Birds of Paradise

Check out my friend Kathy's new book!

We were in a writing group way back when in Plymouth, and I remember when this full fledged and amazing novel was a collection of intriguing vignettes.

Now look at it:

There's a great article about Kathy here. Check it out!

101 is Wonderful Contest!

Well! As you might have noticed, I have 101 followers in the little box to the left there.

Honestly, I can't believe it. I feel like such a blog baby. I know nothing of the customs of this strange and wonderful land. I just put one post in front of the other and gaze about me at all the cool people and things.

Seriously, though, the online writing community is an awesome one, and I have learned so much from y'all.

I thought I'd try a little contest to celebrate (and to thank you) With real prizes and everything.

Here are the prizes:

1) A critique of the first 101 pages of your manuscript. I am not a professional editor, but I can certainly give you a fresh (and critical) set of eyes and typed one-page+ critique.

2) $10 gift card for iTunes so that you can buy yourself a couple of one-hit-wonders to celebrate.

3) 100 (X3) yards of pure Icelandic yarn from my alter-ego at Maggie's Farm.

How might such abundance be yours?

Here's how it works:

Add the first 101 words of your manuscript into the comments section of this post by April 15th I will use a random number generator to choose three winners.

It should be fun to share, and I hope-- in blog hop fashion-- you might stop in and visit the authors of your favorites.

You don't have to be a follower to win (though of course, it'd be appreciated) and you don't have to post about the contest (but again, that'd be super nice of you)

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