Thursday, September 1, 2011

On Finding Critique Partners

I have one more chapter to write of Dark Waters and I'm finished writing it. I'm currently going through the first phase of editing and expect to be done with that next week sometime.

But, as it's all coming together beautifully, I'd really like to get input from other writers. I had a couple critique partners with my last novel, New Hope, and they were absolutely invaluable. However, because Dark Waters is in a completely different genre (not Christian market and it's YA) I find myself with only one critique partner. She is my best friend who also writes and she's loving the story so far, but I found last time that more than one opinion was a smart idea. 

So, to my writer friends in the blog world, where does a YA paranormal writer go to connect with other YA paranormal writers willing to be critique partners? Thanks in advance for your input! 


9 comments:

  1. I don't know where you go to look but I would happily do it. I did creative writing at uni so became very used to critiquing people's work, and I love YA and paranormal and consider myself an 'unofficial' expert, seeing as I do write it myself. :) I also have the next couple of weeks free, so I've got plenty of time to spare. And I'm neither rude nor mean, though I am tactfully honest, which I think helps! Have a look at my blog and see my thoughts on writing to help you decide.

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  2. I feel your pain, Rachel! My only offer so far comes from my mom, and I fear she's more than a little biased lol. Not sure if you've heard of this website, or if it's any good, but thought I would send you the link: http://www.ladieswhocritique.com/ Best of luck, and way to go(!) for finishing up your story!

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  3. Thanks Charlotte! I'll head over there! Nice to meet you!

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  4. Jaime, My mom was one of my beta readers for my last novel, but she can't read this one. I've told her little bits and pieces as I wrote it and she said it's too scary for her. Funny, my ten year old read a piece of it while I was writing and she had a nightmare that night that a girl was pulling her down into the water. The next day we went swimming in the lake and it took her a little while to actually get into the water. :)

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  5. PS, I should probably add that the bottom pictures are not mine. But their pretty awesome huh? :)

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  6. Love the pictures- they make me very intrigued to read your book! And it's nice to meet you too- thanks for commenting on my blog. :) My offer is 100% genuine btw, so let me know what you decide. (Sorry if that last bit sounded at all pushy in any way, I promise it wasn't meant to!)

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  7. Charlotte, I emailed you to double check if that's the correct email to send it to. :)

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  8. Jamie Morrow gave you the name of a great site you can use to connect with outer writers. http://www.ladieswhocritique.com/ In addition, I'd be happy to take a look if you still need someone. I mostly write YA Speculative Fiction, but I've got one or two YA paranormals hidden on my hard drive just waiting to see the light of day :)

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