Manuscript Status: 2 weeks delivery
Mentor Name: Kellye Garrett
Mentee Name: Mia P. Manansala
Title: Death Comes to ComiKon
Category: Adult
Genre: #ownvoices Amateur Detective/Traditional Mystery
Word Count: 70,000 words
Pitch:
Imagine Veronica Mars as queer, Asian-American, and all grown up, and you’ve got geek girl extraordinaire Sunshine Salinas. Obsessed with Samurai Surfer Squadron since she was a child, Sunshine must crack the case when the show’s star turns up dead at Chicago ComiKon and her childhood heroine becomes the prime suspect. But if Sunshine’s not careful, they might be sharing a cell, as Chicago PD is all too eager to cast her as the faithful sidekick.
Excerpt:
When in doubt, follow the nerds.
Good bit of life advice in general, and particularly useful when you’re supposed to be helping your best friend set up a table at Chicago ComiKon (CCK), but can’t find the damn place.
Despite being the largest comic book convention in Chicago, CCK was impossible to find since the only thing the organizers liked less than staying in the same location from year to year was providing practical signage. You basically had to pretend you were the World’s Greatest Detective (Batman, not Sherlock Holmes) and put together clues like, “Hey, there’s a million people milling about and half of them are dressed as Harley Quinn. I should probably go thataway.”
Call it Sunshine Salinas and The Case of the Missing Convention.
I was already more than an hour late thanks to my daily dose of drama, this time in the form of my (formerly) on-again (permanently) off-again ex-boyfriend, Ben. Throw in every slow-moving pack of out-of-towners searching for their own convention, and I could feel my anxiety levels ratcheting up to an eleven.
I was yelling horrible obscenities (in my head) at the latest group, when I heard the scream.
Did I imagine that? No one else around me was reacting. Maybe my anxiety had finally evolved to psychosis?
But then I heard it again.
14 Comments
Michelle Richter · November 1, 2017 at 1:04 pm
I love the voice! Please send your query and first 100 pages to me at querymichelle@fuseliterary.com and include PitchWars in the subject line. Thanks!
Carrie Pestritto · November 1, 2017 at 1:13 pm
I was super intrigued by your pitch and sample and definitely want to read more of this!! Please send me your query and first 100 pages, with the subject “PITCHWARS REQUEST,” to carrie(at)prospectagency(dot)com. Thank you and excited to see more!
Jess Dallow · November 1, 2017 at 1:18 pm
Hi Mia,
I love the sound of this. Please send the full manuscript attached in a word doc with your query letter in the body of the email to Jess@Browerliterary.com with #PitchWars and your title in the subject. Looking forward to reading!
Jess
Caitie Flum · November 1, 2017 at 1:34 pm
This looks great! I’d love to take a look.
Please send the query in the body of the email + full manuscript as a Word attachment to querycaitie@lizadawson.com with “Pitch Wars request” in the subject.
Michelle Richter · November 1, 2017 at 2:26 pm
Hi Mia, if you’d actually attach the full too when you send, I’d appreciate it. Thanks! querymichelle@fuseliterary.com
Melissa Edwards · November 1, 2017 at 4:40 pm
I’d love to see more! Please email the first 50 pp. as a .doc to medwards@stonesong.com. Thank you!
Joanna · November 1, 2017 at 5:19 pm
Geeks! Chicago! Veronica! All things I love – I’d love to see the full.Please email me at queryjoanna@nelsonagency.com In the subject line, write PitchWars and the title of your project. This will help ensure that your email isn’t accidentally deleted or caught in our spam filter. Please include your query along with your manuscript. Thanks!
Danielle Burby · November 1, 2017 at 5:21 pm
I’d love to read this! Please include query letter or brief synopsis email the first 50 pages as an attachment to querydanielle@nelsonagency.com. In the subject line, please write REQUESTED PITCH WARS + the title of the manuscript. Looking forward to reading more!
Roseanne Wells · November 1, 2017 at 8:57 pm
Holy shizz! Right up my alley. Please use the guidelines on jdlit.com to send 100 pp (instead of the usual 20) and put #pitchwars in the subject line. I can’t wait to read more!
Roseanne Wells
The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency
Whitley Abell · November 1, 2017 at 11:33 pm
I’d love to see more! Please submit your query, synopsis, and first 50 pages to https://querymanager.com/query/inklings_whitley/PitchWars. I can’t wait to dive in!
Annie Bomke · November 2, 2017 at 4:40 pm
This sounds amazing!!! I’d love it if you could send me a query, synopsis and the first 100 pages to submissions@abliterary.com.
Lynnette Novak · November 3, 2017 at 9:09 pm
The premise is fantastic. 🙂 Your voice hooked me. It’s amazing!!!
Please send the full manuscript to Lynnette@theseymouragency.com, attached as a Word document with the query as the first page. Put “Pitch Wars” and your title in the subject line. Please also include a brief synopsis as a separate document. Thanks! Can’t wait to read!
Lynnette Novak
The Seymour Agency
Ella Marie Shupe · November 5, 2017 at 3:11 pm
Hi Mia,
Your own voice story is intriguing, and I would like to follow the nerds. Go ahead and send the full manuscript as an attachment to ellamarie@belcastroagency.com. Please add Pitch Wars in the subject line. I can’t wait to read it. Thanks.
Best,
Ella Marie Shupe
Belcastro Agency
Becky LeJeune · November 8, 2017 at 9:39 am
Hi, Mia! I would love to see the full. Please send as an attachment (word doc preferred) to becky@bondliteraryagency.com. Include your query letter and be sure to put “Pitch Wars” in the subject line.
Thanks!!!
Becky LeJeune
Bond Literary Agency
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