As you guys know by now, I love contests! It’s a blast interacting with other writers AND gaining writerly advice. And what the hell? Why not PRIZES? For this contest, let’s round up our queries and toss them in the corral.
WHAT
Create your best query for your novel (does not have to be a completed ms), give and receive feedback from other entrants, and submit your query for a chance to win!
WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE
1. Writers in need of help with their queries
2. Writers who could use honest feedback &∓ line edits on their pages
HOW TO SIGN UP
1. Leave a simple comment on this post and be sure to INCLUDE YOUR WEBSITE LINK. If you don’t have a site of your own yet, you may still enter by including your pitch in the comments. You may also sign up via Facebook or simply send me your info via Twitter.
2. I will keep a running list of participants at the bottom of this post with your links as you sign-up. This makes for easy hopping to and from others’ sites.
3. Feel free to post up to TWO queries on your blog if you have more than one that you’d like feedback on.
HOPPING INSTRUCTIONS
1. Sign-up the week of June 18th-June 22nd.
2. On Monday, June 25th, post your query to your blog/website.
3. Hop from blog to blog Monday, June 25th & Tuesday, June 26th and give other participants feedback on their queries.
4. Submit your final query by emailing it to HeatherWebb (dot) writes (at) gmail (dot) com. The subject heading should read: QUERY CORRAL. Paste your query in the body of your email and send by MIDNIGHT on Friday, June 29th. Winners will be announced sometime the following week.
SHARE
1. Please share the contest on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc. I won’t be tracking you, but the more folks we have participate, the more advice you will receive on your queries.
2. Be kind, but honest with your feedback. We could all use constructive criticism, but there’s no reason to be rude. Please respect each other.
PRIZES
First Place: A critique of your manuscript up to 2,000 words from editor extraordinaire (yours truly).
Second Place: A critique to 1,000 words.
Third Place: A critique up to 500 words.
PARTICIPANTS
1. Lee Ann Lopez 11. Jeannie Faulkner Barber
2. Liz San Fillipino 12. Rubianna Masa
3. Donna Barker 13. Denise Wilson Falvo
4. Amelia Loken 14. Lara Schiffbauer
5. Jenn Soehnlin 15. Carrie Crain
6. Lisa Ard
10. E.B. Pike
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Heather’s historical novels have received national starred reviews, been featured in print media including the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, and have been chosen as a Goodreads Top Pick in 2015. To date, her books have sold in a dozen countries. She enjoys helping other writers and may often be found tweeting helpful links, writing craft articles, or speaking about the industry and her love of books at conferences and retreats. For more information, see her AUTHOR page.
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Can’t wait! Thank you, Heather.
Looks like fun! Hoping to learn a thing or two to polish up this query-monster. 🙂
Sounds awesome, I am so in. My blog address is http://jennmusing.blogspot.com/
Thanks for hosting this! 🙂
Perfect timing! Thanks a lot.
Sounds like a great contest. I’ll be looking forward to participating.
Count me in!
I’m in too! Thanks for doing this. I need help with my query skills, and being more comfortable with critiquing others, so this is a good way to do both.
You’ve already added my name, but here’s the link to my query page:
http://erinbradypike.com/erins-query-temporary-page-for-heathers-query-hop/
So excited!
Oops –Not supposed to post the query till Monday… I really must learn to follow directions better. 🙂
I’ve disabled the link till then.
Thanks again for hosting, Heather!
No worries! Glad you’re joining us, ERin. 🙂
My query needs help. I can hear when someone else has a query that works, but can’t seem to get my own there. I’ve read tons of advice like Hooked, love this book. Sadly, my query still doesn’t sing, “Pick me.”
Thanks! Contests are fun, it is great to get feedback from others, and I love to connect with other writers.
We’ll spiff it up, Rubianna!! 🙂
Hey Hoppers,
Here’s my link. Can’t wait to read your queries!!
http://erinbradypike.com/erins-query-temporary-page-for-heathers-query-hop/
Excited!
Erin
Hey!! I want to do it. Sounds fun! I need to hunker down here in a little bit and pick one. I’ll come back over when posted. – Carrie
Question: Do you want us to post the BLOG HOP widget on our post? If so, what is the HTML code? Ok, bye!
Finally, I got my query posted. Sorry it took awhile y’all. Here’s my link: http://wildcatswife.com/2012/06/25/query-corral-bloghop/
Thank you! Excited about reading everyone’s queries. Woohoo!!
-Carrie