UPDATE: I AM NO LONGER TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR THIS ROUND OF MATCHMAKING. I WILL DO ANOTHER ROUND DOWN THE LINE...MAYBE FALL?
Okay, friends. After last year’s Pitchwars, I did a critique partner match-up, and I want to do it again now. But it’s for anyone, not just Pitchwars entrants. All categories, all experience levels.
Okay, friends. After last year’s Pitchwars, I did a critique partner match-up, and I want to do it again now. But it’s for anyone, not just Pitchwars entrants. All categories, all experience levels.
This isn’t going to be the sort of match-up where you post comments and then you reach out to whoever interests you. I did those in the past and got one terrific CP (hi, Sharon!), but only because she reached out to me. I was always too shy!
So I’m going to do this like I did the Pitchwars match-up.
If you are interested in potentially being matched up with a CP, send an email
to joymcedits@gmail.com. Include the
following:
·
Your query (don’t worry if it’s not agent-ready;
I just need an idea of your story)
·
Your first chapter. (Again, it doesn’t have to
be 100% polished)
·
Clearly state your age category and genre
·
A brief explanation of where you’re at in your
publishing journey. I want to try to match people up who are at similar levels.
·
A brief explanation of what you’d like to get
out of a critique partnership and what you feel you have to offer.
I’ve had people who are on sub tell me they don’t feel like
they fit in w/other writers on sub, because the others are all new and shiny,
and they’re on sub for the fourth time. (Solidarity, friend, I went on sub five
times before I sold!) Other writers who’ve had agents but either were dropped
or chose to leave their agents are in a different place than writers just
starting out with querying. So I’m hoping to hear from people at all levels and
match you up accordingly.
I can’t make any guarantees. When I did this for Pitchwars,
it was only with people who’d subbed to me, so they’d all subbed an MG
manuscript that matched my wishlist. This made it easier. This time around, I
might get one adult romance writer and no one else to match them with. Or even
if you are matched on paper, you
might not be a personality match. But it’s worth a try!
I just want to put this out there and see if a few matches
can be made. With the Pitchwars round it went really well!
Feel free to share this around Twitter or wherever you share
things. I’m not going to make a hard deadline, in case some submissions come
rolling in over time, but I will probably wait about a week before I try to
start making some matches. If I can’t find a match for you, I will respond and
let you know.
Any questions? Comment here, or hit me up on Twitter!
Should we attach the first chapter and query, or paste in body of email? Seems to me it'd become an unwieldy mail with so much content
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DeleteI have one excellent CP, but I can use a few more for two mss. One is a YA contemp ghost story thriller that kind of defies categories like most of my books do. It features the ghosts of Dada artists, a creepy clown and an hysterical mute teen boy. The other is a YA space opera—Hamlet meets Game of Thrones in space.
ReplyDeleteIf you want me to include you, be sure to email me w/the things I've requested! Thanks!
DeleteI have sent a submission to the email address you've provided, but since this was my first contact with your blog also wanted to let you know here, in case I need to do anything else.
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