UPDATE: The winner of THE CEO'S SECRET BABY by Karen Whiddon is Diane! Congrats! Please send your physical addy to Contests(AT)knightagency.net.
We had an awesome time last night with Rosemary Clement-Moore who stopped by to chat with us about her upcoming release, TEXAS GOTHIC. For those of you that missed out, you can check out the chat transcript. To be notifed of our next chat event, sign up for The Knight Agency newsletter here: http://www.knightagency.net/newsletter/.
Now, onto our Freebie Friday!
Leave a comment to win a copy of THE CEO'S SECRET BABY by Karen Whiddon. The winner will be announced on Monday afternoon.
The 411: Seeing Tucker Drover—the man she loved more than life itself and presumed dead in a plane crash—shakes Lucy Knowlton's world. How will she tell him about their baby boy—and her engagement to his best friend? Her heart has only ever belonged to Tucker…but how can they go back to the way it was?
Once a successful CEO, Tucker had the misfortune of getting tangled up with a powerful Mexican drug cartel. Now on the run, seeing Lucy again and meeting his son makes him long for them to be a family. And when shattering betrayals are revealed and danger closes in, the only thing that matters is keeping mother and son safe….
YA Lit Chat with Rosemary Clement-Moore TONIGHT @ 9pmET!!!
Young adult lit appeals to 15 years olds, 55 years olds, and everyone else in between. As the author of five YA novels, Rosemary Clement-Moore certainly knows a lot about the mechanics of writing for a teen audience and why this area hold such an allure. Tonight at 9pm ET, join Rosemary for a chat about her upcoming release, TEXAS GOTHIC, career and future projects. She will also be giving away signed copies of TEXAS GOTHIC and books from her backlist, including the Maggie Quinn: Girl vs. Evil series and THE SPLENDOR FALLS.
WHAT: Chat with Rosemary Clement-Moore WHEN:Thursday, June 23rd at 9pm ET WHERE: The Knight Agency Chat Room - http://client1.sigmachat.com/sc.php?id=115545 HOW TO CHAT: Enter any combination of username and password. Login. Your computer must be Java enabled to chat.
UPDATE: The winner of TEXAS GOTHIC by Rosemary Clement-Moore is NoraA! Congrats! Please send your physical addy to Contests(AT)KnightAgency.net. Everyone else, Rosemary is giving away signed copies of her books during the chat on Thursday @ 9pm ET -- so come hang out with us to get another chance!
Today, we're giving away an advanced reading copy of young adult author Rosemary-Clement Moore's upcoming release, TEXAS GOTHIC (Random House, July 2011), as a special preview for her upcoming online chat with us Thursday, June 23rd at 9pm ET. Rosemary is also the author of four other titles, including the Maggie Quinn: Girl vs. Evil series and THE SPLENDOR FALLS. TEXAS GOTHIC is a spin on the "southern gothic" subgenre with layers of romance, mystery, magic and dark motivations... Is your interest piqued? It should be.
You can read more about Rosemary in the June issue of our newsletter, and don't forget to mark your calendar for pub convo, trivia and MORE giveaways with the author next Thursday!
WHAT: Chat with Rosemary Clement-Moore WHEN:Thursday, June 23rd at 9pm ET WHERE: The Knight Agency Chat Room - http://client1.sigmachat.com/sc.php?id=115545 HOW TO CHAT: Enter any combination of username and password. Login. Your computer must be Java enabled to chat.
The 411 on TEXAS GOTHIC: Amy Goodnight's family is far from normal. She comes from a line of witches, but tries her best to stay far outside the family business. Her summer gig? Ranch-sitting for her aunt with her wacky but beautiful sister. Only the Goodnight Ranch is even less normal than it normally is. Bodies are being discovered, a ghost is on the prowl, and everywhere she turns, the hot neighbor cowboy is in her face.
Freebie Friday Rules: A winner will be randomly selected from the comments on Monday morning (June 20th).
UPDATE: The winner of KISS OF SNOW by Nalini Singh is Karen H! Big congrats! Please send your physical addy to contests(at)knightagency.net.
This Friday we have an especially exciting giveaway! The tenth book in Nalini Singh's Psy-Changeling series, KISS OF SNOW, marks her hardcover debut. The release has already earned a rarely awarded Top Pick GOLD review from Romantic Times, and it hit the New York Times hardcover bestseller list in the #9 spot. To win a copy, leave a comment with your name. The winner will be announced Monday afternoon.
The 411: Since the moment of her defection from the PsyNet and into the SnowDancer wolf pack, Sienna Lauren has had one weakness. Hawke. Alpha and dangerous, he compels her to madness. Hawke is used to walking alone, having lost the woman who would've been his mate long ago. But Sienna fascinates the primal heart of him, even as he tells himself she is far too young to handle the wild fury of the wolf.
Then Sienna changes the rules-and suddenly, there is no more distance, only the most intimate of battles between two people who were never meant to meet. Yet as they strip away each other's secrets in a storm of raw emotion, they must also ready themselves for a far more vicious fight...
