Nov 6 2010
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** January, 1814 A country inn, in Surrey A shadow moved over the sheet of foolscap on the table in(…)
Oct 30 2010
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** Whirling gowns and masks flashed by, sparkling in the candlelight, a riot of sumptuous jewel-toned colour. Wide, flounced skirts(…)
Oct 26 2010
Last week, Robin wrote a great piece on the topic of originality in fiction. There are pretty much no ideas that haven’t already been expressed but the one thing that distinguishes one work of fiction from another is voice. Yet, voice is something that is hard to define. It’s ephemeral. It is, from a definitional(…)
Oct 23 2010
style=”float:right; margin:10px” Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** There was no way I could keep my eyes shut, it was almost midnight and an unsettling(…)
Oct 16 2010
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** A field mouse. She had a field mouse painted on her gas tank. The gas tank of her old green(…)
Oct 9 2010
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** My Gran claimed to be a witch, a white witch. It's true she knew a lot about herbs and(…)
Oct 7 2010
This is really a week’s worth of stuff in one post so excuse the length: Next week we are going to celebrate National Coming Out Day and the “It Get’s Better” movement started by Dan Savage: ***** With all the layoffs and downsizing, Borders has no need for the space its current headquarters offers. Thus(…)
Oct 2 2010
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** You probably think it's really cool to have a twin. It is, so don't get me wrong. I’m not(…)
Sep 25 2010
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** Matsu’s soul tore free of its human vessel. Whether severed from Chieko’s body by Hatakeyama’s sword or ripped asunder(…)
Sep 18 2010
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** There was a woman in the kitchen. Harris rubbed a hand across his jet-lagged eyes and tried to focus.(…)
Sep 11 2010
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** "Have you gone mad?" Elinor Russell stared at her brother, torn between disbelief and horror. Rupert, the Viscount Newell,(…)
Sep 4 2010
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. In exciting news, the author of The Duke of Snow and Apples reported that she participated in a blog pitch(…)
Aug 28 2010
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** The prince waited. He was, of course, in his famous castle, which surmounted a steep spur of the Labyrinthine(…)
Aug 21 2010
Welcome to First Page Saturday. Individual authors anonymously send a first page read and critiqued by the Dear Author community of authors, readers and industry others. Anyone is welcome to comment. You may comment anonymously. *** "Countdown to launch, two minutes." Damien glanced at his Tag Heuer, set the stopwatch. The parachute was comfortably heavy(…)
Aug 14 2010
“You go first.” Her voice was soft and nudging in his ear, and he recognized the sound of it immediately. Without even glancing towards his right, Christian Wallace was certain of the identity of the woman who stood there, despite not having heard Rosie Donovan’s voice in more than four years. He knew instinctively who(…)
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