literary critique

First Page: Blueprint

First Page: Blueprint

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First Page: Undertow

First Page: Undertow

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 can submit your own First Page using this form. The air was a tangible thing, snaking along his skin,(…)

First Page: Tentative Title – Unfamiliar Turf

First Page: Tentative Title – Unfamiliar Turf

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 can submit your own First Page using this form. CHRIST Almighty, I was bored out of my mind. The(…)

First Page: Refugee

First Page: Refugee

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First Page: Having It All

First Page: Having It All

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 can submit your own First Page using this form. Wearing only a red lace thong, Alison Giancarlo slid through(…)

First Page: Death Wish

First Page: Death Wish

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 can submit your own First Page using this form. I rolled my shoulders and assessed the wraith in front(…)

First Page: Angel of the City

First Page: Angel of the City

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 can submit your own First Page using this form. Freedom breeds uncertainty; uncertainty invites chaos. The phrase comes to(…)

First Page: Unpublished manuscript

First Page: Unpublished manuscript

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 can submit your own First Page using this form. Parklane Medical Center was a hot bed for gossip and(…)

First Page: The Jane Austen Project

First Page: The Jane Austen Project

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 can submit your own First Page using this form. They had warned us that we might feel strange at(…)

First Page: Out of Time

First Page: Out of Time

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 can submit your own First Page using this form. London—September 1, 1861 Agent Julia Richardson prided herself on her(…)

First Page: More Than Meets the Eye

First Page: More Than Meets the Eye

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First Page: Snowbound

First Page: Snowbound

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First Page: A New Sky : Page 1

First Page: A New Sky : Page 1

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First Page: The Sweet Science

First Page: The Sweet Science

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 can submit your own First Page using this form. Lillian stared at her waist-length mass of hair in the(…)

First Page: Immortal Gambler (unpublished manuscript)

First Page: Immortal Gambler (unpublished manuscript)

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 can submit your own First Page using this form. Immortal Gambler: Blurb   Ariel: Ariel is broke, in debt(…)