Friday 10 December 2010

Edits And Awesome

Yay it's Friday.

To celebrate the closeness of the weekend, I have some little links to spread around the blogosphere.

1. Today is Mystery Agent reveal day over on Operation Awesome. I feel like a secret Santa today (but a girl version... with prettier shoes). As well as the name of the winner of a full MS submission, we also have some other exciting news for the entrants. So feel free to hop over and check it out.
Couldn't enter this time? Not your genre? Don't despair. We are hard at work lining up some more awesome agents for next year.

2. Sticking with the awesome vibe, Katrina is holding a New Year's Revision blog party. Want to join in the fun? Pop over and add your blog to the Mr. Linky.

2. Beth Revis is holding the epic of epic contests to celebrate her debut novel, Across The Universe. I'm talking bookmarks, ARC's, watches... it is serious epicness.

3. The wonderful, soon to be published, Jessica Bell is spreading her editing awesome across the blogosphere. Is your MS is ready to send to agent? Want some professional editing before you send it? Jessica has two packages to offer you:

Copyediting, basic: 0.015 USD (or 0.013 Euro) per words in your manuscript. This includes:


•Grammar
•Spelling
•Capitalization
•Punctuation
•Usage
•Flagging repeated words and/or phrases
•Some formatting

Copyediting, heavy: 0.02 USD (or 0.018 Euro) per words in your manuscript. In addition to above, this includes:

•Wordiness, awkwardness
•Redundancy
•Transitions
•Paragraphing
•Word, phrase, and sentence flow
•Consistency of names, setting, character traits, plot points

P.S. If you'd like to enter for the chance to win a UK paperback of Matched by Ally Condie, my contest is still open until the 15th of December.

Happy Friday everyone.

14 comments:

Alex J. Cavanaugh said...

Happy Friday!
And I bet everything about you is prettier than Santa.

Jessica Bell said...

Yay! THANK YOU!!! I hope you have a wonderful weekend :o) MWAH!

Stina said...

My copy of Matched is in the mail. :D

I was just thinking about the SA contest last night. Definitely curious about the revision party. :D

Hannah said...

oooh, Thanks for all the linkage!! I may utilitze Miss Bell's expertise some time in the future.

Have a great weekend!!

Creepy Query Girl said...

lots of awesome going on! Have a great weekend!

Anonymous said...

Editing is so important. Thank God for my awesome editor. Without him I would have just another great idea poorly written in words. Have a great weekend!

Katrina L. Lantz said...

Wow, so much excitement going on today! I was totally squeeing over Beth Revis' new interchangeable cover, and then she posted that Epic Contest of Epic and I'm still floored.

Thanks for the link love! I can't wait to read the New Year's Revisions posts. I need me some new ways of looking at the process.

Speaking of which, those editing rates are incredible. Thank you for the recommendation! Happy Friday, Lindsay!

Talli Roland said...

Great round up of links!

Have a fantastic weekend. Keep warm! Have some mince pies! And mulled wine! And maybe enjoy an exclamation mark or two!!

Elana Johnson said...

Awesome stuff everywhere! Sigh. I love the blogosphere.

Chris Phillips said...

Good linkage!

Colene Murphy said...

Thanks for the links! Have a great weekend!

Shannon said...

Hi Lindsay!

Awesome links! Sorry it took me so long to get over here. And I just noticed your sidebar...you're so awesome!

Jemi Fraser said...

Thank you for all the terrific links! Enjoy the rest of the weekend :)

Vicki Rocho said...

Thanks for the links...will be checking them out. Enjoy what little is left of your weekend.