Weekend blogfest can help with a page of writing

Sari Webb of Melbourne, Australia, believes that when writers need some help with their creative endeavors, the writing bloggerverse is more than happy to pitch in.

So when I learned about Sari's Blogfest, I knew I wanted to participate. I wasn't sure whether I would enter a first page of a WIP or the query to the same. But it seemed like a fine opportunity to get a little critical feedback.

Here are the guidelines to Sari's Birthday Love Blogfest:

Choose to enter either the blogfest or the competition or both.

To do the blogging part of the compfest, put your name and whether you are posting as a writer or reader in the form on Sari's site, "Confessions of an Aspiring Author." Write your post to go up on the 11th of March:

• If you are a writer, your post will be something you need help with on your writing--an excerpt from you story, a first page, a query, information on setting--ANYTHING the writing bloggerverse can assist you with. Make it clear what the question is, and if you are wanting a piece critiqued, keep it to max 500 words.
• If you are a reader (or a writer who would prefer not to ask for help on their blog), in the spirit of spreading the birthday love, post about one of your favorite books and why you loved it.

If you would like to enter the competition part of the compfest:

• Follow Sari's blog.
• On the weekend of 11-13th of March visit the blogs of the people participating, and comment/offer your help/critique on a minimum of three of them. Each additional comment/offer of help/critique gets you an extra entry into the competition.
• Get one extra entry for tweeting about the compfest.
• Get one extra entry for blogging about the compfest.
• A post will go up on Sari's blog on the 11th of March titled "Entries into to the Share the Birthday Love Compfest." Use that post to tell Sari what you've done to get entries with links to blog posts & comments.
• To keep things simple, and to accomodate people on the other side of the world, the 13th of March will end at 12am EST.
• You can win prizes! See Sari's site for more details.

Happy Birthday, Sari, and thanks for organizing this event.