Comments on: Thread for Critique Groups, etc. http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/12/thread-for-critique-groups-etc/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:30:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Maddie http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/12/thread-for-critique-groups-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-57783 Maddie Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:26:47 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=1463#comment-57783 Are you an aspiring author who wants to write for Harlequin Presents? I am forming a critique group for the purpose of writing, critiquing, revising, polishing, and submitting manuscripts to Harlequin Presents. Ideally, I am looking for aspiring authors who can demonstrate their commitment with all or most of the following: (1) devotion as a long-time reader of Harlequin Presents; (2) completion of a full manuscript or two; (3) participation in one or more Harlequin Presents contests (e.g., Instant Seduction, Feel the Heat, and/or The HP Writing Competition 2009), no matter the outcome; and (4) achievement of at least one RWA chapter contest final, whether in the contemporary series category or otherwise. I will consider aspiring authors who fall outside these parameters, but I would like to form a critique group with aspiring authors of like skill and experience. This group would not be for the faint of heart. If you write on and off when the mood strikes, you dabble in writing for fun, you want to write contemporary series because you think it would be easier than writing contemporary single titles, or you often use personal and/or family issues to justify your failure to produce, this group would not be right for you. But if you love Harlequin Presents, you need to write as much as you need to breathe, and you are determined to become a Harlequin Presents author, please send an e-mail to HPAspiringAuthor@msn.com. I will close the critique group once I have five or six members. Are you an aspiring author who wants to write for Harlequin Presents?

I am forming a critique group for the purpose of writing, critiquing, revising, polishing, and submitting manuscripts to Harlequin Presents. Ideally, I am looking for aspiring authors who can demonstrate their commitment with all or most of the following: (1) devotion as a long-time reader of Harlequin Presents; (2) completion of a full manuscript or two; (3) participation in one or more Harlequin Presents contests (e.g., Instant Seduction, Feel the Heat, and/or The HP Writing Competition 2009), no matter the outcome; and (4) achievement of at least one RWA chapter contest final, whether in the contemporary series category or otherwise. I will consider aspiring authors who fall outside these parameters, but I would like to form a critique group with aspiring authors of like skill and experience.

This group would not be for the faint of heart. If you write on and off when the mood strikes, you dabble in writing for fun, you want to write contemporary series because you think it would be easier than writing contemporary single titles, or you often use personal and/or family issues to justify your failure to produce, this group would not be right for you. But if you love Harlequin Presents, you need to write as much as you need to breathe, and you are determined to become a Harlequin Presents author, please send an e-mail to HPAspiringAuthor@msn.com. I will close the critique group once I have five or six members.

]]> By: Daisychain http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/12/thread-for-critique-groups-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-53730 Daisychain Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:30:19 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=1463#comment-53730 I had this crazy busy and stressful week at work.. with the Christmas break coming next week suddenly I had a million and two things to do and very little time, its 11.30 on Saturday night and I'm only taking a break to check my personal email and things right now... so I hadn't accessed the crit group I'd joined earlier this week for maybe 2 days... when I went to log in it told me I was no longer a member. I had this crazy busy and stressful week at work.. with the Christmas break coming next week suddenly I had a million and two things to do and very little time, its 11.30 on Saturday night and I’m only taking a break to check my personal email and things right now… so I hadn’t accessed the crit group I’d joined earlier this week for maybe 2 days… when I went to log in it told me I was no longer a member.

]]> By: The Sacred Sisterhood- and why I love it « Waiting for "The Call" http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/12/thread-for-critique-groups-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-53715 The Sacred Sisterhood- and why I love it « Waiting for "The Call" Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:28:32 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=1463#comment-53715 [...] anyone looking for a group, SK started something over at I Heart Presents. There’s now a thread there listing new critique groups, including a group that is open to any romance writer- Romance [...] [...] anyone looking for a group, SK started something over at I Heart Presents. There’s now a thread there listing new critique groups, including a group that is open to any romance writer- Romance [...]

