Comments on: Presents Writing Competition

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:42:08 +0000

Thanks Chris. Hope you find it useful. 🙂

By: chrissmith17a

chrissmith17a — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:00:17 +0000

Jackie – You really are one of nature’s teachers!
Achievement 1: I found my way to the January archives and pull out synopses/chapters/comments from the competition (and I find the Harlequin website comparable to the library/maze in The Name of the Rose – think it’s a secret IQ test which I usually manage to fail…).
Achievement 2: your additional editorial comments are on your Feb 20th blog! And I now see that you have written loads of other comments in the days surrounding that.
I’m off to get a cup of tea and attempt to digest all of this!
Thanks again! - Chris

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:37:36 +0000

Chris, I fear the librarian in me has failed! I should organise my blog a bit better eh? 🙂 Look at the archives by month, the feedback is in Feb.
Give Modern a go eh? Never hurts to try something different! And the Romance and Modern Heat voice is somewhat similiar I have heard – apart from the sexy bits of course. 😉

By: chrissmith17a

chrissmith17a — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 06:05:14 +0000

Jackie – please don’t ever let the librarian in you ever wither away when you are published and famous! (in fact, I do hope one will feature as one of your heroines??) I would have eventually discovered by general chatter that a competition was on the horizon – but your blog gave me a head start. Although my wip is for the Romance line (pink ones in the UK), it has got me wondering whether to have a stab at Modern, for the heck of it. You have got my thoughts whirring, anyway!
Congrats that you are already ineligible to enter! Could you give a clue as to where approx in your archives your previous feedback is posted, please? I’ve tried following the label ‘contests’ back in time, but whatever I did, didn’t work.
Thanks again – Chris

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:27:27 +0000

Cheers, Lorraine! 🙂

By: Lorraine

Lorraine — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:52:30 +0000

Great summary Jackie 🙂

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:04:46 +0000

You’ve got till November, Suzanne, so there’s no particular rush. Good luck with the NWS one!

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:51:34 +0000

Thanks for another brilliant and helpful post, Jackie.

I'm itching to get started on something for this...but want to get my NWS ms sent off first.

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:50:21 +0000

Cheers Lacey – well do you think you’d have a chapter by November? If you think you would, just do it. Nothing to lose eh?

Thanks Becca! Different can be good. And yes, inspiration is what it’s all about.

By: Becca J. Heath

Becca J. Heath — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:47:16 +0000

I love your posts Jackie!

I've been inspired to think about the contest. It's not where I usually write but I've had a ball playing with a 'different' idea. I'm pretty sure it will end up nothing like a MH but if it's inspiring it's all good i think.

=)