Time to go public. My name is ____ and I want to be a writer. A romance writer. A historical romance writer... There I've said it. Loud, proud and only a little anonymous. I am the proud author of three chapters submitted and rejected by Mills & Boon (they weren't very good) and a second three chapters submitted (and still there, I still have hope for a few more weeks at least). I am also the proud author of "Revengeful Seduction", a light little tale of erm, revenge and seduction submitted to the New Voices competition http://www.romanceisnotdead.com/Entries/124-Revengeful-Seduction
I didn't win. I didn't even get shortlisted. Honestly? I was gutted. I liked my little chapter. There were a few others I liked more, they weren't short-listed either.
So back to work. Time to see if I can turn RS into something that will stand out from the slush pile it's destined for? I have some really great, helpful comments - 2/3 want to be drastically rewritten, the remaining third like it the way it is.
Decisions...
2 comments:
*waves* - high, it's Kathryn from New Voices here. I blog under my pen-name, Cathryn McCarthy - have started following your blog with my own.
I've only made a few tiny tweaks to my chapter since Monday - basically, made my hero's 'alpha' status more explicit. I don't think you should necessarily go overboard on the changes unless you really want to? I really enjoyed yours too (did my comment ever show up??? I'll have to go back and check...it probably wasn't very profound, mind. I need to work on my con. crit skills!!!)
So maybe start with little tweaks rather than a drastic re-write and take it from there. Just a thought...
Hi Jessica, Read your first chapter yesterday and I love it- definitely a story I'd want to carry on reading. The broom handle gun scene is a really strong one I would SO start the story off with it. Looking forward to reading the revised chapter in a couple of weeks. Let's see what I can do with mine, too ...
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