Read and Vote Now on First Chapters Romance Entries
August 21, 2007 03:12 PM EDT
(Updated: September 04, 2007 02:10 PM EDT)
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The Round One reading and voting period for the First Chapters Romance Writing Competition has officially begun! Below, please find all the eligible entries listed in alphabetical order by book title.
From now through September 18, 2007, you may read and vote for as many entries as you like. The fifteen chapters with the most "10" votes will proceed to Round Two, along with the ten chapters selected by the Gather Editorial Team.
Questions on how to vote? Check out our Voting Guidelines. Also, some authors have flagged their chapters for mature audiences. If you have trouble viewing any of the chapters, please click on "my account" at the top of any Gather page, and change your "Guarded Viewing" setting to "off."
(in)sanity Lisastevens 29-Year Itch, The Klarussa A Chance To Soar kaitlin2010
aDORKable darthamanda Aiden Omccomsey Altar Ego SuzanH13 Always freyja528 Amy's Recovery Loricat An Accidental Romance Sarabeara Andy and Maddie Carrbethany Angel In Training Lindseybrookes Animal Attraction Wdegolier Another Lifetime Ago Abuholz Architect of Seduction, The sas141 Aurora Thewordsmith Bad Influence, A Moonshadow36 Badeaux Knights Angelsuep Bainbridge House Lgavini Bear Country Dalecoz Beauty and the Geek sarah1107 Best Friends pmyodb1 Best In Whole Wide World, The Writerswrite Better Late than Never Theresaruth Beyond the Shadow of Fear Siadanzo Birthright Helen1 Black Scorpion, The gbhoward Bound By Blood: The Awakening belovedisis Boundaries of the Heart alexawalker Brave Destiny zenword Bridges And Royalties junrob2003 Broken Covenant heartchild Cabin In The Woods sastoneromance Can You Hear Me? Inside A
Woman's Mind kidcrazy16 Chocolatier's Wife, The cindylynn Climbing Through Windows kansctdjt Coincidence grgiall Connie's Legacy jim08301943 Copeland Sisters, The highdesert Cornflower Blue kathynursewriter Courage of Fear barboyer Cradle of Love prisakiss Crushed Rose, The susandudicsdean Crystal Dreams crystalraine Curtain Call mollyhelen Daily News breakneckbetty Daine’s Dream joyalan Dancing Souls tracy2135 Dancing With My Dream denamarie Dangerous Paradise debwriter13 Dark Obsession terrimo Dark Side of the Moon witchflower Dark Waters jessicagoatgirl Deadly Tango longinus Death Is Divine Atergo Deceive Not My Heart Kweenie Delicious Bit of Intrigue, A amberayala Devon Diversion, A gizmology Discreet Encounters HAnnUlrich Dismissing A Duke lcaskey06 Don't Look Back vwt Dr. Wonderful kansaskathy Dragon trudywschuett Dream in Big Moon, A eltury Dreams and Wishes amy428 Dreams of Heaven on Earth patriciapanther Drunk Dialing ysly Eclipse of the Heart bookgirlac Edge of Storm, The mom2threepickles Elevated Risk crazeywriter Elf and the Princess dreamweaver123 Elizabeth Peacock and the Body
on Abbey Road MaryCat1025 Embracing Love parulsrivastava Enchanting the Earl allisonnewman Even Hippos Can Drown lynn709 Every Mile a Memory JLRaulerson Extraordinary Will trishedmisten Faerie Fate silverjames Fallen Angel (Risen Devil) rolando19552001 Falling Out of Love drsulliv False Dreams cherawgirl False Worlds, The lordaugust Fate and Destiny tracy2beme Fear for Hire neggeman Feminine Touch, A aregard Fifty is Nifty mfach Finally Home hpng2brtr Finding Beatrice globetrotter2 Fixer, The hopeofglory Flip-Flop Lattitude, A desireehardin Flow Blue dunnymama For Better or Worse prussavage For Love of Isabella suemoseley For Meredith's Love smet68 Forever A Rogue eb100 Forgiving Dad coloradowriter Forgotten Reins mrschadt Fortunes Told jwstahl Forty Lovers princesse Fresh Start, A joann12
Friends Like These monkeyinamansuit G. Angels amyshankland General Counsel isabar Ghost Not Forgotten jdallen Grasping for the Wind ugotmlk Guilty Until Proven Innocent debsj Hand-Me-Down Bride julietw Handyman jesalexander Hannah's Heart maiadawn He Will Carry Me grintmania77 Heart of Texas chloepalov Heathen Heart hankt Heaven's Circle bobbann Here Comes The Wedding Planner Kriswall Hero I Know, The debest Hideaway Cashan His Hotness kywoman His Keeper cjanisse Hitch-Hiker And Lady, The iamleon Hollywood Rob ramzybsweis Home of my Heart robbinscabin Hope Rose, The maldonadol Hot Shot maryf I Met You at the Crossroads beachtowel26 I shall die before I marry: The
