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READERSHIP: YA, MG


GENRE: Anything YA and MG except for horror


RESTRICTIONS: Must be double spaced, Times New Roman font, 1” margins, edit is mostly comment-based edit. Hope will use track changes to adjust punctuation and some minor grammar errors, but for the most part, she tries to let the writer decide if they want to implement the edits.


TURNAROUND TIME: One week from confirmation email that she received it

Item #12: 10 Pages Critique

Hope Bolinger

Hope Bolinger

Hope Bolinger is a literary agent at C.Y.L.E. and a recent graduate of Taylor University's professional writing program. More than 300 of her works have been featured in various publications ranging from Writer's Digest to Keys for Kids. She has worked for various publishing companies, magazines, newspapers, and literary agencies and has edited the work of authors such as Jerry B. Jenkins and Michelle Medlock Adams. Her column "Hope's Hacks," tips and tricks to avoid writer's block, reaches 2,700+ readers weekly and is featured monthly on Cyle Young's blog, which receives 63,000+ monthly hits. She is excited for her modern-day Daniel "Blaze" to come out with IlluminateYA (an imprint of Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas). She enjoys all things theater, cats, and fire.

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Starting bid: $10

Any bids submitted before 12:00am on Monday, April 6, 2020 or after 8:59:59pm EST on Friday, April 10, 2020 will be deleted.

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