Seekerville: The Journey Continues

 Oops, forgot to post up the intro for this, my bad! 

Some of you know the drill... in case you don't, we keep it simple.

We are offering an absolutely free critique of your snippet.

You post a page or a concept or something not too long... and we'll tell you what we think based on our combined years of experience and the publishing market as we know it.

Fear not! 

I'm probably the only Meany-Pants among the Seekers... :) 

And even I'm not all that bad.

So get your postings ready and upload them and let the fun begin!

Enter your posting (and yes, sure, you can offer insight/explanation, too) in the comments section!

Ruthy

 GOOD MORNING!

For those of you who are new, today is a day when you can post a small part of your work, an opening or a page or two and (GULP!) we'll tell you what we think!

Feel free to give us a little explanation in your comment.... but it's okay if you don't do that, too. Sometimes writers feel the need to over-explain!

We're all on deadlines so we'll be back and forth today... and this is Ruthy, we're planting on the farm, so if you have to wait a little bit, that's okay... have some tea. Grab some coffee, eat a doughnut...

IT IS NATIONAL DOUGHNUT DAY!!!! Also spelled NATIONAL DONUT DAY!!!!!!

:)

We're looking forward to seeing what you've got! 

Okay, guys, some of you know the drill:

You post a few paragraphs/a page in the comments and we lovingly rip it apart.

Sound fun?????

BIG SMILE HERE!

Well, that's kind of a stretch, some of us are very nice, some of us are barely human, but what we want and long for is your success as an author/writer/storyteller.

We'll offer advice...

And you decide to take it or leave it.

But every book, every story, every novella begins with an idea that needs to be fleshed out and unforgettable characters.

That's what you want to strive for: People who tug the heart for good or evil and a story that stands the test of time.

So polish things up, you can give us an intro (especially helpful if these aren't opening lines) and post it here, today and let the games begin!

But in the meantime, darlings, if you want to be a writer, there are no secrets. None. Not one. No short cuts, either.

If you want to be a writer, you need to write.

And that's the bottom line.

Good morning, Seekerville!!!!

And happy writing!

The Seekers began as fifteen wannabe authors who forged a bond back in 2004 and 2005 to begin a group, an online loop, to pray one another into publication by a royalty paying publisher... They accomplished that goal in a very competitive business, a business with only so many slots open annually in traditional publishing, and they did it together... and they're still helping others.

Because they believe that there's room for all of us, that limits are self-inflicted and that (especially now with indie publishing) that authors should work hard and reach for the stars... but they promise you that the work comes first! 

Blue Moon Mondays are breaks in our schedule where we have an extra Monday to be filled with either critiques or guests, but we love, love, love working with authors.

So jump in!

The water's fine.

OPEN CRITIQUE DAY!!!!!

Hey, if you know the drill, then you're prepared to have some fun today...

If you don't, here's the skinny:

Once in a while we have an Open Critique Day. It's a day for you to share a blurb of your story with us and we will descend en masse and tear it to shreds.

It's what we do.

But we'll do it NICELY, so you have to look beyond the "nice" and get to the nitty gritty of the advice, then pick what you want to use... and scrap the rest.

At least temporarily scrap it, you may find yourself coming right back to that bit of advice in a month or six months on 2021...

And a light bulb clicks on and you say OH MY STARS!!!! (or an equivalent thereof) and all of a sudden you remember that criticism and/or advice and you realize this...

THIS!

Is what that author meant about organic roots or root canals or dangling modifiers or gerunds (listen, I don't know what half this stuff is, either, it's why I don't read craft books... I just write. And I read. And I copy smart people. Then I write some more.)

But that light bulb moment is huge.

So leave your opening or smidge or tagline below, whatever you'd like us to look at. Keep it to about a page... no whole chapters, please, darlings.

And let's chat how we polish, preen and persevere!

Ruthy

NOTE: The Seekers formed a group fifteen years ago, a group of fifteen authors who devoted themselves to writing and praying each other into publication and the current Seekers want to do the same for you... Publishing can be a rough business, but with love and support we can build one another into the writers we want to be!