Marriage of a Duke to a Countess Hatecrime Iberian Nights, A Romantic Thriller enricolit Identical Deception mamabearr47 Illusions SherHT In Between Dreams cindersnashes In Over Her Head golions87 In the Time it Takes to Dream danny4442 Indian Summer Wabidasse Indian Summer DellaniOakes Infinity Clan amayathorne Inopportune Reunion, The tinsle Intertwined apfaffnc Into the Dreaming lindsayj24 Introduction to Love and Self janair1 JAKE & ANNA: Don’t Look Back bkwdsname Jessica's Wish barbfreethy Jessie's Leading Man lisaaustin Just South of Heaven yoopnewz Kat's Escape jkawalsh KayCee's Song dkhauf826 Keating Script, The sheehantom Kick Start cchelms Kincaid Magic ua1vm Labyrinth's Reply, The sebastian122 Lacey Took a Holiday willhodam | Lady and Matador, The mexicandelight Lady of Forest, The Collegekid2006 Lara’s Soldier Marykg Leaping Hearts bmcgregor Legal Liaison tsherrer Like Sex in the Afternoon jilliandowns Like the Whole World Was Summer pickledherring Lord of Abydos: Chronicles of Isis and Osiris isetra Love Me Now, Forever liketowrite Love of a Lifetime, The anote Love Out of Time, A mbvw Love Plus One Geevie Love Spun yarnagogo Love Thy Neighbor misskate1 Love,Set,Match nmromancewriter Lovemaker onen0vel Loving Lydia mimi62 Magic Mountain meganstaab Manna Tree bana05 Marienbad My Love Masterpiece1 Marriage of Convenience, A jeweld8 Master of Fate, The jaimerutl Match Made In Heaven, A eadarainn Maximum Mayhem ellepampuro Me, Myself and Murphy's Law drab Meant to Be meanderinglaina Miller Island fogartykristin Mind Sweep celestialtimes Mission of Love lindamae2 Model A, The nanaaleatajoygil Moonlight Passions dearydearmom Morning Coffee ElizabethAlan Mouthful of Ashes, A fairybellz Murder Under the Mistletoe magolla My Fantasy Spy Gina116 My Hardest Goodbye stinkyittles My Time diandee Mystic Garden writingfool Naked chattel Necessary Heir, A vacanciere Never Too Late For Love jwrite Never, Never, and Forever snowie New Beginnings kat79 Night and Day sherrieh Night Slave rorie0905 Nora's Soul Margay1122 Not a Flower mcvang0250 Not at the Office diamondalamode Not Far From the Tree deemari3913 Of Chains & Conquest curiousliz Of the Ashes kristentaber One In A Million ajullman One Love in a Lifetime starwsh On the Verge paulnolan97 Only You rlrjones Operation Escape Goat giftedchild Operation Get-A-Life Libby67 Ovarian Warrior gelicalcat Painted Lady jfaver Painting Naked thimble Partners in Passion mstanley Passion for Golf, A lblank132 Passionate Magic daddonizio Past Legacy allyd Patriot and Privateer, The angelou24 Peace, Love and Chocolate cocomerlin Penny For Your Thoughts, A dacs Perfect Life, A deehutch Polk's Justice Starwriter Pride and a Prayer charliesoto Princess bamabrat Princess Under Rose, The jmsstrauss Random Marriage Research Project, The laron Red Hot Salsa teesa Relic Defender: Seal of Solomon cassiel Rescuers, The leonlinfield Reunion sb1 Reunion For The First Time kmdaughters Ribbons of Moonlight ryvah Ride This Day Down Into Night gerrydodge Road That Leads Home, The stirthestars Rose in the Glass storyline Run To Me EJ456 Runaway vividlyalive Safe Harbor dragonldy Safe Haven msjturner Safe Sex and Home Repair laughsing Sandy and Esta: A Tale of Young Love and Loss martylivingston Scandalous Overture, A princessjewel78 Scotland donnasue Second Chances southernrose Second Chances Christle74 Secrets kgrace Secrets and Wives jodiep Seed In The Wind, A lyndajsmith Seeking Sydney paristjd
Seven Deadly Sins: Pride Falls pamcogle Shadow's Kiss, A meredithm She Drives Me Crazy jackief4 Shrouded in Mystery retrobooks Simple Wish, A allarius Skimming The Surface Whatabookworm Somewhere Down the Road drteacherlady Songbird Andreabakerjazz Sonya Recovered lejoyr Soul Catcher yvlain Stars Over London bill1475 Storytellers Garden, A lalarowe Summer Days of Desire jrafferty Sweet Interference jillynn Swimming with Wings leelibro Take A Chance On Me elyssa919 Taming the Dragon michelleinglesby Taste of Desire laviniak T-Contact And Counting gatherbowl Texas Heat drb1152 Three Alarm Tenant Barefootbelle Three Sixty tlampley Tiber Wind serpententacle Tim and Me ida234 Time in a Garden agriainc To Be a Duchess joywindsor Todd ♥’s Kristy starwarsfan