ederyn (ederyn) wrote in writing_101, @ 2008-11-13 12:02:00 |
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Ooooh!
If you haven't heard of Authonomy or WEbook yet, (and I hadn't), you might want to check them out. Authonomy is run by HarperCollins as a means of finding new talent worth publishing. You upload 10,000 words of your novel for the public to read and they vote on it. The top five manuscripts go to the editors for review each month to determine whether they're worth publishing.
WEbook is roughly the same, although you can post unfinished work there and have other writers contribute to it, and they seem to encourage collaborative efforts. If your manuscript gets enough votes from the public, WEbook will publish it and you get 50% royalties.
In both cases you'll get plenty of constructive criticism, and the only people who can review or vote on them are other registered users, so you don't have to worry about random flaming.