Dec 19 2009
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. *** Kira Talbot fought the rising tide of nausea. It funneled dark fingers into her vision, shrinking her sight into [...]
Dec 12 2009
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. *** On Padua Lane, they still talk about the night that Kate Minola kicked her cheating husband to the curb-’according [...]
Dec 5 2009
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. Note: This first page has graphic sexual elements. *** The rain was always sensual to Grace Parson. It was the [...]
Nov 28 2009
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. Warning: This first page contains graphic sexual situations. *** Teddy Wilson was in Man-Heaven. The ex-world champion boxer-turned-music mogul was [...]
Nov 21 2009
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. *** Tarnished Rap-tap-tapping at the chamber door is never a good thing. It usually means the failsafes have, well, failed. [...]
Nov 14 2009
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. *** It had been two years, eight months and twenty-three days since Ella Lucas had last done the horizontal rumba. [...]
Nov 7 2009
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. *** "Em? Emily, is that you?’ Emily Standish sat down hard on the little wooden chair with its faded floral [...]
Oct 31 2009
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. *** Fate had painted a bull’s-eye on my back. The ironic thing, I didn’t believe in fate or karma before [...]
Oct 24 2009
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. *** Maddie flicked over the page of a dog-eared graphic spy thriller and burrowed deeper in her office chair, her [...]
Oct 17 2009
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. *** "Shit." Andy’s voice was in a pitch that would rival that of a dog whistle. She had rounded the [...]
Oct 10 2009
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 phone rang. Swan Shreve ignored it, and continued to flip through files in the black, metal file cabinet [...]
Oct 3 2009
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. *** Staring at the bread knife she held in her hand, Angie wondered how long it would take her to [...]
Sep 26 2009
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. *** Jonah was late. Three minutes late, by the somber reckoning of the Trinity Church clock. Two, by his reliable [...]
Sep 22 2009
The good news is that I didn’t have to have a root canal. Instead my tooth is cracked and needs a cap. The bad news is that if the temporary crown doesn’t alleviate my problems, I’ll have to have that root canal. In other publishing news, Ballantine has bought Jenny Sanford’s memoir. As much as [...]
Sep 22 2009
Lambda Literary Awards have redefined its focus: The Lambda Literary Foundation (LLF) seeks to elevate the status of openly gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people throughout society by rewarding and promoting excellence among LGBT writers who use their work to explore LGBT lives. As such, it should be noted that the Lambda Literary Awards [...]
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