Editing Advent 2011: Day 24! Win a FREE $35 gift certificate to EditorCassandra.com!

Editing Advent 2011: Day 24! Win a FREE $35 gift certificate to EditorCassandra.com!

All through December, I'm giving away an editing prize to a lucky commenter each day during the advent, and TODAY is the last day!

The previous winner was Emily!! Please email me within 24 hours to claim your prize!

Behind today's door there's a $35 gift certificate!!

That's good for any of my services,  

including towards the cost of a full edit or to give as a gift!

To win:

• Follow this blog and leave a comment on this post +1
• Tweet using #editingadvent with a link to camarshall.com or editorcassandra.com +1
• Blog about the editing advent event +5

• Leave a comment for each entry (only one comment needed for blogging. Please post links to tweets/blog posts)
• Winner will be announced the following day and they have 24 hours to contact me to claim their prize.
• Only one prize per person.

Do you want even MORE chances to win $35 gift cards?  I've teamed up with Gabriela Leesa for a Christmas to Epiphany Wishlist contest!

On Christmas day, we'll both post our a form for you to fill out with the details of your book. If we like what we see, you could win a $35 gift certificate from EditorCassandra.com to be used towards ANY services or a 40 page edit and 30% discount on any services from GabrielaLeesa.com!

The entry form will be up on both of our sites from Christmas day to January 6th. You'll be asked to enter your information plus your query (500 words max) and your first few pages, ending on a natural break (1,500 words max). You’ll also be asked to choose a judge (me or Gabriela), so make sure you check both our wishlists and pick the one that fits you best. 

So what's on our wish lists? 

My list:

• YA Contemporary and/or Adventure, something other than whining and pining about boys. A romance is a-okay and even encouraged, but I want MORE.
• I’m not afraid of sex in books, a good pregnancy scandal or aftermath of a termination, first-time awkwardness, girls that enjoy sex and being sexy without it being a feminist issue, etc.
• YA sci-fi, space stuff, not so much the technical or typical aliens
• YA steampunk, please please please! Adult too!
• I love fantasy, but it’s gotta be more than the genre standard.
• Humorous MG, perhaps with pirates, Girl and/or boy “club” books are great, adventures or problem solving are awesome
• I love those dual timeline books, like REVOLUTION and DELIVERANCE DANE, and would love to see an adult or YA or MG with that.
• I’d even like to see author/illustrator picture books (can send .pdf)
• I love quirky and out of the ordinary stuff. I like time travel, and regular global travel, and interesting ways of traveling. Stuff that’s MORE than just genre standards, that brings something fresh or has an interesting twist to it.
• I love “gap year” books, or stuff from the years after high school/college and transitioning to adult life.
• I love anything “special” that blends genres, kick-ass characters, innocent characters, less love for the completely snarky, but funny sarcastic is great, books that will make me laugh AND cry.
• I love a good romance, but the plot can’t rely on just miscommunication or misunderstanding. No “instant love” or “undeniable attraction” stuff, I want REAL relationships. Cultural divide books are great, circumstances keeping two apart, wrong timing books (like the movie ONE DAY with Anne Hathaway).
• “Lost” princesses, or the characters finding out that they are royal or come from famous stock, something that makes them special, I’d love to see those.
• Military stuff, young military wife, military kids, even military memoir would be good.

Gabriela's list was posted yesterday! She's got you adult thriller, memoir, romance, and literary writers covered! YAY!