Writing for Children and Teens
AuthorsNow! Debut Authors on the InternetNEW! Full Manuscript Critique from Author Phoebe Kitanidis (Contemp Paranormal)
The Prize: One full manuscript critique of your fiction middle grade (244 pages, double-spaced max) or young adult novel (double-spaced, up to 100,000 words – DANG!).
The Darer: Prior to becoming a full-time fiction writer, Phoebe Kitanidis was a Contributing Writer at Discovery Girls magazine for six years. (She’s also the author of the DG book Fab Girls’ Guide to Friendship Hardship.) A former creative writing and Language Arts teacher, she holds a Masters degree in Communication and has often spoken on Communication issues at literary conferences, conventions, and professional meetings. She and her husband live in Seattle, where she’s been exploring Pacific Northwest hobbies such as coffee drinking, zone 8 gardening (after growing up in California), and open water swimming (brrrrrrr!). Her teen paranormal Whisper comes out in April 2010.
About WHISPER
About WHISPER (Harper Collins, April 2010):
I’d love a cup of coffee. I wish she knew how pretty she was. I wish I could drop this kid in the dryer sometimes. I just want her to be happy. I hope she didn’t find out what Ben said about her. I wish I knew how many calories were in a bite of muffin…
Joy is used to hearing Whispers. She’s used to walking down the street and instantly knowing people’s deepest, darkest desires. She uses this talent for good, to make people happy and give them what they want. But for her older sister, Jessica, the family gift is a curse, and she uses it to make people’s lives—especially Joy’s—miserable. Still, when Joy Hears Jessica whisper: I want to kill my Hearing dead, and kill me too if that’s what it takes, she knows she has to save her sister, even if it means deserting her friends, stealing a car and running away with a boy she barely knows—a boy who may have a dark secret of his own.
The Dare: Place a minimum bid of $35 by leaving a comment, then outbid the highest bidder until you win! Value: Priceless. *All winners must take the solemn critiquee oath.*
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PARIS PAN, nominated for Texas Lone Star Reading List 2010
Paris Pan Takes the Dare draws you in and won't let you go until the end." 
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I am really honored that you are bidding on my critique.
Guys, remember it has to be $5 increments. And yay on all the bidding! : )
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$150 – with my thanks to Phoebe for putting her talents up for auction even if I don’t win.
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Thanks for your generous bid, Jessie!
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Thanks for bidding, Kate.
I’m really looking forward to reading the winning bidder’s manuscript.
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