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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

 DATES FOR YOUR DIARY To make the most of the excitment leading up to #KidLitPit, we would like to share some mini-events.  2nd January Share a Snippet Choose the most favourite part of your story and share a snippet for other authors to read and give feedback. Use the hashtag #KLP Snippet 6th January First Line Friday Share the first line of your novel. How are you going to hook your readers with your creative use of your first line? Use the hashtag #First Line Friday 10th January Author Connect Share a little about yourself and your novel, using the #hashtags from our post about hashtags , and meet authors writing in the same genre or age group as you. Connect to peers, meet colleagues and create links. Use the hashtag #AuthorConnect 14th January Last Line - No Spoilers Share the last line of your novel, or almost the last line if the last line reveals spoilers. Use the hashtag #LastLineNoSpoilers 18th January Pitch Preview If you'd like some feedback on your pitch, this is ...

#Hashtags!

We've taken a lot of inspiration from the amazing people at PitchWars and have collected these hashtags to use in your pitches. There are a lot of #hashtags available so make sure you narrow down the ones you want to use to the most essentual.  Age Categories (one is required): #PB = Picture Book #C = Children’s #CB = Chapter Book #MG = Middle Grade #YA = Young Adult Genres/Sub-genres (optional): #AC = Action #AD = Adventure #BIZ = Bizarro Fiction #CF = Christian Fiction #CON = Contemporary #F = Fantasy #FTA = Fairy Tale Retelling #GN = Graphic Novel #H = Horror #HA = Humor #HF = Historical Fiction #INSP = Inspirational #LF = Literary Fiction #MR = Magical Realism #M = Mystery #MA = Mainstream #Mem = Memoir #NF = Non-fiction #P = Paranormal #PM = Poetry Collection #STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics #SF = SciFi #SHRT = Short Story Collection #SPF = Speculative Fiction #SH = Superhero #S = Suspense #T = Thriller #TT = Time Travel #UF = Urban Fantasy #VF = Visionary...