Mar 14, 2011

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





That's right, the woman who brought you Cool GirlTips 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:


Writers Digest Guide To Query Letters 
or
The Fire In Fiction by Donald Maass



2011 Guide To Literary Agents 
or
Writing The Breakout Novel by Donald Maass


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


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




Winner 1: A signed copy of Misfit McCabe
Winner 2: A canvas book bag



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



$25 Amazon gift card


A $25 Amazon gift card


A Hardcover of Across the Universe


A Signed copy of PERSONAL DEMONS by Lisa Desrochers

(You will need to subscribe to her blog)

101 Success Secrets for Gifted Kids: The Ultimate Guide
Or
A partial Critique


Some sweet books!



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!

62 comments:

  1. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! I'm so happy for Carol :) And I LOVE that photograph!!

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  2. Major awesomesaucesomeness!! (yup, used it!) Yay!! Carolina! Love her. Off to her blog now!

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  3. First of all...
    AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHCAROLIMSOHAPPYFORYOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    *clears throat*

    Ok, now that I have gotten that out of my system for the next 15 minutes, Jon? I'm going to need to see a pic of the Lederhosen. #justsayin

    Great post :)

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  4. This is awesomeee!!! Congrats to CAROL!!! =)

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  5. J--that is SO AWESOME for CAROL!!! She is just about as sweet as they come--it couldn't have happened to a better/nicer/more fab writer!! Woo-hoo!!!

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  6. Hi Jon. I'm so excited for Carol she is the sweetest. She deserves this. So glad!!! She rocks.

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  7. Congrats to Carol...and BOY, you guys know how to throw a blog partay!! Thanks!

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  8. I'm super happy for her!
    Thanks for contest.
    brandileigh2003@yahoo.com

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  9. OMG, let's do it! Let's hold hands and skip and wear Lederhosen and eat lollipops, except can I make mine a glass of champagne? I'm totally digging this image!

    J, thanks so much for everything, guy. You've been a tremendous support. I love our texts where we can never say goodbye, even though we should because you almost always seem to be driving.

    You're a dearheart and you've wormed your way into my heart and I love you. No thanks for making me cry today, but I do thank you for everything else. Your kindness, your generosity, and your beautiful friendship.

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  10. I'm happy for her. :)

    Awesome contest, too.

    admiller912 at gmail dot com

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  11. Congrats to Carol!!

    I'm following both your blogs now!

    Amazing giveaway!! Thanks!

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  12. Yay for Carol! She's my agent-sister! And I didn't know she was your crit partner, Jon! This is such a small world...

    Love it!

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  13. Carol is SO awesome! She really deserves nothing short of success.

    CONGRATULATIONS!

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  14. Weeee!

    So excited for Caro...I love when my bloggy buddies find success!!!

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  15. Hi! New follower here -- and I've been following Carol's blog for over a year now.

    Congrats to her, and thanks for the giveaway!

    :)

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  16. Congratulations to Carol. She may not know realize it, but even more so than landing an agent, having a friend there like you to support her emotionally in troubled times is even more valuable for unsaid reasons.

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  17. I read Carol's post a little while ago. I'm really happy for her!! :-) :-) :-)

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  18. Congrats to Carol! And thanks so much for the awesome giveaway!

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  19. What a cutie she is! Soooo happy for her!!!
    And geez that's a lot of giveaways!

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  20. Carol is full of awesomesauce and deserves EVERYTHING WONDERFUL coming her way!!! I <3 her!

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  21. Yay to Carol! I love news like this :) tarynal AT hotmail DOT com

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  22. Thank you for this giveaway! Wow, this morning has been such a rush!

    Congrats to Carol...:)

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  23. You know I loves me some Carol...and I wanna frolic in Lederhosen and lick lollipops with y'all...PLEEEEAASE. Can there rainbows too? Oh, and I can make daisy chain head pieces. :)

    Huggles,
    Lola

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  24. Great giveaway! Thank you for the opportunity!

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  25. I love Barnes and Noble. Thanks for the giveaway and being part of the celebration.

    I follower both blogs.

    aliciacald(at)gmail(dot)com

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  26. Love the pic! I'm following you now and congrats to Carol.

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  27. So thrilled for Carolina! She's an awesome lady.

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  28. lol I always liked that photo

    Nice to meet you!

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  29. I'm so excite for Carolina! Thanks for sharing the news. I'm off to wish her congrats.

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  30. Congrats to Carol!! She deserves it. New follower here.

    sauvadeavelle@yahoo.com

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  31. I follow you both and commented on her post as well. Congrats to her and good luck to you and everyone else you are partners with. I hope this will be some day too.

    -Lauren
    lauren51990 AT aol DOT com

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  32. I am so excited for Carol! She's very deserving! :)

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  33. Carol is awesome and I'm so excited for her. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  34. Great news!!

    I follow both blogs and left a comment on hers already.

    bacchus76 at myself dot com

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  35. Congrats and thanks for the giveaway! sixbird(at)msn(dot)com

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  36. COuldn't have happened to a better person. C has cheered my day many a time. I'm a new follower. Is it true you are her CP?

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  37. Hi Jon, nice to meet you! I think it's so nice that Carol's friends are doing this with her!
    Donna Leonard

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  38. *musically "Start spreadin' the news!!" What an awesome critique group and how cool for Carolina! Love her outfit. Looking forward to following your blog!

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  39. I've never worn lederhosen, but my wife blew an Alphorn once. Wait...did that sound dirty? Totally wasn't meant to be. Er....

    Where was I? Oh, yah. W00T for Carol's agentry! :D

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  40. What a great announcement! We'll link to the lineup on our blog tomorrow, too!
    erica

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  41. I'm following both blogs.

    aikychien at yahoo dot com

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  42. So excited for Carol! And awesome of you guys to support her like this. :)

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  43. YAY for Carol! And yay for this party...I'm finding so many new blogs!

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  44. congrats to carol and I'm join in the Blog party finding a lot of new great blogs.
    I'll all ready congratulate carol.

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  45. It's such exciting news :) New follower *waves*

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  46. I'm so happy for Carol!! And all this blog love is wonderful -- she deserves it!

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  47. What a fun way to celebrate!! Congrats Carol!!

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  48. The enthusiasm of the group is catching. You're a great bunch of friends.

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  49. Yay for Carolina! And yay for giveaways!

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  50. Congrats Carol!

    Thanks for the giveaway! New GFC Follower - Jaidis

    JaidisShaw at yahoo dot com

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  51. wow. great giveaways :D followed u and carol with the comments :)
    congrats to carol too!

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  52. Exciting news! Congrats Carol!

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  53. Congrats to Carol. Oh by the way I am a new follower.

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