmail.com
You guys are ALWAYS paying it forward. Kinda makes me a like you :)
:D Can you see the huge grin on my face? I'd love to win a critique from any of you guys.
Thanks for the opportunity.
I love this contest! I would be sooo excited to win from any of you but..frankky, if I won from you, I'd probably pass out. wow!
Oh, oh, oh! I wanna win! :) What a great opportunity!
Thanks for contributing your time!
Ooooh! I'd KILL for a critique! (Don't tell anyone that could turn me in on that one...) Enter me, enter me, enter me!
jessicasue90@gmail.com
So awesome! Thanks, Elana!
And, I'm currently working on a novel about reading minds. It's complicated enough that I don't think I'd ever want to do it! :)
I totally think Lila is one person! This is a generous and fun offering. Thanks!
Oh wow, what a great contest! Please enter me:)
Sure, why not! I'm following. Enter me--my email is phoebe@phoebenorth.com
Definitely want to win this one!!!
I have never been hang-gliding (scared of heights), and there is no way in hell I would ever eat octopus. But I have lived in the wild. I am the youngest of six so that totally counts.
Awesome give away!
I frickin' love octopus. Seriously, when done right, calamari is one of my FAVORITE appetizers. ;)
Oh, to hang-glide. To reign in terror from the sky--my own terror of course because I'm terrified of heights. How many times have I said terror?
Ooh, I'm in...and I'll add a post about the amazing contest to my blog.
Thank you!
Ooh, count me in :)
Rach
You guys hold the best contests ever!!!!
You are my leader--er, yeah. I follow you. :p
You gals are awesome!
Holy scroll bars! I love how generous you guys all are with your pay it forward moments. Please count me in. :]
Who doesn't write a novel perfect the first time?
(I think I've finished 9 drafts on my WIP...so far)
**um...so my first comment got lost in the internets... if it shows up I'm sorry but I did wait a few hours before trying it again. :)
Thanks for doing yet another awesome event! Please count me in: mtr(at)MichelleReynoso(dot)com
hi Elana!
please enter me into the contest
and yes I am a follower :)
Wow, this is super cool. Count. Me. In! ;)
I follow and I listen. Count me in.
Great contest. Count me in.
OMG, you are beyond awesome! Thank you for the fab bio! Now I need to live up (or down) to it :)
Fantastic!
I don't have anything near ready to be critiqued, but I just wanted to drop in to say what a brilliant thing you guys are doing!
Wow.
This is so generous of you.
I've been following along on your blog for awhile now, but I don't think I've ever actually clicked the official "follow" button. Today is the day to do that!
And may I wish you the best of luck in finding the contest winner's first 25 pages to be an absolute joy to read? You'd think the contest gods would reward you for such a kind and generous heart.
Oh, and my e-mail is smilerjg (at) gmail (dot) com
Okay, so five/six authors decide, on my birthday, to offer up a 25 page critique. How awesome is that?
What a great idea! Thanks!
What a wonderful opportunity! Thanks. :)
*fingers crossed* Thank you!!!! :-)
well, how awesome is THIS?! I love you all dearly.
-Lauren
lauren51990 at aol dot com
that's super cool! thanks, elana. i, too, am a follower, and i think reading minds would be fabulous, at least in some cases. like picking agents' brains without them knowing it...or...yeah. i need to stop doing this stuff @ work...
I'd love to win this
lynfaw (at) gmail (dot)com
and I love octopus ;)
Thank you both for this wonderful oppertunity!
Consider me entered.
And thanks again to you all for your generosity!! And I've never had octopus, but I've eaten squid!
Ooooh, this is a lovely idea! Count me in! :)
Wow, this is a great giveaway! You guys are awesome.
Already a follower. Count me in! :)
jenscarlettlee at yahoo dot com
I've tried pulpitos negros-baby octopus in ink sauce and it was really good, but it was hard to get past the feel of tentacles in my mouth. Just letting you know you should try it.
I'm following and commenting. Thanks for this opportunity and harnessing such generosity. You all rock!
Amazing opportunity! Thanks!
Me, me! Please? You five are fab for doing this. Interwebz love!
This rocks. Thank you. I'm so in :)
This rocks. Thank you. I'm so in :)
I'd love to have a critique. I'm a new follower.
Hi Elana -
I'd love to read minds! I spent a summer in West Yellowstone - does that count as "the wild"? Not sure about Octopus, I'm more a "squid" girl. :)
What a great opportunity - please enter me!!
donealw(at)aol(dot)com
Thanks!
Already a follower and happy to enter! Thanks, Elana!
- Liz
I'd be honored to receive a critique from you. Please enter me!
Great idea for a contest. Thanks for doing it.
I'm a new follower.
J
This is so generous of you. You're always helping other writers. Thanks. I'm already a follower!
