The submission window for the Baker's Dozen "One Last Chance" Round is now closed as we've reach 60 entries. Sorry to those of you who didn't make it. Stop by tomorrow morning at 8 AM EDT to read and critique the entries!!
And remember to stop by my blog often as I offer rounds like this almost monthly so that everyone has a open, friendly forum to receive valuable feedback on their work from our peers.
Thanks and good luck, everyone!! So proud of each of you.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Monday, October 22, 2012
One More Chance, Baker's Dozen Hopefuls!!!
This is what you've been waiting for, friends! I have the honor and pleasure of hosting another very special critique round (I love this!), in support of the hopeful entrants of this year's Baker's Dozen, hosted by the generous and wonderful Miss Authoress. If you entered her "Logline Critique Round #3" or weren't lucky enough to make it in any of her 3 lottery rounds, you may submit your logline here for critiquing. This round is open only to the entrants of round 3 and hopefuls who did not make it in any of the 3 rounds previously offered via Authoress.
Please send submissions to ktcritiques [AT] gmail.com by 10 PM EDT Friday night, October 26. I will post them Saturday morning, October 27, at KTCROWLEY.COM for critiquing. I'll accept up to 60 entries.
In the subject, please state “BD LOGLINE” (and your original post number, if this is a revision).
Submit your logline just like when submitting to Miss Snark's First Victim. Your submission should look like this:
TITLE: Your Title Here
GENRE: Your Genre Here
(Logline here.)
A confirmation email will be sent, but it may not be right away. Only resend if you don't get one by the last hour of the submission window. Once I receive 60 entries, an email will be sent to notify you if you didn't make the cut, so get those loglines in quickly!
If you enter, please critique five other entries, so that it's fair for everyone (it's also a great learning opportunity to polish your critiquing skills before the big event). And spread the word please; the more critiques, the merrier! Let's help everyone involved get as much feedback as possible.
Good luck, everyone! Can't wait to read some more fantastic loglines.
P.S. If you're not a follower of my blog, I'd love it if you'd follow my journey and join the fun! There are several ways via the right-hand side of the screen. I try to offer open critique rounds monthly to help writers like you perfect your work. Our already amazing writing community only gets better when we help each other. :)
Please send submissions to ktcritiques [AT] gmail.com by 10 PM EDT Friday night, October 26. I will post them Saturday morning, October 27, at KTCROWLEY.COM for critiquing. I'll accept up to 60 entries.
In the subject, please state “BD LOGLINE” (and your original post number, if this is a revision).
Submit your logline just like when submitting to Miss Snark's First Victim. Your submission should look like this:
TITLE: Your Title Here
GENRE: Your Genre Here
(Logline here.)
A confirmation email will be sent, but it may not be right away. Only resend if you don't get one by the last hour of the submission window. Once I receive 60 entries, an email will be sent to notify you if you didn't make the cut, so get those loglines in quickly!
If you enter, please critique five other entries, so that it's fair for everyone (it's also a great learning opportunity to polish your critiquing skills before the big event). And spread the word please; the more critiques, the merrier! Let's help everyone involved get as much feedback as possible.
Good luck, everyone! Can't wait to read some more fantastic loglines.
P.S. If you're not a follower of my blog, I'd love it if you'd follow my journey and join the fun! There are several ways via the right-hand side of the screen. I try to offer open critique rounds monthly to help writers like you perfect your work. Our already amazing writing community only gets better when we help each other. :)
Friday, October 19, 2012
BD Round 2 Revised Logline #18
Original Post #36
TITLE: CATCHER'S KEEPER
GENRE: ALTERNATE HISTORICAL FICTION
December 1980. Alden and his brother feel compelled to prevent the attack on John Lennon after learning the killer was inspired by Alden’s published memoir.
