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First Impact: DRUID'S MOON by Deniz Bevan

It's time for another First Impact Critique,
where we take a look at your queries, first pages, back cover copy, and more.
You want to make an impact right from the start. We're here to help
you do that.



BUT BEFORE WE GET THERE, I neglected to announce a winner for January. That winner is . . . . . . . . . K Callard! E-mail me at adamheine@gmail.com, and let me know if you'd like the gift card or the critique.



The rest of you remember, anyone who offers their comments this month is eligible...

First Impact: THE LEGACY OF THE EYE (first page) by Patricia Moussatche

It's time for another First Impact Critique,
where we take a look at your queries, first pages, back cover copy, and more.
You want to make an impact right from the start. We're here to help
you do that.



If you'd like to submit your first impact material, send it to firstimpactAE@gmail.com. Details here.



Remember, anyone who offers their comments this month is eligible for either $10 for Amazon or B&N OR a 20-page critique from me.






This
week we have the first page of a sci-fi novel...

Torment Concept Art

Hey, if you're interested in that game I'm working on, we've got some concept art up.



This first shot is a work-in-progress picture of The Bloom, a literally living city, with tendrils creeping through other dimensions. The concept artist who did this is one of my (new) favorite artists ever. His name's Chang Yuan, and you can see more of his work here.







This next shot is one of the weapons in the game. Our setting is kind of a Dying Earth setting, where the highly advanced technology of...

Kickstarter, Self-Publishing, and Video Games

You've all heard of the literary self-publishing revolution. (Heck, some of you are on the barricades). What you might not know is there is a similar revolution going on in video and board games. It has to do with Kickstarter.



Kickstarter is a funding platform for creative projects. Anyone with an idea for a book, a movie, a game, a technology, or whatever can launch a project page and see if people are interested in funding their project. Authors have used it to self-publish: to fund cover...

First Impact: CHRYSALIS by Melissa Grebeleski

It's time for another First Impact Critique,
where we take a look at your queries, first pages, back cover copy, etc.
You want to make an impact right from the start. We're here to help
you do that.



If you'd like to submit your first impact material, send it to firstimpactAE@gmail.com. Details here.



Remember, anyone who offers their comments this month is eligible for either $10 for Amazon or B&N OR a 20-page critique from me. I will draw a winner for January in just a few days, so get...

First Impact: RACHEL ON FIRE by Vanessa Shields

It's time for another First Impact Critique,
where we take a look at your queries, first pages, back cover copy, etc.
You want to make an impact right from the start. We're here to help
you do that.



If you'd like to submit your first impact material, send it to firstimpactAE@gmail.com. Details here.



Remember, anyone who offers their comments this month is eligible for either $10 for Amazon or B&N OR a 20-page critique from me.






This
week we have a logline and first page for a YA Cont...

Attention Blog Readers

I'm officially lowering my commitment to this blog, for obvious reasons. I will keep up the First Impact posts as long as I have submissions, and I'll post other things when I've got the time/inclination. But I need to give myself the freedom to back off my M/W/F schedule.



The new official schedule is "One to Three Times a Week and If I Miss a Week I'm Sorry." I highly recommend the RSS feed or an e-mail subscription if you are one of those who still checks websites on specific days.



I don'...

Secret Hobbies

Name both these movies, and you win my eternal esteem.
Cross-posted from Anthdrawlogy's Heat week.



I am not a dancer, not by any twisted aerial of the imagination. But I do watch a lot of dance media: Shall We Dance, You Got Served, Stomp the Yard, all four Step Up movies, every single episode of So You Think You Can Dance...



I'm not sure how this happened (I married a dancer), but I regret nothing. Some of these guys are fricking superheroes with what they can do.



So what's your secret...

First Impact: LOST AND FOUND AT THE BEAR CLAW BREWHOUSE

It's time for another First Impact Critique,
where we take a look at your queries, first pages, back cover copy, etc.
You want to make an impact right from the start. We're here to help
you do that.



If you'd like to submit your first impact material, send it to firstimpactAE@gmail.com. Details here.



Remember, anyone who offers their comments this month is eligible for either $10 for Amazon or B&N OR a 20-page critique from me.









This
week we have the first page of a black comedy. My...

Making Up Fantasy Languages

It's impossible (perhaps illegal, and certainly blasphemous) to talk
about fantasy languages without mentioning the Godfather of Fantasy
Language: Mr. John Tolkien. The guy invented
languages for fun since he was thirteen years old. He wrote the most epic novel of all time just so he had a place to use those languages.



If that's you, read no further. You're fine.



Most of us, however, did not specialize in graduate-level English
philology. So most of us don't really understand how language e...