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Help - trying to buy critique from WM!
I'm treating myself to the 9K critique from WM for my young adult novel and I've got to the basket stage but when I try to proceed with payment it says
Item Region Validation Error
The user details delivery country region 'United Kingdom' does not match the basket delivery options region , please make sure these match before proceeding.
Well, they do match. They both say United Kingdom. Has anyone else had this problem? If not I'll wait for Monday to ask Webbo.
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How annoying - apologies. I've just tried this myself and it seems to be working for me.
There are actually three things that need to match - the item should have the description "Mini Critique - First Edtions (UK)", the country in your account address, and the button for "Select your delivery options" on the first page of the basket. Would you mind having another check please?
Yes Carol, it's probably already got a name, but let's call it Carol's Law: anything that can go wrong with a website will happen the second the support staff logoff, and will mysteriously correct itself before they've had chance to see it for themselves!
Shouldn't that be included on your delicate thread, Carol? ;)
[quote=toothlight]Where else can you get such help for under fifty pounds, AND able to send 9000 words? [/quote]
Webbo, may I ask, how long does it take to read 9,000 words and crit in depth?
Other than the £49 offer, prose fiction or non-fiction is £3 per thousand words, with a £75 minimum charge - so 25,000 words would be your ideal entry point.
Short stories and articles are £40 for up to 5,000 words, £3 for each extra thousand
poetry, £50 for four pages of A4, £3 each extra page
radio or tv play, £125 for up to 60 minutes
stage play, £130
Dora, it depends on how the file is delivered, what it is, etc, but we aim for a maximum of 28 days.
All the competitions seem to be judged by Richard Bell, so I assume we must please him to win those, but what's the score on the critiques?
Are they done in-house or farmed out, and if so, to whom?
You wouldn't hand your child over to a minder without checking first!
:)
"sniffs the breeze and wonders just what does go on down at the piggery at the edge of the village"
I wondered whether WM could offer a pure synopsis critique, as they are such a nightmare to write and so important to a submission?