Okay, seeing that there's already like 140 comments, here's my speck of a chance to win your critique. No, I'm not negative at all.
I'm a follower...not in life, just your blog.
I think it's really wonderful and generous of you to do this!
(I'm a follower. :))
Thank you doing this! Lauren
Count me in! (And you crack me up. And thank you for not tempting me with chocolate - although the Brownies reference was a close call.) *smilies*
Yay, Elana! I'm always looking for an extra pair of eyes, so count me in! :o) <3
I'd love to be entered! What a generous give-away. I really need to win it.
You're too funny. I worry about you sometimes and for some reason I feel that I may not be alone in that. Put me in the hat and you know I'm a follower:))
You are so funny! Do you really live on a Carribean island? If so, may I come for a visit? I follow & I think this giveaway rocks. xx's Marsha
Fantabulous giveaway- please enter me! You girls are swimming in good karma.
And no, I've never eaten octopus. :)
You hang out with the coolest people, Elana! WOWSERS!
What a fantastic contest, and a giggle from the bios on a night I really needed one, thanks. I'm a follower!
I could use a win. Please enter me in the contest. I've been a follower and I think I follow the other blogs, but I'll make sure.
Pick me! Pick me! I have one partial out now and one's been rejected. I need this!
This is an awesome opportunity! Please put me down, I could so use a critique!
1. I wish you did live in the Caribbean!
2. Imagining Sarah born of Brownies, the snack = WIN!
Oh heck. I am so not ready for a critique...but I guess you have to jump into the water sometime.
What a totally awesome event! You ladies rock!
Great contest! Thanks! :)
I would love to have you look at my book enter me!!!
I love your new author photo, Elana.
I am a follower, and would love to win the critique!
Seriously, best giveaway ever!
What an awesome opportunity!
I'm actually a BRAND NEW follower... :)
I'm already a follower. And you can add me to the throngs that would love a critique:)
The odds are probably against me, but I'd love to win. You're a generous soul, Elana.
I'm a follower.
A follower who loves critiques :D
Woot! Awesome prize. I hope I win.
This is such a great idea! Thanks to all the ladies offering critiques! I hope I win one!
Cassandra
I leave my computer for a day and you blow the world away with this amazingness!!!!
I follow
I need all the help I can get...
Me-o-my-o pumpkin-pie-o!
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
And that is the story of how I became a follower.
Following immediately!
How did I miss this? I would follow you anywhere... Haha thanks for hosting.
Follow, follow, follow... This is awesome!
I ate jellyfish once, but I have no intention of adding octopus to that list.
Thanks for the awesome competition!
Thanks for the contest!!
Jennifer
jenross(at)yahoo(dot)com
I have never hang-glided, but I have lived in the wilds of Pleasant Grove, UT, and I have (yes, #trufact) eaten octopus. Among other things. It was not good. Not good at all.
I actually thought LiLa was one person with two distinct personalities...
Um, anyway, I'm already a follower. Yes! Yes! Please enter me for your critique contest.
Thanks for doing this.
Hi,
I self-published my first novel few weeks ago and I am currently editing my second one so I would love a critique this one.
And of course I'm a follower :D
thanks,
Linda
This is awesome Elana! I'm definitely throwing my hat in the ring to win a crit from you!
I'd have to be nuts not to enter this awesome contest. I would love a critique from any of you. You continue to amaze me with your generosity. thank you, thank you
Just finished editing first 133 pages of book so this op comes at the perfect time! Sign me up!
Awesome contest! Thanks so much!
Thanks for this opportunity! Please enter me; I'm already a follower.
Way cool, E! I'd love to be entered. How do you think I found this blog post? yes, I'm a follower.
I would love to be entered into the contest. I would also really like to win. I am already a faithful follower.
So very, VERY awesome! Sign me up! :)
I'm already a follower.
Pick me! Pick me!
It's Kimmy from QT!
Thanks for the opportunity!
You gals are awesome! Sign me up!
Sign me up! :) This is awesome!
I would love a critique!
sisteralways101@hotmail.com
Love following your blog
Fabulous prize. I'd love to enter and win - I've done so much polishing on my novel I don't see it any more. I don't write YA, however.
donnahole at gmail dot com
.......dhole
I am loyal, lurking follower and would love to win - and dream of being in your shoes someday, with the power to pay it forward myself!
<- Me. ;)
I would LOVE a critique! I'm following you here (and on Twitter). Good luck everyone! Thanks for doing this Elana! It means a lot to new writers.
jamielynnf@yahoo.com
Jamie Foster
So glad I didn't miss this! Such a brilliant opportunity.
Thank you for the wonderful opportunity.
wickedmoxie@gmail.com
:) Michelle
I'm a long time follower and a huge fan! Please, enter me...
melissaddean@yahoo.com
Oh! So cool! Place me in the contest too.
You ladies are all so awesome! I appreciate the time you all give to the community.
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