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Below are excerpts from works of fiction. You have an opportunity to show the authors how their works should continue.
For each piece, the continuation deemed most entertaining by Evil Editor will be published on his blog. Judging criteria include maintaining the author's tone, and humor or shock value of the "twist" the story takes in your hands. Read the "New Beginnings" on Evil Editor's blog for examples. Submit your continuations as comments.
If you submit a continuation, you agree that it may be published royalty-free, as-is or edited, both on Evil Editor's blog and in books published by Evil Editor Publications. If you wish to be credited as the author of your continuation, include the name you want used on the blog, and the name you want used in any future book.
To submit an opening from your novel or short story, email to EvlEdtr@gmail.com (Not attached). Openings should be in the 150 to 200-word range. Longer ones may be trimmed. Submitting an opening doesn't commit you to publication in a book, but it's hoped you'll grant permission. Do include the name(s) you want used if you want credit for your opening. An opening can be a chapter opening, though if it is, it should be a chapter that doesn't require us to know anything we would have learned in earlier chapters.
Do not comment on the quality of the openings themselves. They will be removed as soon as a suitable continuation is submitted. Save comments for when the piece appears on Evil Editor's main blog (evileditor.blogspot.com).
For each piece, the continuation deemed most entertaining by Evil Editor will be published on his blog. Judging criteria include maintaining the author's tone, and humor or shock value of the "twist" the story takes in your hands. Read the "New Beginnings" on Evil Editor's blog for examples. Submit your continuations as comments.
If you submit a continuation, you agree that it may be published royalty-free, as-is or edited, both on Evil Editor's blog and in books published by Evil Editor Publications. If you wish to be credited as the author of your continuation, include the name you want used on the blog, and the name you want used in any future book.
To submit an opening from your novel or short story, email to EvlEdtr@gmail.com (Not attached). Openings should be in the 150 to 200-word range. Longer ones may be trimmed. Submitting an opening doesn't commit you to publication in a book, but it's hoped you'll grant permission. Do include the name(s) you want used if you want credit for your opening. An opening can be a chapter opening, though if it is, it should be a chapter that doesn't require us to know anything we would have learned in earlier chapters.
Do not comment on the quality of the openings themselves. They will be removed as soon as a suitable continuation is submitted. Save comments for when the piece appears on Evil Editor's main blog (evileditor.blogspot.com).
posted by Evil Editor at 3:15 PM
10 Comments:
EE - I submitted an excerpt, the character was "Ceah" but...it's gone now, and it isn't posted on your blog either. Do you what happened to it?
Thanks!
I removed it after a good continuation came in so that people wouldn't continue sending continuations. When it appears on the blog depends on how many other openings/queries are ready. If I post everything I have as soon as I have it, I'll soon have nothing left to post.
I just sent an opening to the AOL address (listed in FAQ) before reading this. Should I resend it to the gmail?
No, I got it. Thanks.
Are you allowed to write a continuation for your own opening?
Yes. A few have done this, but never has it proved to be better than any others received.
How long should a continuation be?
No rules, but I'm guessing the vast majority have been in the 50- to 100-word range. Shorter isn't that uncommon; I could count on one hand the number that were longer than the opening (and got chosen).
Is this still an active blog - it has a December 2009 date. Anyway, how do I submit an opening if it is?
The date is to keep that post at the top. Submit as a comment, just as you did your question.
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