BD Round 2 Revised Logline #17
Original Post #10
Title: Interwoven Deceptions
Genre: Urban Fantasy
A blind educator vows to rescue her students, kidnapped by demons, with the aid of her police detective lover and her mentor. She must also reinstate her psychic talents to travel to the demon world to restore their isolation and stop them from conquering humanity.
BD Round 2 Revised Logline #16
Original Post #14
Gail hopes her life is beginning to order itself for the better. She discovers she has parents--she gets the chance to search for them. She discovers she can control fire--she thinks she's found a support group. There's a problem, though. The Community is hardly a support group. Their plans don’t include having Talenteds like Gail becoming too friendly with the world; and their plans have powerful support.
TITLE: TALENTED
GENRE: YA light science-fiction
BD Round 2 Revised Logline #15
Original Post #35
TITLE: THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE
GENRE: Adult Fantasy
TITLE: THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE
GENRE: Adult Fantasy
Being kidnapped by the resurrected god of war and watching him raze Yemen wasn't part of Ava's 20th birthday plans. Ava’s panic is even greater than the U.N.’s. Ares mistakenly believes she has powers that will help him become Earth's only god, and intends to marry her. If he discovers she’s completely nonmagical, he'll kill her, but if she escapes, he'll kill her family.
BD Round 2 Revised Logline #14
Original Post #33
TITLE: Hunted
GENRE: YA urban fantasy
Fifteen-year-old drama queen Zuza Biss is used to making mountains out of molehills. But when she suddenly develops healing abilities and a tendency to zap people, she finds out what puberty is like for superheros. Now she's being chased by bounty hunters, intent on dragging her to another dimension. If she doesn't get the knack of controlling her powers, she'll be thrown through a portal into the hands of a criminal collector.
BD Round 2 Revised Logline #13
Original Post #13
TITLE : DIYA
GENRE: YA mystery with paranormal elements
GENRE: YA mystery with paranormal elements
Her alcoholic movie star mom provides enough drama for Diya, until her aunt's nearly killed by a weapon belonging to her crush. She faces having to turn him in, or heed his warning – that her aunt was just a pawn. Diya's the intended victim. If she rejects his protection, she'll die at the hands of the real killer, driven by it's centuries-old blood lust to destroy every last member of her Indian birth family.
BD Round 2 Revised Logline #12
Original Post #9
TITLE: Misery Loves Company
GENRE: General Fiction
When tragic events and lean times force ten year old Cotton Sparrow
and her family to take up residence in an old abandoned school bus,
she learns first-hand about poverty, hunger and hopelessness. Years
later, when a bitter Cotton returns home for her mother’s funeral, she
seeks overdue retribution against the townspeople for ignoring her
childhood plight while simultaneously recalling the harsh realities of
her mother’s untreated mental illness.
TITLE: Misery Loves Company
GENRE: General Fiction
When tragic events and lean times force ten year old Cotton Sparrow
and her family to take up residence in an old abandoned school bus,
she learns first-hand about poverty, hunger and hopelessness. Years
later, when a bitter Cotton returns home for her mother’s funeral, she
seeks overdue retribution against the townspeople for ignoring her
childhood plight while simultaneously recalling the harsh realities of
her mother’s untreated mental illness.
BD Round 2 Revised Logline #11
Original Post #40
TITLE: WildFire
TITLE: WildFire
GENRE: YA Super-Fantasy Adventure
Zina Casperelli, 16-year-old genius, decides what kind of friend she is when her newest stray – a glowing amnesiac – becomes pivotal in an ancient conflict. She's the only one who sees him as a person rather than a brutal killer or the savior of humanity, and she won't let anyone decide his fate without doing all she can to protect him
BD Round 2 Revised Logline #10
Original Post #3
TITLE: The Looking-Glass House
TITLE: The Looking-Glass House
GENRE: Literary Fiction
Cline, Texas, 1964: When a young nun becomes attracted to one of the pregnant teenage girls in her care, she must find a distraction. But uncovering a string of murders isn't what she had in mind. Now unraveling this mystery will endanger the lives of those she loves most, while bringing her closer to the one person she was trying to avoid.
