I write for children and adults in poetry, short stories, picture books, and novel formats (well, one novel mostly. The Novel that Never Ends.) I am keenly interested in speculative fiction and fantasy. I am very reliable and seasoned when it comes to critique, and I won’t give you huge chunks to read in return (at least not right away!)

I am a very social writer – I get turned on creatively by chatting, commiserating, and brainstorming with other writers. I am looking for witty, quirky, creative people who like to talk about their creative projects.
Ideally I’d like to match up with folks who write for all ages, but what’s most important to me is personality.

Prospective partners should be addicted to the internet and instantaneously available for banter and idea-swapping (haha-telepathy helps!)

If you’d like to chat, please drop me a comment at ladytairngire [at] livejournal [dot] com

Cheers – Lady T.

I’m in the middle of an edgy mystery YA about boy cousins who discover more of murky lineage than they should’ve known–and have to stay alive long enough to understand why they are who they are. But it’s still heavy in the revision process, so if a crit partner’s willing to work with me through its zygotic/tadpolish stages, that’d be great. I’m using this novel as a springboard for another book idea which I’d like to develop into a dystopian series, but lghtened with humor, puns, romance, sex (yes, the S-E-X word!–but done tastefully (thanks, Piers Anthony) *smile*). My other project’s an MG urban fantasty that too, might become a series, but I’m limiting this to three books, I think. This too, is in its first draft stage, but half completed.

Bit about me: I’ve edited for a vanity/self-pub house (which from this end of things as a writer, NEVER go this route unless you know 10,000 friends to sell your book to), hold two edit credits for a book published in the UK, edited for my college’s literary review board and have been in critique groups since the early 90s. I’ve been writing all my life and am a stay-at-home homeschooling mom as well as run a small fitness business. Between homeschooling an almost 13 yo, running a household with 2 dogs and a cat in it, as well as caring for my fitness and its business skeins, you can appreciate why I’m halfway through my projects, so please be patient with me regarding ideas. I’m also a mostly self-taught writer, have attended conferences but am real choosy which to go to. My dream conference: a retreat/boot camp that’ll push my imagination to its limits and force me to write past what’s easy, simple or conventional. With my current YA, I *might* have created my own niche market for YA boy MCs interested in uncovering mysteries that aren’t oozing Scooby-Doo or have a lot of squeamish girls in it. Think younger versions of Sean McNamara/Tommy Gavin/Christian Troy as these male MCs–and ruggedly cute handing uncomfortable themes, too. I’m okay with this angle of storytelling: how do kids, especially boys, deal with issues mostly left for girls to be empowered on the other side of it? Don’t boys get this same empowerment, too? Shouldn’t they too?

I’m currently in a fabulous crit group with a mix of published, agented and verge-of-published authors as well as newbies, and I’m looking for that one–or two, three or four, max–writing pal(s) that’ll tell it like it is but not be weird about things if I vent a spleen once in a while over what you said (I know, I know, we’re s’posed to “chin up” and grow a skin, but I defy ANYONE here to tell me they’ve never screamed at their doctors when a contraction hit or went crazy with pain over a toothache and didn’t let the whole world know about it) and you won’t not just hate me for it, but tell me, “hey, buck up, that’s what you signed up for, you’re talented, but it’s not enough, girlie, so stop sniveling!” In other words, one of my strengths, I’m told, is subtlety in context. A HUGE weakness: verbosity. I do very well with covert content in overt “hidden in plain sight” content, as it were and I didn’t know I had this ability until someone pointed it out to me. That said, my current crit group tends to skim this aspect of my writing and suggests their voice in place of mine, changing its meaning altogether. That’s a frustrating drag, as you can imagine.

I’d consider myself an intermediate writer–have the basics down solid, tight in syntax and writers essentials–but I’d love to find someone who can tell me straight what works, my strengths/weaknesses and why something does or doesn’t move them.

I can get back your chapters of a YA/MG 1-2 weeks, or a completed/WIP MS in 2-4 mos. time, if preferred. If I’m invited to a group, I’ll have to see how that dynamic fits in a schedule, and I can take it from there. My feedback’s firm, hard but fair; I go with the positive sandwich. Sometimes, however, there’s positive in all negatives, and if I can’t find something redeeming of the MS, I’ll most definitely state the letdown as gently as I’m able to.

That’s enough from me. Sorry for this being longer than I’d intended. Appreciate your time, Readers, thanks so much! My e-mail is ghosthawke at gmail dot com.

I am a copy editor, so I can provide help with grammar and syntax.

When reviewing a manuscript, I use Word’s tracked changes to provide comments, critique, and grammatical fixes. In exchange, I’m interested in someone who can also provide detailed commentary, with specific emphasis on identifying potential problems with voice, flow, and believability (which is sorta funny, considering there are fantastical elements involved)…basically everything. I don’t need grammatical guidance or copy editing unless it’s a blaring problem/typo I’ve missed.

Looking forward to connecting with you. I’m Jenn: somberbee /at/ gmail dot com.

I tend to give detailed critiques that let the writer know what I’m thinking at points throughout the story as well as more traditional grammar/plot stuff. I am looking for someone who can also give detailed critiques.

Please email me at ANPietruszewski at gmail dot com.

I sent you an email and would be interested in partnering. Check your inbox and let me know!

Thanks
Carolyn

If you need a critiqueR, though, I am more than happy to help! Please know that I am a teenager so would be a great candidate for reading YA or MG if you’re looking for your target audience’s opinion. I keep up with my email well and respond to most emails in less than 24 hours and would prefer to critique by a few chapters/pages rather than the whole manuscript. I regard myself as a tough critiquer, but I promise you that you can disregard some of what I say if you don’t agree. I look forward to hearing from you!

I’m currently working on a YA dystiopian that I’m in the stages of revising and would love feedback. Its about a world where everyone literally follows his or her moral compass, and one boy will go against his to get the girl he loves.

I best communicate through e-mail and I’m open to exchanging chapters or full manuscripts to anyone interested and who also writes YA.

E-mail is: settle.nicole at gmail dot com

Interested in looking at essentially any YA/MG, except ‘edgy’ YA. Would enjoy any synopsis e-mailed to me. rmlinke(at)comcast(dot)net

The novel I have written is a 78,000 word YA (light fantasy), the first in a series of five, and I would love any critique. I am currently in a re write after getting some editorial help, but I can send either a few chapters or the whole thing. The book chronicles the adventures of a 16 yr. old boy and girl (twins), in a world of my own design, blended with elements of traditional Tolkien folklore, with a heavy environmental theme (In a former life, I was a zookeeper, conservation is just in my nature).