Twitter Book Pitch Contest at BookEnds Literary Agency

Inkygirl reports that agents Jessica Faust and Kim Lionetti at the BookEnds Literary Agency are having a twitter book pitch contest. Just twitter your pitch (140 characters or less) when they say go. Be sure to read the rules because they will be opening and closing submissions during what they call "Twitch Week," as tweeting during a non submission period won't count. So check out twitter if you aren't already a member.

Two winning authors will get a critique of their synopses and first three chapters. Let the tweeting begin.

How Do I Love Writing? Let Me Count The Ways

Heart in the Sky by WTL photos Creative Commons


I try not to spend too much of my day complaining about things. As a freelance writer, it's easy to get bogged down in the slow paychecks, unanswered query letters, and Methuselah-like pace of the publishing world.

But let's face it, climbing that pile of rejections and surviving to the summit can give you a spectacular view and make the barked shins and the oxygen deprivation worth it.

The BookEnds blog is inviting readers to comment on what they love about the writing biz, so it got me thinking.

If it was easy, would it be half as thrilling when an agent offers representation or you put your John Hancock on the line of a book contract? Methinks not. (Cue Eye of the Tiger music here). You are bloody but unbowed! You kept going! You deserve your success because you earned it, baby! Enough exclamation points.

And if you aren't there yet, think how great it will feel when you overcome the barricades.

So what do I love?
I love coming across an old essay I haven't seen in awhile and thinking "I wrote that? That's not half bad. Maybe I should write some more." I love seeing my byline. I love when people come up to me and say they liked me, they really, really liked me in that essay. It makes me giddy.

So what do you love about writing and getting published?

BookEnds First 100 Words Contests for Romantic Suspense

Photo Creative Commons: The Butler Did It by Solidstate_


Today the new BookEnds first 100 words contest is for Romantic Suspense.

The rules are the same as the previous contests, but the deadline for this one is tomorrow, April 11th at 9 a.m. EST or 8:00 a.m. Central for us Midwesterners.

Good luck to everyone who enters.

New First 100 Words Contest at BookEnds: Women's Fiction

Today the new BookEnds first 100 words contest is for women's fiction - any time period.

The rules are the same as the previous contests, but the deadline for this one is tomorrow, March 28th at 9 a.m. EST or 8:00 a.m. Central for us Midwesterners.

And please note, some people went over the word limit in the Thriller/Suspense contest and two possible winners were disqualified! Let's be careful out there, people.

Good luck to everyone who enters.

New First 100 words contest at BookEnds Literary Agency: Thriller/Suspense Novel

Photo Creative Commons halighhalie's photostream

They've posted the historical romance winners at the BookEnds blog and today the new BookEnds first 100 words contest is for a Thriller/Suspense novel.

The rules are the same as the previous contests, but the deadline for this one is tomorrow, March 20, 2008 at 9 a.m. EST or 8:00 a.m. Central for us Midwesterners.

Good luck to everyone.

BookEnds First 100 Words Contest - Historical Romance

Photo by sartiglia_028 Creative Commons

Today the new BookEnds first 100 words contest is for historical romance.

The rules are the same as the previous contests, but the deadline for this one is tomorrow, March 14th at 9 a.m. EST or 8:00 a.m. Central for us Midwesterners.

Good luck to everyone who enters.

BookEnds First 100 Words Contest - Contemporary Romance

Today the new BookEnds first 100 words contest is for contemporary romance. The rules are the same as the previous contests, but the deadline for this one is tomorrow, March 4th at 9 a.m. EST or 8:00 a.m. Central for us Midwesterners.

Good luck to everyone.

New 100 Word Contest At BookEnds Literary Agency For Paranormal/Fantasy

They've announced the winner of the BookEnds first hundred words of a mystery contest. They will also be explaining their selections for honorable mentions in future posts.

Now they are opening the next contest for first 100 words of a paranormal romance/romance with fantasy elements/fantasy with romantic elements contest. Add your title and first 100 words to the comment section of this post by 8 a.m. central, 9:00 a.m. EST, February 20, 2008.

I'm heading over to enter mine, Zombies Are Forever. Good luck to everyone.