Shrinking Violet Promotions: Twitter-Dee-Dee

Shrinking Violet Promotions: Twitter-Dee-Dee

The amazing Mary Hershey and Robin LaFevers are helping us all stay connected via Twitter. Check out their wonderful list of publishing professionals who tweet.

CRITIQUING FOR A CAUSE

Author Cynthea Liu is hosting a wonderful auction for charity, raising money for a Title I school in Cynthea’s home state of Oklahoma: Tulakes Elementary. Agents, editors and writers are offering manuscript critiques, virtual author visits, marketing services, special prize packs and much, much more. Plus there are freebies just for spreading the word.

Check out Cynthea's Take the Dare: Show You Care to learn more.

Don't forget to bid on ME!

Cynthea asked, "Why do you care?"
My answer:

Books lift up the mind, and the soul.
Every child deserves free access to a variety of books, to a world beyond their own.

• Query Letter Critique from Agent Jill Corcoran, Herman Agency
• 5 Page MG Critique from Agent Jill Corcoran, Herman Agency
• 5 Page YA Critique from Agent Jill Corcoran, Herman Agency

Auction closes July 8, 2009.

NJ SCBWI AGENT PANEL

Tara Lazar posted a wonderful summary of last week's NJ SCBWI Agent's Panel featuring:

• Jill Corcoran, Herman Agency Inc.
• Jenni Ferrari-Adler, Brick House Literary Agents
• Rachel Orr, Prospect Agency
• Scott Treimel, Sc@tt Teimel NY
• Emily van Beek, Pippin Properties
• Marietta Zacker, Nancy Gallt Literary Agency

Enjoy!

NJ SCBWI EDITORS & AGENTS GENRE PREFERENCES VIA WRITER GIRL

Check out Colleen Rowan Kosinski's Blog 'genres of interest' list for editors and agents who attended last weekend's NJ SCBWI.

Your chances of success are greatly increased by correctly targeting your submissions so take heed and keep watching for Colleen's Writer Girl blog updates.

CHERYL KLEIN'S DEFINITION OF YA LIT

Read. Digest. Contemplate. Discuss.