I attended a virtual writing workshop last weekend in which there was a panel of agents providing feedback on a random selection of first pages anonymously submitted by attendees. It provided a fascinating (yet also terrifying) vision of how agents … Continue reading
by Debbie Burke @burke_writer Good morning, TKZers, and welcome to another Brave Author who submitted the first page of a domestic thriller entitled A Jealous God. Please enjoy then we’ll discuss. ~~~ Alice 1979 Preacher Gilroy slammed a fist … Continue reading
Happy Monday! Today’s first page critique is for a novel entitled 00 Miles in My Shoes: The Meaning of Life – which is certainly an intriguing title! My comments follow and, as always, I look forward to everyone’s feedback on … Continue reading
by Debbie Burke @burke_writer Today, let’s welcome another Brave Author who submitted a first page for feedback and suggestions. The genre is Private Eye Mystery. Please enjoy reading then we’ll discuss. They Call it Street Justice I parked at … Continue reading
Happy snowy Monday! Today’s first page critique is for a submission entitled The Trouble with Vivian and it’s a hard boiled mystery – a quick disclaimer, I am by no means a hard-boiled mystery aficionado, so I will be looking … Continue reading
Critiqued by Elaine Viets Gather ’round, readers, and make sure the lights are on. Today, we’re critiquing a “murder ghost story,” a first page critique by a brave anonymous author. Read it first, and then I’ll discuss it. Here … Continue reading
By PJ Parrish Thanks to my dad, I was really into woo-woo stuff as a kid. But back then, we didn’t have a whole genre to ourselves like they do today — YA vampires, urban fantasy, speculative fiction, you name … Continue reading
Another brave writer submitted their first page for critique. My comments/suggestions will follow. Enjoy! Expendable Prologue Kate turned right onto her parent’s street only to find a street jammed with police cars. A cacophony of lights, flashing red and blue, … Continue reading
Happy Monday! Today’s first page critique is for a dystopian YA novel entitled JANE UNKNOWN. This page provides a very atmospheric start to a novel that I’m hoping contains lots of witchcraft! My comments follow. Enjoy! February 24, 1692 On top … Continue reading
By PJ Parrish I think we’re stepping back in time with today’s First Pager. Back to an era when men were right gees, women were dames, a gun was a gat, but cigar was always just a cigar. And the … Continue reading