A deadly enemy is out to destroy SnowDancer, striking at everything they hold dear, but it is Sienna's darkest secret that may yet savage the pack that is her home-and the alpha who is its heartbeat.
Have burning questions about how to get an agent? Wondering whether your manuscript is ready to submit? Feeling a little overwhelmed by the process? Well, ask your questions and I will attempt to answer.
Agent Q&A works like this: Post your questions on this thread, and I will come back later today or early tomorrow and provide some responses. I can't promise to answer all the questions--the thread can get a little long sometimes--but I will answer at least three and I'll do my best to get a good range of answers out there for you.
The winner of STORM KISSED by Jessica Andersen is Sheree! Congrats! Sorry for the delayed annoucement. :-) Sheree, please email Contests(AT)knightagency.net with your physical addy.
Leave a comment to win a copy of STORM KISSED by Jessica Andersen. The winner will be announced on Monday.
The 411: When sexy Nightkeeper Dez goes rogue, the bounty hunter enlisted to catch him is Reese, his former lover. The sexual energy between them is hotter than ever-but the life-and-death stakes attached to the chase may pull them apart for good.
June's First Impressions selection is now up. As always I've marked my notes/edits in red and ask that you feel free to comment with your constructive critiques. Submission instructions are posted below should you care to have your first page reviewed.
The Veil
Paranormal Romance
By Julie Anne
“Another shocking death amps suspicions of something sinister in the city.” (Good opening although it's not quite as pithy as a newscast might sound.)
The eleven o’clock news brought Ava Draikar stumbling from her closet. (Can't help but wonder why she was in her closet? Could be an interesting avenue to explore later on but if you don't then I don't see the point.) Comfortable in her pajamas, she stared at the tiny television on her kitchen counter. Here we go again. Reporters will be all over the hospital tomorrow. Ava increased the volume, only slightly, for to better hear the details. (Because the tv was loud enough before to bring her out of the closet.)
Sipping wine from a large stemmed glass, she nearly choked. (Did she have the wine with her in the closet? Where did it come from?)
There, on the television screen, was a photo of the latest victim. And Ava knew him. A photograph of the latest victim was lodged securely in the left corner of the broadcast. Ava knew him. (Rather confusing the way orginally written.) Sort of. She saw She'd seen him every day for the past week and had toiled uselessly with lustful fantasies wherein with him playing he played the leading role. The man was gorgeous, but Ava was prone to neither, lust nor fantasy. (Which is it? She had lustful fantasies or she's isn't prone to lust and fantasy? Or maybe it's just not worded the way you mean.)
Pensively, she She lowered the remote and turned away from the television. She was missing her favorite show.
The city was fascinating from her window. Even in darkness, and despite the rain that streaked her view, nothing ever seemed to remove the city’s vast complexity, or its irrefutable draw. Separating herself from it would be like removing her own skin. If she could survive the process, she’d never be the same. (A bit overwritten here.) To Ava, the entire metropolis was alive, and she was a part of it. The city was one enormous, pulsating, entity, and it was that image that kept her at her window most nights. (The change in direction between this paragraph and the previous one is quite confusing.)
My thoughts: The story has a good opening and I was hoping to get more from the first page. The sudden change from Ava watching TV to looking out the window and waxing poetic about the city left me very confused. I really suggest staying with the topic initially brought up which is that of the latest victim.
There are a lot of extraneous commas thoughout.
I felt there were some interesting directions this story could go but the writer needs to continue with a thought rather than allude to it and move on. Answer the questions that are being brought up while they are still fresh in the reader's mind rather than having to explain them again later. _____ To enter First Impressions, email your first page (300 words or less) to Contests(AT)KnightAgency.net with “First Impressions” in the subject line. Include the title and genre in the email, as well as the name you wish us to use when referring to you publicly. All genres are welcome. Do not send your entry as an attachment; it must be within the body of the email. Winners are randomly selected using http://www.random.org/.
**Disclaimers, Rules, Stipulations, What Not, and All That Jazz: By emailing your entry to Contests(AT)KnightAgency.net, you agree to have your first page posted on our blog for critique. Entrants will remain in the selection queue indefinitely, so your number could come up tomorrow or two years from now. Such is life. We will drop you a line if your email is pulled out of the hat. Maybe. It’s best to just swing by our blog often and check things out, no? Winning a first page critique does not in any way indicate an interest or offer of representation by The Knight Agency, and we reserve the right to delete any material that we find improper or offensive. Though we encourage blog readers to offer positive, thoughtful feedback, we cannot control their opinions with Imperius Curses. However, we will promptly banish nasty, mean-spirited comments to the outer limits of cyberspace. Dontcha wish you could do that with people in real life? Addendum (11/03/2010): In order to give everyone a fair chance, only one entry is allowed per person. If you've submitted more than one first page, your initial email will be added to the queue; however, subsequent emails have been deleted
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by Jessica Andersen. The winner will be announced on Monday.
