Hello, hello.

[hookavah.livejournal.com]

I've been looking around here for about a month, and decided to chip in today. I'm 16 with a horribly strong ambition to finish and publish by this spring. Like most, I'm not the best, but I hope to help out around here and get some great critique sometimes.

Here's my main project, just a snippet from chapter one. I know, it seems roughed up, but I didn't want to join up with my hands empty.

Title: Absoulte Evocations
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Present Day Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Word Count: 901
Summary: For Robert Hills and Buddy Ashwalker, it seemed like a normal fall day. That is, until they see that the Government has paid a visit to their school. As a part of a survey and study, they offer a most interesting product; supernatural abilities. Yet, as Bud, Adam, and their troupe discover, with power comes conflict.

( Well, You See... )

The Language of a Taxi Man.

[cikka.livejournal.com]

An edited, reviewed piece of fiction. With a title! Ooh, I think I'm on a roll here.

Umm, I think you may have to read my Freewrite #2 to get the ending. Maybe. It can be found here: http://cikka.livejournal.com/1941.html#cutid1

Well here you go:
( The Language of a Taxi Man )

Writing contests

[amethystrse.livejournal.com]

Hello everyone. I was wondering if anyone knew of any legit writing contests. I'm not looking for vanity publishing "contest" but ones that are held by pusblishers.

The reason I want to do contests is because it's a great way to get "discovered" and looks good on a query letter. I feel that one of the reasons I keep on getting rejected is because I'm not an estabished writer. Yes, I know it could be other things. I rewrote my query letter and love the way it sounds now. But I noticed that the area where you're supposed to talk about yourself is missing because I have no awards or publications under my belt.