Together Sid and Margaret have been critique partners for over a decade and actually found each other in the same online professional writing group they're still in today.

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Between the two of them they have:

• Read slush piles for and judged more twitter writing contests than they can count.

• Participated as judges for larger, more mainstream contests. Most recently for the Speculative Literature Foundation's Diversity Grant and the RWA Daphne du Maurier Contest.

• Amassed a wealth of knowledge about the hunt for literary agents and the publishing industry, teaching us how to improve a limping query letter or a fat five-page synopsis.

• Critiqued every type of story imaginable from time traveling vampires and vengeance-seeking DEA agents, to grouchy warlocks and beach reads which suck you in from the first whiff of murder. 

• Eagerly worked with novice writers who know little about storytelling or grammar but have a great idea, all the way to traditionally published authors who want to keep their ax sharp in finding plot holes and typos.

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They're known for and you can expect:

• Honest feedback about the positives and negatives of your important work.

• A respectful atmosphere in all communications. Writing is hard enough, there's no need to tear anyone down.

• Encouragement to make changes, refresh characters, rewrite scenes, and polish your work the best you can. 

• Professional and realistic conversations about your work, your goals, your level of determination in the industry.

• Support. Even after running your work through the Two Step Approach, the relationship doesn't end there. We want to know when you're shopping for agents and/or when you've decided to enter that nerve-wracking Twitter contest because we want to cheer you on and, more importantly, congratulate you on your successes!

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