My first crit partner to land an agent is................

CAROL VALDEZ MILLER!

That's right, the woman who brought you Cool Girl, Tips for Living a Kickass Life, and giveaway upon frickin-frackin giveaway (I swear, every month she gives away more books than I accumulate in one year) has  an AGENT!

Carol has signed with Vickie Motter of Andrea Hurst Literary for her YA novel, Whims of a Wish. (Vickie has a cool blog too: http://navigatingtheslushpile.blogspot.com/)

I am so flippin' proud of my Carol. I caught her at the point of giving up more than once. And most of those times I was ready to throw in the towel too. We'd spend hours lamenting ourselves and complimenting the other. But she pressed on and it paid off! Yeah, sorry, totally mushy here, but I am just so freaking happy and inspired. I want to hold hands with her and skip, while wearing Lederhosen and holding lollipops.

To celebrate this joyous occasion, multiple giveaways are going on  - it's an Agent Celebration Mega Giveaway.

Carol is giving away a freaking Kindle (among other fly things), and Vickie Motter is giving away a first page critique!

I am giving away a $15 Barnes and Noble gift card. I am requiring that you follow me and Carol, and leave a comment at her blog and here in my comments. Simple enough?

All contests have started and end at midnight April 1.

Other celebratory giveaways from stand-up peeps chock-full of writerly prizes:

From Heather's Odyssey

Writers Digest Guide To Query Letters 

or

The Fire In Fiction by Donald Maass

From Critique Sisters Corner

2011 Guide To Literary Agents 

or

Writing The Breakout Novel by Donald Maass

From J. Koyanagi

One winner will win: 

WRITING DOWN THE BONES, by Natalie Goldberg

or

HOW NOT TO WRITE A NOVEL, by Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman

or

GIVE 'EM WHAT THEY WANT: THE RIGHT WAY TO PITCH YOUR NOVEL TO EDITORS AND AGENTS, by Blythe Camenson and Marshall J. Cook

From Simon Larter

One winner will win all three:

Stephen King's ON WRITING

&

Ray Bradbury's ZEN IN THE ART OF WRITING

&

Anne Lamott's BIRD BY BIRD

From LK Gardner-Griffie

Winner 1: A signed copy of Misfit McCabe

Winner 2: A canvas book bag

From Sara McClung

Winner 1: A signed copy of THE DARK DIVINE

Winner 2: A signed copy of RAISED BY WOLVES

Winner 3: WRITE GREAT FICTION: PLOT & STRUCTURE

From Lola Sharp

$25 Amazon gift card

From Elizabeth Davis

A $25 Amazon gift card

From Tracey Neithercott

A Hardcover of Across the Universe

From Kristen Yard  

A Signed copy of PERSONAL DEMONS by Lisa Desrochers

From Christine Fonseca

(You will need to subscribe to her blog)

101 Success Secrets for Gifted Kids: The Ultimate Guide

Or

A partial Critique

From Eisely Jacobs

Some sweet books!

From Denise Grover Swank

ANGELFIRE by Courtney Allison Moulton

ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS by Stephanie Perkins

HEX HALL by Rachel Hawkins 

DEMONGLASS by Rachel Hawkins

Thanks for joining the blog partay! And I will never stop saying this...but CONGRATS CAROL!