Tomorrow May Come slabri Tory's Heart dianen Touch of Ice, A pmtg Tough Girl in Love Toughgirl Treasure My Heart flowergirl10 True Love Ghosts dianad Trust Me flicker Twelve Nights 'Till Then khetala Twisted Branches, Vines of Hope vision79 View From Saba, A hotsoup Wages of Cyn writergal2007 Waiting For Us mers7479 Watch Your Back mandyroze What Are You Waiting For? sgiggsy3 When Dawn Comes quiltcoach When The Coyote Cries carolineohaire Who Wants to Marry a Cowboy? shlafe Why Birches Are White whybirchesare Wife Seeking Wife fourears Windsong: Nikolai Nikolai Wolf Huntress, The chapmajm13 Woman of Choice, A ktualla Woman of Good Reputation, A priscilladarcy
Your Gift To Me bonnielatino and bvale Yours Till Niagara Falls pepp |
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Comments: 189
Success to the contestants and good reading to all.
Good luck, everyone.
The Wolf Huntress
Looking forward to reading the entries. Good luck to all!
Mine is My Fantasy Spy
My story is Brave Destiny. Good luck everyone!
Thank you
T. Leon
That happened because we released all the entries into the First Chapters Romance group at once. It won't happen again (until we let in the 25 second chapters in the next round). If you want to change your group email settings, you can click on "my account" at the top of any Gather page. Then scroll down to where it says "My Groups," and you can edit your email preferences for all of your groups. Thank you!
Unfortunately, you can no longer edit your entry, or risk disqualification. Thanks for your question!
I intend to read them all, and thank God you give us until September 18th to do so. My eyes are already blurring. I feel like I am back in the classroom, reading 5 classes of term papers. I am making a list of those I think deserve a 10 and why and then I will go back over them all and cast my vote. You guys have over TWO HUNDRED FULL MS to read, we just have over 200 chapters, again kudos to your separate judging panel--it must be like, life? What life?
QUESTIONS: I noticed that some Titles in your list are typed with darker blue than the others. Is there a reason? Are we allowed to post our second chapter under our articles or are we suppose to wait until after the 18th?
Sylvia
BEYOND THE SHADOW OF FEAR
The different color blues have no particular meaning - they are just titles that had broken links when I copied and pasted them into this article :o)
With regards to the second chapters, only the 25 semifinalists will be posting their second chapters. They will be contact by Gather after the voting has ended for Round 1 on September 18. So no need to publish your second chapter until you hear from us. Thank you!
If you have a minute, I would appreciate comments on FLOW BLUE.
Good luck to all!
Thanks,
Deb Andrews
Dangerous Paradise
:-) Good luck everyone!
Thank you for all your hard work - it's appriciated! You've made it painless for those of us who are new to Gather.
Is there an easy way to see which articles have the least response or comments. I'd like to help out other memeber like me, who who haven't built up the network of people and friends to read and rate the books.
Good luck to everyone! (after reading a few of these entries...I will definitely need it!)
Terri Mo
Dark Obsession
We have some pretty sophisticated fraud reporting to track all that stuff...SO DON'T TRY IT!!! :o) Thanks for your question!
Good question. First off, I would encourage everyone to promote themselves and their chapters as much as possible. Post videos about your chapter, publish articles with a synopsis - whatever works for you to help people learn about your novel and be encouraged to read it. Also, as a reminder, we are editorially selecting ten authors to move onto the next round, so even if you're not well-connected on Gather (yet!) you still have a great shot at moving on to the next round.
Lastly, it is possible to organize the chapters by highest rated (so to find the lowest/least rated, just click next till you get to the last few pages). To do this, go to romancenovel.gather.com, and in the orange sub-navigation, click "articles." Then you have the option to sort by different criteria, including highest rated. Please let me know if you have any other questions - thanks!
forgive my ignorance, but what does that mean?
