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CLOSED: 3 Critiques of 50 Pages plus Synopsis by Author Grace Burrowes

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All right, author pals, this is it: the very last critique of Crits for Water 13, and it’s a rocking one. New York Times Bestselling Author Grace Burrowes is offering three winners a critique of their first 50 pages plus their synopsis. This can be for romance manuscripts (any subgenre). It’s a ridiculously awesome opportunity to get your work looked at by an industry behemoth, so get to pledging, folks!

Pledging is now closed.

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  1. Comment on THIS BLOG POST saying how much you will pledge.
  2. By pledging, you promise to donate the pledged amount only if you win.
  3. Pledges must be at least $20.
  4. If you would like to pledge more, go for it! Every additional ten dollars will give you another entry. (Ex: pledging $50, enough to give one person in India clean, safe water, gets you five entries.)
  5. You do NOT need to pledge more than previous commenters.
  6. Once pledging time ends, I’ll choose a winner using random.org.
  7. Please DO NOT donate unless I email you saying you’re the winner.

About Grace:

4152482Grace Burrowes started writing as an antidote to empty nest and soon found it an antidote to life in general. She is the sixth out of seven children, raised in the rural surrounds of central Pennsylvania. Early in life she spent a lot of time reading romance novels and practicing the piano. Her first career was as a technical writer and editor in the Washington, DC, area, a busy job that nonetheless left enough time to read a lot of romance novels.

It also left enough time to grab a law degree through an evening program, produce Beloved Offspring (only one, but she is a lion), and eventually move to the lovely Maryland countryside.

While reading yet still more romance novels, Grace opened her own law practice, acquired a master’s degree in Conflict Transformation (she had a teenage daughter by then) and started thinking about writing…. romance novels. This aim was realized when Beloved Offspring struck out into the Big World a few years ago. (“Mom, why doesn’t anybody tell you being a grown-up is hard?”)

Grace eventually got up the courage to start pitching her manuscripts to agents and editors. The query letter that resulted in “the call” started out: “I am the buffoon in the bar at the RWA retreat who could not keep her heroines straight, could not look you in the eye, and could not stop blushing–and if that doesn’t narrow down the possibilities, your job is even harder than I thought.” (The dear lady bought the book anyway.)


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