Tag: first chapters
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November 05, 2007 06:52 AM EST --
Converse live with Gather's rising Star--Starr Toth, the runner up in the First Chapters Romance Writing Competition! Starr will answer all our questions about her marvelous novel, about . . .
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November 29, 2007 10:48 AM EST --
With the first round of the Crime contest a little more than half over, I just want to give contestants and readers a little perspective on what this contest is all about. This is the third contest . . .
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June 18, 2007 04:40 PM EDT --
Our First Chapters Writing Competition was a tremendous success, with two Gather authors to be published in the fall. Terry Shaw, author of The Way Life Should Be, and Geoffrey Edwards, author of Fire . . .
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June 01, 2007 08:34 PM EDT --
(Originally published June 1)
Huh?
That’s right. Last Friday when I learned my novel, “The Way Life Should Be” would be published, I was warned if word leaked before the . . .
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April 29, 2007 12:20 AM EDT --
For those of you still following the First Chapters contest, I went through around 10:45 on the last night of the second round and simply recorded the average rating and number of votes for the 20 . . .
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August 23, 2007 09:41 PM EDT --
Wait.
I'm supposed to have a process?
Whoa. Am I in trouble...
All kidding aside, I am not a plotter. I'm a "pantzer." I write by the seat of my pants. Wherever my characters take . . .
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October 02, 2007 08:51 AM EDT --
I would like to say that for an old farmer I'm strangely drawn to the First Chapters Romance contest. I would like to say that, but I'm an honest guy. The reality is that I'm mildly . . .
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July 14, 2007 03:50 PM EDT --
I always wanted a book-lined study or library where I could write and read and dream. I've finally got one. And a couple dozen Writin' Wombats have moved in with me.
Welcome . . .
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July 24, 2007 11:12 AM EDT --
"People with Courage and character always seem sinister to the rest."
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September 06, 2007 11:12 PM EDT --
Comments on our work are a heck of a lot more likely to bring you ~visitors~ than spam is. Honest.
I for one, am, truly not interested.... but when someone goes to the trouble of reading and commenting . . .
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September 16, 2007 06:37 PM EDT --
The Way Life Should Be - Review by Tyron Paul Touchard
The last Thursday of November 2004, killing a slow afternoon at work, I told the finance guy that I was going to write a . . .
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January 19, 2007 11:08 AM EST --
The response from writers to the First Chapters Competition has been overwhelming. Hundreds of great manuscripts have already been posted to the First Chapters group, and aspiring novelists are currently . . .
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September 24, 2007 07:38 PM EDT --
The race for romance, round 2 has officially begun! On Monday, September 24th, Gather.com announced the 25 finalist who will now move on to round 2 of the First Chapters Romance contest. . . .
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August 21, 2007 08:34 PM EDT --
After walking into my apartment after my bikeride home today (8/21), I kicked on the radio and heard a story about an "American Idol Style" publishing event on a website. "Hmm, sounds a . . .
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August 23, 2007 09:23 PM EDT --
The First Chapters Romance contest is only a few days away! It begins on August 27 and will continue to three weeks. I was a participant in the original First Chapters contest with my . . .
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August 26, 2007 09:25 PM EDT --
I've been thinking about how I'm going to approach the job of going through the entries starting tomorrow and doing my little part to make sure the best entries make it to the next round. . . .
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September 01, 2007 01:00 PM EDT --
In the original First Chapters contest I did several reviews in stream-of-consciousness style. I just opened NotePad in a window and read the entry, writing down whatever reaction I had as I was . . .
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March 23, 2007 12:26 AM EDT --
Round 1 of the First Chapters Writing Competition will soon be coming to a close. I have been RRCing (read, rate comment) as many as I can, but as a slow reader—particularly on a computer monitor—there . . .
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August 14, 2007 02:43 PM EDT --
TRUST ME
Chapter 1
Eleanor Coggins paused before the three-foot-high hedge surrounding . . .
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February 07, 2007 09:52 AM EST --
Well, today's the last day my chapter's going to published, so I guess (maybe) it's safe to write this now. I really appreciate all of the thoughtful commentary, both positive and negative. . . .
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