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Melissa (Editor at Chronicle Children's Group) is offering a critique of up to 2000
words—and here are the exciting details—2000 words according to Melissa means
she will read the first 2000 words of a novel, OR she will read up to five (5) separate picture book
manuscripts!!!! (but no more than 5 manuscripts, therefore if your
manuscripts are all 40-word board book manuscripts, she will not read 50 of
them).
Manuscripts for critique must be received by
Melissa by June 1 2015. You can expect about a one-month turn-around time (all critiques will be given via email).
How do
I bid?
Place your bid in the comment section of this blog post by
increasing the previous bid by a minimum of $10 increments. Please include
information about how I may contact you if you are the winning bidder; If I haven't contacted you immediately following the auction, please reach out to me at ktomsic@gmail.com . Questions can also be posted in the comment section below.
When
does this particular auction item close?
**This Auction
will close on December 14, 2014** at 11:59pm Mountain Time Now closed. Thank you!
What
happens next?
I will contact the winning bidder (as long
as you remembered to provide your contact information!). You will make your
donation at this donation link and then you will email a copy of your receipt to me at ktomsic@gmail.com Then I will put you in
touch with Melissa J
This is a truly unique offering! Happy
bidding!
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Melissa Manlove is an editor at Chronicle Books in San
Francisco, and she is my editor for THE ELEPHANTS CAME (Spring, 2017). Melissa
is amazing, smart, thoughtful, knowledgeable, kind, and she possesses that keen
ability to get to the heart of a story. I first met Melissa at an SCBWI
conference in California when I won an unofficial scavenger hunt (crazy
shenanigans go down at these conferences)—martinis with Melissa was my prize.
In a half-hour conversation with Melissa, she was able to tell me what was
working in my story, and where I was going wrong. In a few sentences she
unveiled more secrets about writing than I had learned in years of study. I
used her advice and edited my work—a year and a half later I got it right and
landed my first sale. When I tell people Melissa Manlove is my editor, the
response is usually, “She’s my dream editor!” Melissa has a true passion for
children’s literature. She can often be found at her local bookstore where
she’s giving a story-time reading to the gathered children.
BIO: Melissa has been with Chronicle
for 10 years. Her acquisitions tend to be all ages in nonfiction; ages 0-8 for
fiction. When acquiring, she looks for fresh takes on familiar topics as well
as the new and unusual. An effective approach and strong, graceful writing are
important to her. She has 16 years of children’s bookselling experience.
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