]]> By: Maisey Yates http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/12/thread-for-critique-groups-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-53711 Maisey Yates Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:58:16 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=1463#comment-53711 Too true, Gill. If you had an opportunity for the double entendree you'd make it a triple... :-) Too true, Gill. If you had an opportunity for the double entendree you’d make it a triple… :-)

]]> By: Joanna Terrero http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/12/thread-for-critique-groups-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-53709 Joanna Terrero Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:25:10 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=1463#comment-53709 Merry Christmas to you too Sun! Happy Holidays everyone! Maisey and Jill, speaking of reCaptcha, the one for this post was The Jeopardy. lol Merry Christmas to you too Sun!

Happy Holidays everyone!

Maisey and Jill, speaking of reCaptcha, the one for this post was The Jeopardy. lol

]]> By: Sun Chara http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/12/thread-for-critique-groups-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-53695 Sun Chara Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:24:40 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=1463#comment-53695 Thank you so much Christine for all your help! You're wonderful! And buckets of thanks to both Christine & Joanna for setting up, Angels of Romance Network...a fabulous idea! All of you lovely people are sending forth love vibes with your encouraging and cheerful posts! Merry Christmas all! Happiest of New Years! God Bless! Sun Thank you so much Christine for all your help! You’re wonderful! And buckets of thanks to both Christine & Joanna for setting up, Angels of Romance Network…a fabulous idea! All of you lovely people are sending forth love vibes with your encouraging and cheerful posts!
Merry Christmas all! Happiest of New Years!
God Bless!
Sun

]]> By: Gill C http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/12/thread-for-critique-groups-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-53692 Gill C Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:57:36 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=1463#comment-53692 What Maisey and Joanna said :-) And my catchpas are FAR less interesting than yours, Maisey. Probably as well, when you think about it ... Gill x What Maisey and Joanna said :-)

And my catchpas are FAR less interesting than yours, Maisey. Probably as well, when you think about it …

Gill x

]]> By: Joanna Terrero http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/12/thread-for-critique-groups-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-53690 Joanna Terrero Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:33:43 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=1463#comment-53690 Maisey, thank you. Maisey, thank you.

]]> By: Maisey Yates http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/12/thread-for-critique-groups-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-53681 Maisey Yates Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:57:38 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=1463#comment-53681 I hope all goes great for you and your groups, Joanna and I wish you all the best! Maisey (captcha was wives because...as in Wives...because they're convenient.) I hope all goes great for you and your groups, Joanna and I wish you all the best!

Maisey

(captcha was wives because…as in Wives…because they’re convenient.)

]]> By: Joanna Terrero http://www.iheartpresents.com/2009/12/thread-for-critique-groups-etc/comment-page-1/#comment-53677 Joanna Terrero Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:20:43 +0000 http://www.iheartpresents.com/?p=1463#comment-53677 Hello ladies, like Christine said, now we have this Romance Angels Network group for anybody to join and post news, ask for being adopted into a group, or new groups owners to post their groups links, it doesn't matter if is hosted at Google or Yahoo. Basically a social networking group for aspiring writers to stay in touch. Everybody can lists their groups, even if they are full now, we don't know how our publishing needs might change in the future, and we might want to change groups. All the possibilities are there, just join and make friends. Please feel free to post suggestion, this is our communal WIP! I want to take a moment to thank Amy for setting this thread for us, Maisey and Jill C for their support and inspiration, and of course, Christine Carmichael, who gather us all. Happy Holidays everyone! Hello ladies, like Christine said, now we have this Romance Angels Network group for anybody to join and post news, ask for being adopted into a group, or new groups owners to post their groups links, it doesn’t matter if is hosted at Google or Yahoo.

Basically a social networking group for aspiring writers to stay in touch.

Everybody can lists their groups, even if they are full now, we don’t know how our publishing needs might change in the future, and we might want to change groups. All the possibilities are there, just join and make friends.

Please feel free to post suggestion, this is our communal WIP!

I want to take a moment to thank Amy for setting this thread for us, Maisey and Jill C for their support and inspiration, and of course, Christine Carmichael, who gather us all.

Happy Holidays everyone!

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