Welcome to our first-page critiques! These critiques are meant to give insight into how we might look at a manuscript as it comes across our desks on submission. We’ll strive to be critical but not mean. Because it’s only about 800 words, 2 pages at the most, the amount of feedback is necessarily limited—we don’t […]
Meant to be a sneak peek into a Carina editor’s brain, and critiqued by a different editor each time, these critiques are posted twice a month. The idea here is to give you a quick insight into how we might look at a manuscript as it comes across our desks on submission. We’ll strive to […]
Meant to be a sneak peek into a Carina editor’s brain, and critiqued by a different editor each time, these posts will give insight into how we might look at a manuscript as it comes across our desks on submission. We’ll strive to be critical but not mean. Because we have only about 600 words, […]
We’re pleased to announce we’re once again accepting submissions for our short scene critiques. This is a feedback opportunity, in which authors submit their short scenes, and a Carina Press editor writes a critique and posts it publicly on our blog. This critique sweepstakes is a chance for you to receive honest and constructive feedback […]
Meant to be a sneak peek into a Carina editor’s brain, and critiqued by a different editor each time, we’re going to post these critiques twice a month as long as authors are willing to let us use their work and people remain interested. The idea here is to give you a quick insight into […]