CRITIQUE GROUPS: Visit the Southern Breeze website at:  http://www.southern-breeze.org/critiquegroups.htm for information regarding critique groups.  Bookbound's own, Paula Puckett, is the critique coordinator for the Southern Breeze region. CRITIQUE SERVICES: Writers, Ink. Stephanie Jacob Gordon, Editor & Author Judith Ross Enderle, Editor & Author www.writersinkville.com judink@aol.com Critiquing service offered for manuscripts in the following genres (fiction or non-fiction): Picture Books, Children's Magazine Stories, Middle Grade Novels, Short Chapter Books, Easy-to-Read Stories, YA Novels Stephanie and Judy have co-authored numerous books including:  Two Badd Babies, Six Creepy Sheep, and Hide-and-Seek Turkeys. They are on the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators National Board. Fees (as of 3/06) are approximately $5.00 per page with a $50.00 minimum. EDITORIAL COACHING & CRITIQUE SERVICES: Girl Next Door Communications Jen Weiss Handler, Editor Atlanta, Georgia www.gndcommunications.com Critiquing service offered for manuscripts in the following genres (fiction or non-fiction): Picture Books, Children’s Magazine Stories, Short Chapter Books, Middle Grade Novels, Easy-to-Read Stories, YA Novels, Adult Romance Novels Girl Next Door Communications founder, Jennifer Weiss Handler, holds B.A.s in English Literature and History from Swarthmore College.  She's had nearly a decade of experience with publishing in NYC, most of it acquiring for HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster (she cut her teeth at Bantam Doubleday Dell, working for the fabulous Wendy Lamb).  She's acquired and edited everything from beginning readers to teen, fiction and nonfiction.  Jen has also been in charge of the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series for three years, and has seen them both through their relaunches (now 1st, person, more modern). She's worked with Dan Gutman and Bonnie Bryant. She's still editing their mss on a freelance basis for S&S. She charges flat fees for thorough critiques; word count and quality of the 1st chapter determine the fee.   Most critiques for mss in the 30,000 word range are pricing out between $200 and $300. Fees for picture book mss are approximately $45.00 - $50.00.

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