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For Aspiring Romance Novelists, Get Feedback at this Contest. Deadline 12/18! |
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December 15, 2015
Hi Friend,
New! Romance Genre Contest for Aspiring Authors!
I'm pleased to announce the Romance Genre Contest for Aspiring Authors (RGCAA).
The winner will have the opportunity to have their first 15 pages of their novel reviewed and edited by a creative coach and content editor in training, Carol Malone.
Carol writes: "It’s been a long standing tradition that writing contests are not only good for finding those story jewels ready to be published, but they serve as a great platform for feedback even if the author doesn’t win the contest.
"I know this from firsthand experience because I’ve entered and judged a number of contests during my writing career. I have received and given extremely thorough technical and emotional feedback so the writers will know what’s working well, what’s lacking, and what needs attention. ...
"I am an experienced contest judge. I love to read the sub-genres of romance and I review books for my website. I’m a creative coach and editor in training with Beth (Barany.) "As a judge, peer, reader, and professional, I’ll be looking for an opening that will hook the reader and provide a setting that is clearly established quickly and concisely. I’ll be looking for characters who are unique, multi-dimensional, and sympathetic. I want them to face insurmountable conflicts and become stronger because of them. I’m looking for strong secondary characters – the best friend, the moms and dads, and the co-workers who love the main characters and want them to succeed. I’m looking for dialogue that moves the story forward, but is confrontational and doesn’t sound like you and me speaking at a coffee shop. "I’ll also be looking for a strong plot, a fresh style and your distinctive voice. Of course, I’ll be looking for those pesky grammatical, spelling, and punctuation errors. But I’m not expecting perfection. In fact, I usually determine that the writer with the greatest needs is the one I can help the most. Will you be that author who I will have the pleasure to critique and help? "But you won’t know if you’re the lucky winner unless you enter the contest." (You can read the rest of her article here.)
More about why enter a contest for critique here.
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| A few more things going on this month!
December Sale on Courses and Coaching Sessions!
In honor of winter and the holidays in the Northern Hemisphere, I’m offering a 33-50% off on select home-study courses now until December 18, 2015, 9pm Pacific.
Go here to take share and take advantage of this sale:
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EDIT YOUR NOVEL Bootcamp Starts January 2016!
We’ll be teaching a 30-day writing challenge course on editing your Nanowrimo novel. In this intensive bootcamp course, you will read and edit your novel in four passes.By the time you have completed this bootcamp, you will have an edited book that you can present to your critique partners, beta readers, or an agent or editor. If you know you’re ready to dive in, then Yay! welcome! Click here to register.
We still have room in this course!
I'll send out one more big reminder before the registration deadline, which is Monday, December 28, 9pm Pacific/12am Eastern.
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Group Coaching Program for Novelists
If you'd like to join us for our 12-month program, we'd love to have you. This program is for novelists who have completed or almost completed their novel, and want support to build their author career.
We cover editing, marketing, publishing, and polishing your books. Program members get Dive In access to all upcoming classes, access to a 3+ years worth of trainings, 1-1 calls with Beth, and an opportunity for in-depth feedback on your works-in-progress.
Early Bird Bonuses will be up soon for those of you who want to sign up in December. One of the bonuses will be 1-2 months extra enrollment in the program that officially restarts February 1, 2016.
You can see what we did this past year here: |
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Have a Happy and Creative Week!
And thanks for showing up for yourself and doing your creative work!
All our best,
Beth & Ezra
beth@bethbarany.com
PS. If you found this newsletter useful, please forward it to your friends,
writing buddies, and people who you know want to write a novel, but
gosh darn it, haven't yet.
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ABOUT US
Beth and Ezra Barany
are award-winning, best-selling novelists, with 18 books and 5 awards to their name. They are teachers who have worked
with over 100 authors to help them get their books written and
published and into the hands of their readers.
♥ Happily married for over 15 years, we’re passionate about writing, storytelling, and guiding authors to achieve their dreams.
♥ We
offer coaching, change work sessions, book marketing coaching (Beth)
and cover design (Ezra), all for genre novelists. More at bethbarany.com.
WHAT I DO + WHY
I support writers and aspiring authors through classes and workshops, articles, books, group programs, and consultations with private clients.
I also help authors because I walk my talk; everything I or my teachers teach is based in real experience and matured through the school of hard knocks.
I believe that the creative life works better with play and love, so with playful joy, I offer you goodies to support you in your writer's adventure.
ABOUT BETH BARANY
An
award-winning novelist, certified creativity coach and Master NLP
Practitioner, Beth runs Writer's Fun Zone, a blog for and by writers,
and her recently launched school for novelists, the Barany School of
Fiction.
In
her downtime, Beth reads, colors, watches movies with her sweetie,
travels, and has coffee with friends and family. And plays with her cat, gardens, and walks. And sleeps. She loves sleep.
Photo Credit: by c. 2014 Vivienne McMaster
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