April 1st 2008 - The YouWriteOn Top Ten


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Well done to the authors concerned ! The Top 5 stories now take their place amongst the other books in the YouWriteOn Best Seller Chart. The Random House Group will read the complete Top Ten as listed on the first of each month between April and September 2008 .

At the start of each month, the five highest rated writers in the YouWriteOn Top Ten also receive a free literary professional critique from established authors and editors for leading literary agents and publishers including Curtis Brown, Orion and Bloomsbury.


It's the first of the month, and the next set of Best Sellers are highlighted below.

Well done to the authors concerned ! From tomorrow, these books will be transferred from the chart and take their place amongst the other books in the Best Seller Chart.


1. Vlad the Inhaler
by Lorraine Mace Adventure, Children's Fiction 15 Feb 2008
Vlad is a vegetarian, asthmatic, half-human vampire who has to overcome cowardice, battle with his evil relatives and find his missing parents. A novel aimed at the 8-12 age range. Cover artwork courtesy of Lawrence Poole
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2. The Gift of the Raven
by Catriona Troth Literary Fiction, Novel, Teenage Fiction 28 Jan 2008
No one will ever know how close Terry came to murdering his abusive stepfather. But then life took a different turn. This was not originally written as teen fiction, but my own children’s choice of reading taught me this could be the right market for it.
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3. Ibarajo Road
by Harry Allen Adventure, Novel, Teenage Fiction 12 Feb 2008
Charlie leads a sheltered and privileged life as an expatriate teenager in West Africa. After a bar brawl that leaves one of his friends badly injured, his world is turned upside down when, to avoid expulsion from school, he volunteers at the Ilakaye refuge centre.
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4. Coastlines
by Tommi Short Story, Literary Fiction, Romance 18 Feb 2008
A Spanish civil servant plans to build a Chinese car factory to help save his home town. Part of a collection of short stories about love and identity in the New Europe.
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5. Bwci-bo
by Kit Habianic Literary Fiction 12 Dec 2007
Trehiraeth, South Wales, 1984. Trouble is brewing at Maesdwfn Colliery, as the miners square up to the Tory government. The overman, Gwyn Pritchard, wants to keep the coal flowing and to protect his daugher Helen from the young miner, Scrapper Jones. A story of love, sexual jealousy and betrayal set during the upheaval of the Miners' Strike.
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6. The Light from Stars
by Perry Iles Short Story, Historical, Romance 04 Jan 2008
The Australian Outback, 1952. Gavin Renshaw's fiancee, Ruth, has travelled across the world to work in the UK. As Gavin considers his options, the loneliness begins to sink in.
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7. The Lonely Tree
by Yael P Historical, Novel, Romance, Saga 15 Dec 2007
Tonia lives in a kibbutz and commutes to high school in Jerusalem. She is torn between love for her family and desire to flee the hardship of life under the British Mandate and in the State of Israel. Determined to seek a better life in America, she turns her back on her love for Amos, a stalwart Zionist and member of the Jewish underground.
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8. Ocean Boulevard
by John Robert Schmierer Mystery, Novel, Thriller 28 Jan 2008
Although it starts out with a man on the run, the story belongs to Christine Blake, the woman who unwittingly framed him for the brutal murder of his daughter.
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9. Ladder to the Moon
by Wendy Wynde Teenage Fiction 02 Feb 2008
Caring for his increasingly sick single parent Father and younger brother is hard enough, but when Jed is falsely accused of stealing a mobile phone, the attention it brings threatens to blow his life apart.
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10. A Gift of the Gods
by Gordon Knight Short Story, Literary Fiction 22 Feb 2008
Eddie Frowd's fascination with a lady's corset results in an encounter he will never forget
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April 2008 - BestSellers Chart Longevity Entries - These are stories which have achieved over 25 days cumulatively in the YouWriteOn.com Top Ten and will be considered along with other BestSellers Chart entry for the YouWriteOn Book of the Year Awards 2009

The Myth of Supply and Demand
by Michelle Keill Comedy, Novel 18 Nov 2007
John Black, the most opinionated man in London, decides to make the ultimate sacrifice in his ongoing battle with the opposite sex. A story about not knowing what you’ve got until it starts dating someone else...
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She's just a girl
by David Stone Literary Fiction 03 Dec 2007
Michael Newman is a happily married father of two. Why does he spend so much time thinking about the German girl he fell in love with in the South of France twenty-five years ago?
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Well done all you top tenners.

I'm still gobsmacked on behalf of Bwci-bo. It is April Fool's Day, right? And gone mid-day? Thanks so much to Ted, and to everyone on YWO whose feedback has helped me to knock my scary Welsh demon into some semblance of shape. Cheers, Kit

I'm totally stunned. Is this really happening? Very, very happy

Raven the Trickster is flying high!

What a super start to the Random House half year! With stuff like this they will be staying for sure! Congrats to everyone. A personal congratulation to both of the extracts that I was assigned to read - Bwci-bo and Ibarajo Road - both amazing books - book luck guys
JR

Stop the sketch - it's too silly

WELL DONE to all the top-tenners.....

There is always next month for the rest of us. Your success just inspires me to revise and make my work good enough to be up there.....hope to be joining you soon.....Well Done again.

Little confused re New Top Ten - Ted's post says Gift of the Gods being transferred to Bestsellers Chart - but, as at today April 6th, is still featured in Top Ten Chart at Number 7.