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January 31, 2008 | How coolio is THAT?, Life in General, The 4-1-1 on Me, contests

They’re going to announce the prize winners tomorrow and I just got an email today announcing that they’ve whittled the finalists down to 41 people.

Guess who’s on the list?

THAT WOULD BE ME!!! AAAAAHHHHH!

There are only three placings and here’s what you get:

Grand Prize: A comprehensive editorial evaluation of the complete manuscript, followed by a line-edit of the entire manuscript by Renni Browne. If the winning manuscript does not already have a literary agent, it will be entered into our Agent Matchmaking program.

2nd Prize: A coaching line-edit of the first 50 pages, which includes hands-on editing and polishing of a writer’s style with attention to quality and flow of narrative voice, dialogue, proportion, mechanics and overall readability.

3rd Prize: A query and synopsis critique or a critique of the first 10 manuscript pages.

Although it would be nice to win the Grand Prize, I would be just as happy with third. Wish me luck!

Posted by Celise @ 6:38 pm | Criticisms

January 25, 2008 | How coolio is THAT?, Life in General

If you wanna do some fun on a rainy day? Check out the Phoenix Comic Con. Meet comic book writers, illustrators, and some famous movie stars like Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Wil Wheaton (Star Trek), and Lou Ferrigno (the orginal Incredible Hulk) shop for comic books, toys and plenty of anime.

No, I won’t be selling my books there. I don’t think my books would fit amongst all that stuff. Tonight is the preview night, but the best day will be Saturday.

My husband’s group, the 501st Dune Sea Garrison will have a booth there.

If you see Darth Maul? Yeah, that’s my husband. Yes, he really shaved his head. No, the horns aren’t real. Yes, he puts the make-up on himself.

Oh, and that woman you see walking around dressed as Storm from X-Men? That’ll be me.

This should be fun.

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Posted by Celise @ 6:09 pm | 2 Criticisms

January 21, 2008 | How coolio is THAT?, The 4-1-1 on Me

A week ago today, I was notifed that I am one of 28 authors being profiled in The Brown Bookshelf’s 28 Days Later campaign next month. My day is Feb 26th and I’ll be sharing it with fellow author Shane Evans (When Harriet Met Sojourner). How coolio is that? February is Black History Month, so I feel very honored to be on this list.

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Posted by Celise @ 8:30 am | Criticisms

January 9, 2008 | Calendar of Events, How coolio is THAT?, In the News, The 4-1-1 on Me

If you’re in the neigborhood, HOLLA!

I’ll be reading an excerpt from DA Book One at:

Unlimited Coffee
741 N Glendale
Phx, AZ
Friday, Jan 11
7:30pm
Admission is FREE!

I will be joined by 7 other artists. Each performance is 5 mins long (max).

This event is hosted by Monsoon Voices Live Literary Magazine and is a spoken word, poetry, prose and song event. They are seeking poets, writers, and musicians who express new and different perspectives, comfort in exploring the uncomfortable, and reverence for life. If you would like to be considered please contact Traci Dauncey at monsoonvoices@cox.net

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Posted by Celise @ 10:30 am | Criticisms