Monday, October 21, 2013

Don’t Miss The Writers Helping Writers AMAZING RACE!

Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi at Writers Helping Writers (formerly The Bookshelf Muse) have added two more books to their Descriptive Thesaurus Collection: The Positive Trait Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Attributes and The Negative Trait Thesaurus: A Writer's Guide to Character Flaws. To celebrate, they are hosting a race, and not just any old race, either. It's the...

 
Writing is hard, isn't it? Create the perfect hook. Make your first page compelling. Craft an amazing 25 word pitch. Knock out a query that will blow an agent's mind. On and on it goes. And sometimes, well, you just wish someone would help.

WISH NO MORE!

From October 21st until October 27th, Writers Helping Writers is posting an OPEN CALL for writers. You can fill out a form, requesting help with critiques, book visibility, social media sharing, blog diagnostics, advice and more.

An army of Amazing Racers are standing by (ME INCLUDED!) waiting to help with your submissions. How many people can we help in a week? Let's find out! Did I mention there are Celebrity Racers too--amazing authors and editors who know their way around a first page. Maybe one of them will pick your submission to help with!

Each day this week, there's an AMAZING giveaway, too. So stop in at Angela & Becca's new Writers Helping Writers website and find out how to take advantage of this unique, pay-it-forward event for writers. I'll see you there! 


39 comments:

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

i will definitely check it out! Especially if today's W4WS has a huge impact.

Elizabeth Spann Craig said...

I'm part of this event, too, and looking forward to it!

Natalie Aguirre said...

I'm helping too. Glad so many of us are supporting Angela and Becca!

Old Kitty said...

What a great event - thank you!!! Good luck to everyone entering - off to check out these forms!

Take care
x

Jemi Fraser said...

Alex - Becca & Angela are awesome!

Elizabeth and Natalie - awesome!! See you there :)

Old Kitty - thanks!

Stina said...

I'm looking forward to it, especially since I'm also part of it.

Nicole Zoltack said...

I'm so excited to take part.

L. Diane Wolfe said...

I saw that Elizabeth and Stina were participating. They are both great resources.

Jemi Fraser said...

Stina - yay! It'll be great!

Nicole - me too - it's a fantastic idea!

Diane - you're so right! They're great people!

DMS said...

What an amazing event! So cool! Thanks for sharing- I am off to tweet about it. :)
~Jess

Jemi Fraser said...

Thanks Jess! It is an awesome event! :)

klahanie said...

Hi human, Jemi,

I don't consider writing hard at all. Okay, typing with paws can be a bit difficult. Imagine typing with mittens on.

Have fun with the amazing race. No doubt, it will be fulfilling and encouraging for all the rest involved.

Pawsitive wishes,

Penny the Jack Russell dog and modest internet superstar! :)

LD Masterson said...

I'm definitely heading that way.

Michelle Wallace said...

I've seen this popping up today all over the blogosphere... it's such a great initiative!
Writer In Transit

Jemi Fraser said...

Thanks Penny! I'm always impressed by how well you manage with those paws of yours! It's been a lot of fun helping out other folks so far - looking forward to more tonight :)

Linda - yay!!

Michelle - Angela & Becca are awesome!!

Romance Book Haven said...

I will be checking this out, thanks Jemi!

Nas

Jemi Fraser said...

Thanks Nas!! :)

Anonymous said...

I've been seeing this today while catching up on blog comments. It looks like an awesome event.

Jemi Fraser said...

Medeia - it really is! Becca & Angela are great! :)

DEZMOND said...

oooh,we do love well organized armies :)

Jemi Fraser said...

Dezzy - and this is exactly that! :)

Unknown said...

This is awesome! Thanks for posting this! I'm checking it out now!

Jemi Fraser said...

Clarissa - you're welcome! It's been terrific!

Anonymous said...

I'm way behind on my blog reading, so I'm just now getting to this post. Sounds like a great event. Thanks for sharing about it.

Jemi Fraser said...

Susanne - you're welcome! Angela & Becca always have such brilliant ideas! :)

Beth said...

I haven't entered their contest, and I must do it! Thanks for the reminder.

Jemi Fraser said...

Beth - you're welcome! It's been fun helping out other authors - learning from it too :)

A said...

Sounds like an awesome idea Jemi!

Jemi Fraser said...

It is Agnes - so many generous people! :)

Laura S. said...

That sounds fun! Congrats to Angela and Becca!

Happy reading and writing! from Laura Marcella @ Wavy Lines

Jemi Fraser said...

Laura - they are truly amazing ladies! :)

Missed Periods said...

I just read about this on Kelly Polark's blog. It's quite wonderful of them to do.

Jemi Fraser said...

MP - I agree! Becca & Angela are 2 amazing ladies! :)

Nas said...

Sounds awesome. Will definitely be checking this out!

Jemi Fraser said...

Thanks Nas!! :)

Kelly Steel said...

I will check this out! Thanks Jemi!

Jemi Fraser said...

Kelly - you're very welcome :)

Cynthia Chapman Willis said...

Wow, this sounds incredible. Thank you for sharing, Jemi, and participating. It is wonderful the way Becca & Angela and many others help to support writers along a journey than can be quite challenging.

Jemi Fraser said...

Cynthia - It was a lot of fun! Becca & Angela are fantastic!! :)