It means that of the 25 semifinalists that will move on to the next round, 15 will be the authors who received the most "10" ratings on Gather, and 10 will be selected by the Gather Editorial Team. Thanks for your question!
; )
I'm so looking forward to reading other stories. I hope everyone loves mine!
I've had several people tell me that they can't vote for me because everytime the do the site comes up that my article has been removed or it reads only certain people have permision to read it or vote for it. I choose the everyone circle when I set things up. Please help me get this straight. My First chapter is worth people reading it. (Twisted Branches, Vines of Hope) Vision79
Then I will return and read all of the entires I liked
Then I will vote 10 on the ones I liked most. This will take a while.
Ps I' am also a contestant.Lord august
Looking forward to reading more entries!
Terri
Dark Obsessioin
(a multicultural paranormal romantic suspense) say _that_ five times fast! ;-)
Jennifer Oliver
Wife Seeking Wife
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977080234
Click here to read my story: View from Saba
I, and several others, have not been able to access my wife's submission to the contest. Her book title is "Twisted Branches, Vines of Hope." There are also a few other submission on the list of titles which I was unable to access. Could you please correct this? I believe this may have something to do with the "Everyone May View" option not being on the submission page when we sent the chapter to you last week.
Thanks, Tom C.
You did a wonderful job in explaining the submission guidelines. You made the process easier for myself, and others to submit our first chapters. Thanks again.
I'm new here and still trying to find my way around. Thanks for setting up such a fun and exciting competition! Will the ratings be shown with the chapters, or will I need to check a list to see if my chapter has been rated?
Pam H.
His Hotness
This contest is off to a good start. My entry is Summer Days of Desire.
I encourage all who read this article to take the time to read several entries and tell your friends about the ones you like, so that the best entries go forward.
BTW Kristen - I am so glad that only votes of 10 count. I don't mind honest, constructive and even brutal criticism because it really helps me in my writing, but I'm noticing some drive by rather negative one liners and 1-star votes that are a little...uhmmm...not that nice. But oh well, got to develop a thick skin I suppose.
Good luck everyone!
Mai
Terri
Dark Obsession
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How can this be fixed?
Lindsey
Entry: Angel in Training
Lindsey
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I have a few questions about the contest. An above poster asked how to rank the entries, and I still can't figure out how to do this. You said:
"Lastly, it is possible to organize the chapters by highest rated (so to find the lowest/least rated, just click next till you get to the last few pages). To do this, go to romancenovel.gather.com, and in the orange sub-navigation, click "articles." Then you have the option to sort by different criteria, including highest rated. Please let me know if you have any other questions - thanks!"
I still can't get to the manuscipts and in a rated order, and wonder what I'm doing wrong.
Another question: Does the votes counted show your total of votes, or does it show only how many 10's you get.
Thanks for you help, and thanks for putting this contest together.
Lindsey
But I have to bid myself sometimes and always...
Kristen: thank you for the help earlier. I'm not sure if I'm the only one with this problem so I'll put it out to the group. I see my entry on the master list up top (which is great!) Drunk Dialing http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977094344
but when I try to organize my articles by the other categories, I don't see it after scrolling through all the pages. Any suggestions? I'm sure user error must be involved.;
Thanks for the help!
Yolanda
Lindsey
When I went to the page that shows the chapters by rank, I noticed that most of them have the first couple of sentences of the ms. along with the title. Mine (His Hotness) doesn't have anything but the title. Is that because I flagged it as intended for mature readers?
Pam H.
Thanks!
I had a question for you.
Now that my first chapter is available for everyone to read, comment and vote, I have been getting valuable inputs for revision.
I think I cannot make any changes to the first chapter posted in the competition. Am I right?
Can I revise portions of my work and publish them on other groups besides the romancenovel group for more feedback?
Can I send revisions as mails to my connections here on gather for feedback?
Please let me know.
And last but not the least, thanks for this wonderful ooportunity of a lifetime to showcase my work and learn from the inputs of the esteemed gather members.
My question is this: My co-author, bvale.gather.com, is listed on the bottom of my chapter--as you suggested when I inquired about co-authored works. Is it possible that both of us could be listed on the master list? We've both worked on this a LONG time. I feel guilty having only my name "out there" attached to Your Gift To Me.
Thanks!
Similarly, since you are probably logging IP addresses .. what happens in the case of a writer who works in an office where all of her/his co-workers want to vote? Will the votes get counted, or will there be only one vote per IP address?
Many thanks,
Moi.
Good luck all!
~Heidi