We’re here, we’re here! How’s everyone in MyBookTherapy land? We got into a busy crunch and figured y’all could use a break from our relentless blogging. There’s tons of good stuff on the site to review if you’re new to the community! Well, Susie had a fun weekend in Minneapolis with long time friends, then last night attended the IJM dinner in same city. Her hubby came along for the event and they are spending some quality time together. IJM is International Justice Mission focusing on human rights abuse, specifically human trafficking. Susie’s latest book, Wiser Than Serpents, deals with this issue. Be sure to add it to your summer reading list. While we don’t want to write agenda fiction, stories are a great venue for raising social awareness. She’ll […]
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Oh Where, are her Eyebrows? (Sung to the tune of “Hairbrush” by Larry the Cucumber)
Okay – this is for all those teenage angst moments — I’m a covergirl! *grin* If you want, go listen to the interview, and then FOR SURE go sign up for the FIGHT FOR JUSTICE IJM dinner/contest. (sorry, travel not provided. BUT, FUN is !!) Okay, back to our regularly scheduled programming….
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We had so many wonderful HOOK ‘em Dano entries (a number of people sent them right to my email (booktherapy@susanmaywarren.com). So, our team of Agents are still narrowing down the pack – look for the winner on tomorrow’s blog!! Thank you all who entered! Rachel and Susie
Read the RestAnnouncing The First Annual My Book Therapy HOOK contest!
Or what I want to call the, “Hook ‘em Dano!” Competition! Hey all! Last week we talked about what makes a great HOOK – using the SHARP elements (Stakes, Hero/Heroine Identification/Anchoring/on the Run/Problem or Story Question.) I hope you’ve been honing all your hooks last week – if not, head over to Voices, and Rachel has started a HOOK discussion loop to post our hooks and work on them. THEN, when you’re ready, post your entry HOOK here, in the comments section. Deadline is SUNDAY at Midnight. You can enter as many different HOOKS as you’d like. (But only once per hook!) FYI: A hook consists of the first sentence, or the first FIVE sentences of the first paragraph, whatever is stronger. We (as in the MBT team, as well […]
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