D.M. Wiltshire has chosen my entry in her “If I had 100 Dollars” contest as the winner, which means my nominated charity, Indspire, is the recipient of not $100, but $200, as she has doubled the initial amount promised. I am honoured by my entry being chosen, and have matched her donation to Indspire.
You can read my original entry here.
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I need a name for a fairly major character in my in-progress young adult adventure novel, Empire’s Hostage, the second in the Empire’s Legacy series. Empire’s Legacy is set in a world not quite our own, but that is based on Britain/Northern Europe in the years after the fall of Rome. The character I need to name is the “Viking” heir-apparent to the king of the islands of the north coast, more or less equivalent to the Hebrides.
He’s not a terribly nice character, so might not want to suggest your best friend’s name! The name also needs to sound vaguely Scandanavian/Icelandic/Gaelic to fit in with the rest of the names in the story.
What do you win? A mention in the acknowledgments in the book, when it sees the light of electronic day sometime next year; a free copy of it and its predecessor, Empire’s Daughter, and, if you wish, either a review of a book of your own on this website, or a beta-read of work-in-progress.
The contest remains open until I have twenty names to choose from, or to December 31. Respond in the comments section or to marianlthorpe at gmail.com
Feel free to send this out to others!
thanks,
Marian
I was gently reminded that:
Here’s the original post:
I am a lucky indie writer. My young-adult adventure novel, Empire’s Daughter, was accepted for publication by a small press, which meant it received the entire professional editorial process, edited for story, continuity, copy-edited, etc., by two very talented editors. Sadly the press went out of business – it’s a tough world – before Empire’s Daughter was published, but I benefited enormously and learned a LOT through the months of editing and re-writing. So when I published Empire’s Daughter through Smashwords and Amazon, it was polished to a high standard and has sold well.
This is not an opportunity many new writers get, and it’s one I’d like to pay forward. So here’s my offer: I will provide editorial services free of charge to one indie author in each of the following editorial capacities:
Here’s how the give-away works. First, go into this blog site and read some of my work – there is fiction, non-fiction, verse and a short story to look at. If you don’t like my writing, then you probably shouldn’t enter. (You can, of course, it’s up to you!) Then, either in the comments below or by e-mail to marianlthorpe at gmail.com, let me know the following:
Your name, the name and genre of your work, and whether you want a story review or a copy-edit. All entries received in the next week will be literally put into a hat (by category) and one name for each pulled out by my husband.
And you must be an author without a book contract. Those of you with contracts will have access to these services – as I did – so please leave this free opportunity to those who need it. Clearly, I can’t check this, so you are on your honour on this aspect.
Oh, and the work has to be in English. I speak execrable French and read it to some extent, but not well enough for this…and that’s the end of my multi-lingual abilities.
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