literary critique

First Page: Duly Noted (working title)

First Page: Duly Noted (working title)

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. “You know that is quite impossible.” Clara Burbank declared as(…)

First Page: MY DEADLY PRINCE CHARMING

First Page: MY DEADLY PRINCE CHARMING

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. Genre:  Young Adult What do you do when the boy(…)

First Page: The Slave’s Daughter

First Page: The Slave’s Daughter

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. Genre: Historical Fiction Set at the turn of the 16th(…)

First Page: The Black Serpent

First Page: The Black Serpent

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. Blurb: Averat Garlantine, raised in staid comfort as the youngest(…)

First Page: The Risen God

First Page: The Risen God

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. “How long has Clarissa worked for you?” the woman on(…)

First Page: The Demon Woods

First Page: The Demon Woods

Welcome to First Page Sunday. 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. Blurb: Mirai was abandoned by her mother and raised by(…)

First Page: Gemma and the Earl

First Page: Gemma and the Earl

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 conversation began the same way it always did, generally(…)

First Page: Deep Blue Eyes on the Greek Isles

First Page: Deep Blue Eyes on the Greek Isles

Welcome to First Page Sunday. 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 Harvard Business School Application   Paul ended his(…)

First Page: Westward Rose

First Page: Westward Rose

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. Update: I switched out the previous first page at the(…)

First Page: New Adult

First Page: New Adult

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. Grace “How ‘bout you, Grace, who’s your perfect man?” Amy(…)

First Page: The Model Romance

First Page: The Model Romance

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. As an aside, I have a ton of these entries.(…)

First Page: Falling for the Nanny

First Page: Falling for the Nanny

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. Tyler Jefferies needed a nanny. Anger, and for the first(…)

Can’t Find My Way Home

Can’t Find My Way Home

This week I want to talk about the use of captivity in the Romance genre, but before I do, I want to clarify a couple of points that cropped up in discussion of my last post and in other discussions of the genre. In my last post, commenter Katie raised the issue of slave narratives,(…)

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. It was the most perfect of nights. There was good(…)

First Page: Resurrection

First Page: Resurrection

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. Chapter One Puna, Peru The ceiling fan had an annoying(…)