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C. Lee McKenzie

Young Adult and Middle Grade Author

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The Amazing Race Starts Today:OPEN CALL for Submissions

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Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi at Writers Helping Writers (formerly The Bookshelf Muse) have added two more books to their Descriptive Thesaurus Collection: The Positive Trait Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Attributes and The Negative Trait Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Flaws. To celebrate, they are hosting a race, and not just any old race, either. It’s the…

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Writing is hard, isn’t it? Create the perfect hook. Make your first page compelling. Craft an amazing 25 word pitch. Knock out a query that will blow an agent’s mind. On and on it goes. And sometimes, well, you just wish someone would help.

WISH NO MORE!

From October 21st until October 27th, Writers Helping Writers is posting an OPEN CALL for writers. You can fill out a form, requesting help with critiques, book visibility, social media sharing, blog diagnostics, advice and more.

An army of Amazing Racers are standing by (ME INCLUDED! YEP. I SAID I WANTED TO BE A PART OF THIS. WHO WOULDN’T?) waiting to help with your submissions. How many people can we help in a week? Let’s find out! Did I mention there are Celebrity Racers too–amazing authors and editors who know their way around a first page. Maybe one of them will pick your submission to help with!

Each day this week, there’s an AMAZING giveaway, too. So stop in at Angela and Becca’s new Writers Helping Writers website and find out how to take advantage of this unique, pay-it-forward event for writers. I’ll see you there! 

Comments

  1. I've had my nose in a book all week and haven't been online much so this is the first I'm hearing of this. Wow! What a great idea. Cool that you're a part of it, Lee!

  3. *Taps fingers* Relax, Lee, amazing author n'stuff. Yes and yay, I have arrived.

    "Thesaurus"? I thought that was one of them there critters from Jurassic Park.

    Writing is easy, isn't it? Allure your entranced reader with the first sentence. Hopefully, they wont realise the rest of my story is total garbage.

    Amazing Race, how sweet that sound. Okay, what a worthy endeavour, or endeavor. Wishing all you gosh darn writers much fulfilment and positive interaction.

    Even though I'd rather be splattered with rotting vegetables than get involved with such things, I shall, because I'm so unbelievably nice, share your lil' ol' posting on 'Farcebook'. Yes, I pay it backward, um forward.

    As ever, your starstruckest fan,

    Gary

  8. This is a fabulous idea. I could've used the help back when. With a book, Loveyoubye coming out April 2014, I'm off to check Angela and Becca's site to see if I can help with social media.