G'day,
I'm doing a slush reading marathon. You're invited. It's called the Winter Workout, the link for the place to respond is at the bottom. Or you an send me a message through Tribe's message service.
Cheers,
How it works:
Everyone who sends me a science fiction, fantasy, or urban fantasy novel between 10pm ET on February 4th, and 8am ET on February 6th will get at least one full chapter (up to fifty pages) read and critiqued by me. Many, will get theirs back the same day. To do this I will be reading for twenty four straight hours. My goal is to pass the mark i made last year which was 19 first chapters and critiques. To do this, if I am still reading after one chapter or fifty pages I will send the writer an email that says "Still Reading after one." or something similar.
Last time i picked up two clients out of this, and have one more resubmission in my inbox waiting to be read.
Writers should note that I use the same four part critique form for everyone. The sections are: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, and The Rest.
Everyone should add my domain to their spam filters immediately. When you submit you will get an auto-response telling you it has been received. Anyone who does not follow the submission guidelines on my website will be rejected without being read. www.Onyxhawke.com
Notes:
If i get the same size response or larger as last year, I will not get to everyone on that Wednesday. I will still read everything. Everyone who has submitted things to the regular submission inbox will be read between now and 2/6. My replies may start very soon after midnight as I read and type pretty quickly.
Most importantly: go spread the word, the more submissions i get, the happier I'll be.
Edit: the email address for submissions for the Winter Workout is: ww@Onyxhawke.com
onyxhawke.livejournal.com/38388.html
I'm doing a slush reading marathon. You're invited. It's called the Winter Workout, the link for the place to respond is at the bottom. Or you an send me a message through Tribe's message service.
Cheers,
How it works:
Everyone who sends me a science fiction, fantasy, or urban fantasy novel between 10pm ET on February 4th, and 8am ET on February 6th will get at least one full chapter (up to fifty pages) read and critiqued by me. Many, will get theirs back the same day. To do this I will be reading for twenty four straight hours. My goal is to pass the mark i made last year which was 19 first chapters and critiques. To do this, if I am still reading after one chapter or fifty pages I will send the writer an email that says "Still Reading after one." or something similar.
Last time i picked up two clients out of this, and have one more resubmission in my inbox waiting to be read.
Writers should note that I use the same four part critique form for everyone. The sections are: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, and The Rest.
Everyone should add my domain to their spam filters immediately. When you submit you will get an auto-response telling you it has been received. Anyone who does not follow the submission guidelines on my website will be rejected without being read. www.Onyxhawke.com
Notes:
If i get the same size response or larger as last year, I will not get to everyone on that Wednesday. I will still read everything. Everyone who has submitted things to the regular submission inbox will be read between now and 2/6. My replies may start very soon after midnight as I read and type pretty quickly.
Most importantly: go spread the word, the more submissions i get, the happier I'll be.
Edit: the email address for submissions for the Winter Workout is: ww@Onyxhawke.com
onyxhawke.livejournal.com/38388.html
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Re: Winter Workout
Wed, January 30, 2008 - 2:27 PMWow, Mike! That's huge! I'll pass this along to my friends who have novel length WIPs. Thanks for that opportunity. I've only been able to work on short stories, but it's cool to see someone open up the flood gates like this!
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Re: Winter Workout
Wed, January 30, 2008 - 2:31 PMMaybe next year. I am not finished with my first novel and what I have is no where near ready to be critiqued. -
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Re: Winter Workout
Tue, February 5, 2008 - 9:01 AMGah!
I wish I would have seen this earlier! I'll try next year.
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Re: Winter Workout
Tue, February 5, 2008 - 12:26 PMHey, let us know how it went! I was telling people at my writer's meeting last Saturday about this. We had quite the lively discussion about the publishing industry.
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Re: Winter Workout
Tue, February 12, 2008 - 8:54 AMhey, Mike,
If i may ask, how did this go? Are you you sleep deprived and blind?
Did you find any "diamonds in the rough?"
Just curious here....
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Re: Winter Workout
Tue, March 4, 2008 - 5:14 PMSome good stuff nothing picked up. -
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Re: Winter Workout
Fri, April 25, 2008 - 4:12 AM:-)
I read at least part of what gets sent too me. Usually its fen or fifteenpages depending onthe ualiy before i 'm sure if i want to read more or not, this was fun, but not hugely different than the slush du jour. -
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Re: Winter Workout
Fri, April 25, 2008 - 9:05 AMSo, I've heard magazine editors say they reject something like 90% of what they get (maybe more?). Would you say that's consistent with your own stats?
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