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Query Workshop M-8: WATCH HER

Ira’s job would be much easier if it weren’t for freewill. Ira, a Junior Angel, is left with the daunting task of getting 17 year-old Shannon on the right path.

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Query Workshop M-9: WHAT SILENCE HEARD

Dear Agent: From the moment she returns to her village and finds it emptied, her name no longer matters. How everyone disappeared in the span of one morning doesn’t matter

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Query Workshop M-10: THE GAP PROJECT

In 1982 our government created a program designed to genetically engineer superior beings. It was labeled the G.A.P. Program. It was an unparalleled success. Dear Agent, Ginny Carrera’s hometown of

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Pitch on! #1: GUARDIAN

Title: GUARDIAN Genre: Urban Fantasy Word count: 95,000 Pitch: When fifteen-year-old Jesse discovers his crush Brycen is a daphir, a creature that lives for centuries, he learns they fulfill a prophecy

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Pitch on! #2: THE BREADTH OF ME

Title: The Breadth of Me Genre: Contemporary YA Word count: 50,000 Pitch: With a mum with too much Irish in her coffee, a father who bunked off when she was

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Cadet of Tildor Scavenger Hunt: Medieval Girl Power!

Welcome to this stop on THE CADET OF TILDOR online Scavenger Hunt! If this is your first stop in the Scavenger Hunt, please go here (http://cadet.alexlidell.com/scavenger-hunt/ ) to learn how

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Critiquing Part One: three questions, three questions, and a blurb

Hey m’lovelies! So of course with my record of blogging, it’s only fitting that I forget to schedule this post, y/y? But since it’s still today–even on my side of

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Critiquing Part Two: five golden rules

Hey m’lovelies! Before I dive into today’s post, let me add a comment to Tuesday’s. We’ve talked about how it’s okay to say you don’t want feedback, and this should

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Critiquing Part Three: accepting critique

Hey m’lovelies! I promised a little while ago that I’d be blogging every Monday starting this year. Now I should admit I completely forgot about that until yesterday, but lo

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My sci-fi is NOT your dystopian

In case you noticed, it took me all of one week to flunk my schedule of Monday blogging. Which, as far as New Year’s resolutions go, is pretty impressive. But

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Introducing: DiversifYA!

Hello lovelies! As you may have noticed, a few things changed around the blog here. Most notably the name. And the lay-out. And the color scheme. And the fact that

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