Tag: first chapters
member name: Dale C.
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November 29, 2007 10:48 AM EST --
With the first round of the Crime contest a little more than half over, I just want to give contestants and readers a little perspective on what this contest is all about. This is the third contest . . .
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April 29, 2007 12:20 AM EDT --
For those of you still following the First Chapters contest, I went through around 10:45 on the last night of the second round and simply recorded the average rating and number of votes for the 20 . . .
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August 26, 2007 09:25 PM EDT --
I've been thinking about how I'm going to approach the job of going through the entries starting tomorrow and doing my little part to make sure the best entries make it to the next round. . . .
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March 29, 2007 09:23 AM EDT --
You've read a lot of First Chapters. What turns you off about an entry? What are the most common errors or problems you see? What do you find yourself telling people over and over . . .
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June 03, 2007 06:40 PM EDT --
The First Chapters Cantest was a Zero Sum game for the most part. Twenty people out of 2000 or more got to the second round. Everyone else lost. Some of us did find . . .
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August 23, 2007 01:30 PM EDT --
This thread should give First Chapters people an unofficial common area to put brief (hopefully no more than a paragraph or two) descriptions of their entries, along with a link to the entry. Think . . .
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August 23, 2007 01:45 PM EDT --
This article is intended as just a place to gather and chat about the contest. A lot of us are going to obsess about it a bit over the next several weeks. Our spouses, kids, friends, and . . .
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September 17, 2007 10:38 AM EDT --
You hear them in front of you or close behind you. Steady. Confident. Like a machine.
Step, step. “I can do this forever. Can you?”
Step, step. “I’m . . .
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September 24, 2007 10:58 AM EDT --
Sharon kept her face impassive. “West? Related to Sister West?”
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November 11, 2007 07:22 PM EST --
The dream felt solid. The night breeze felt right. The touch of Char's bare feet on the ground, the . . .
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November 13, 2007 10:14 AM EST --
This is a thread designed to help us Crime Contest people get to know each other. It's unofficial, just like everything else in First Chapters Lounge. If you feel comfortable with posting . . .
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December 13, 2007 12:16 AM EST --
Sheriff Francine Hart saw the coroner heading out the door of the Davis farmhouse as she got to the head of the basement stairs. “Weren’t going to . . .
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May 02, 2007 09:50 AM EDT --
Here are the ratings for the 10 semi-finalists in the First Chapters competition approximately 24 hours after the third round started. Astroturf comments are probably from friends of the author. . . .
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May 05, 2007 12:06 PM EDT --
It's a whole new contest after the latest fraud sweep at around 10:30 Central Saturday morning. Everyone went up this time, with some entries going up a lot more than others
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May 12, 2007 11:56 AM EDT --
I originally wrote the following article for the Fantasy Amateur Press Association (FAPA) a group of about three dozen members of science fiction fandom, some published authors and some not. I . . .
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September 01, 2007 01:00 PM EDT --
In the original First Chapters contest I did several reviews in stream-of-consciousness style. I just opened NotePad in a window and read the entry, writing down whatever reaction I had as I was . . .
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March 19, 2007 10:24 AM EDT --
A lot of us have gone through our two week viewing period or about to wind it up. I'm interested in how other contestants experienced the contest. How did it feel as your ratings bounced . . .
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March 26, 2007 10:19 AM EDT --
A lot of us are waiting around for the First Chapters contest results to be announced. I had an idea that might help us pass the time and maybe help our writing a bit too. It's called . . .
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April 04, 2007 12:01 PM EDT --
Most of us received the letter from gather.com telling us basically that (a) we didn't make the final 20, and (b) they will do this again. I know most of us are tired and disappointed. . . .
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August 23, 2007 01:39 PM EDT --
This is a thread designed to help us Romance writers get to know each other. If you feel comfortable with posting here, feel free to tell us a little about any or all of the following:
your writing . . .
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