We have a special edition of First Impressions today, to help Robin Hall get her new YA contemporary manuscript ready to share. This is the first page of GUTTER GIRL:I rip open a blue Pixy Stix—the same color as my lucky bowling ball and the streak in my hair—and dump...
I can’t tell you how excited I am to finally be able to share with you the cover of THE EIGHTH DAY, my debut MG fantasy! The book will soon be appearing in HarperCollins’s Summer 2014 catalog, and HarperCollins gave me the opportunity to scoop the catalog...
Our third submission for First Impressions is an upper MG humorous fantasy by Carl Hackman, GERALD AND THE AMULET OF ZONRACH.A flash of blinding blue light filled the room, followed by a billowing cloud of dark, acrid smoke. “Oops…” Now this is not the...
Our next submission for First Impressions is a return visit from Patricia Moussatche and THE LEGACY OF THE EYE, an adult science fiction novel. Patricia shared her first page of this manuscript with us back in February and has revised it since then.CHAPTER 1David:...
Our First Impressions post today comes from Claudette Young. This is the first page of Claudette’s women’s cozy mystery, DREAMIE’S BOX “I have to leave early this morning. I have a breakfast meeting in Westley and won’t be able to drop you at the library. I guess...