BD Round 2 Revised Logline #9
Original Post #32
Title: MAKING ARRANGEMENTS
Genre: Women's Fiction
Battling cancer, Lang Ellis spent her (supposed) final year of life making sure her soon-to-be widowed husband could manage without her. Ha. After he drops dead on the tennis court, Lang, alive and well, learns one of his many secrets can cost her the most important thing she has: her family.
BD Round 2 Revised Logline #8
Original Post #19
Title: SILVER POOL OF LIGHT
Genre: MG Fantasy
Eve and Jane, eleven-year-old friends separated by a hundred years, write back and forth to each other across the centuries in a magical diary. But Jane, who dreams of leaving her Martha’s Vineyard farm, boards a whaling ship that Eve learns is doomed to disaster. Difficult choices Eve faces in the present threaten her chances of saving Jane in the past.
BD Round 2 Revised Logline #7
Title: Blame it on Meryl Streep
Genre: Women's Fiction
At age 28 Laura Sanders has never been in a relationship and given up on love. But when she watches the movie Mamma Mia she suddenly finds the perfect coach to a happier life at her side: Meryl Streep. Nobody but Laura can see and hear imaginary Meryl, but so what? Sometimes you have to lose yourself in a fantasy to fix your reality.
BD Round 2 Revised Logline #6
Original Post #4
TITLE: Savage Jungle
GENRE: MG Sci/fi
Twelve-year-old techie Kreith and his uncle are stranded in an alien jungle with some of the deadliest and most evolved animals in the universe, and when Kreith gets separated from his injured uncle, he must rely on himself to find an abandoned research facility to call for help and get them out alive.
BD Round 2 Revised Logine #5
Original Post #20
TITLE: Stairs to the Past
TITLE: Stairs to the Past
GENRE: YA
Seventeen year old Jason goes into the attic of his home and finds himself in 1876. He falls for the maid who works for the 19th century family that built his house, but struggles to understand why and how he can time travel so that he can see her whenever he wants. After several surprising revelations from his own history, he decides he was sent to save her from her employer’s treacherous son.
BD Round 2 Revised Logline #4
Original Post #29
TITLE: The Diary
GENRE: Historical Fiction
Margaret Macrae’s life is a shambles. An abuse victim falsely accused of murdering her mother, without family, money or friends, she knows nothing of her past and fears the future. When her great grandfather’s 200 year old diary mysteriously appears on Mother’s funeral table, she turns to it for answers about who she is. What she finds is a complete surprise.
BD Round 2 Revised Logline #3
Original Post #27
TITLE: Endlessly Summer
GENRE: Women's Fiction
When Kira, a lawyer, unexpectedly loses her husband in a mysterious accident, she uncovers his steamy past. As her carefully constructed world falls apart, she realizes if she doesn’t break free from the confines of the boardroom and claim her freedom on a surfboard, she’ll soon forget how to live and love after loss.
BD Round 2 Revised Logline #2
Original Post #30
TITLE: Replacement Reality
GENRE: YA light Sci-Fi/Fantasy
TITLE: Replacement Reality
GENRE: YA light Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Sam knows she should be thrilled when she wins a replacement reality, a perfect alternate life in a glittery high-tech world, but instead feels conflicted. With only four hours left until she must claim the prize she cannot refuse, Sam shifts between past reflections and the present to try to save the person she already is.
BD Round 2 Revised Logline #1
Original Post #21
TITLE: The Legacy of the Eye
GENRE: Science Fiction
On a school-planet supposed to value merit over birthright, the top graduate of the Governance program discovers that all former headmasters have been from the same lineage and that the girl he just kissed is next in line.
TITLE: The Legacy of the Eye
GENRE: Science Fiction
On a school-planet supposed to value merit over birthright, the top graduate of the Governance program discovers that all former headmasters have been from the same lineage and that the girl he just kissed is next in line.
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