Manuscript Status: Finished
Mentee Name: Brooke Salesky
Mentor Name: Melissa Marino
Title: THE MARRIAGE CODE
Category: Romance
Genre: Contemporary
Word Count: 94,000
Pitch:
THE HATING GAME meets A BOLLYWOOD AFFAIR. American IT guru Emma relocates to the Bangalore office only to be taunted by new coworker Rishi. Rishi can’t forgive her for stealing his promotion, but after Emma creates an algorithm to find him a suitable wife, he realizes love is right in front of him. A love that could make him choose between his family and Emma.
Excerpt:
Fate is what Emma Delaney told herself a month ago when the company had asked her to move.
Fate is what her best friend called it after the Jeremy incident and Emma couldn’t escape him.
Fate is the word she’d resisted since she was eight years old when the universe had stolen everything she’d known.
And now here she was. Diamonds and gold flashing on billboards. Honking from cars trying to move in the dense traffic. The glint of the airport’s massive glass walls. Sifting dirt and construction in the distance. Saris in a kaleidoscope of silk swishing past her.
Had fate really brought her to India?
Was fate also responsible for her being stranded outside for thirty minutes without a working phone and no one from her company here to pick her up?
She should have known better. Fuck fate.
A muggy heat seared her skin and forced her breath to get stuck in her throat. Her stomach turned on itself as she eyed her surroundings. How could she get to wherever she was supposed to go? The office? A hotel? A coffee shop across the parking lot lured her from a distance.
Coffee, the sweet nectar of the jetlagged gods.
Why was no one there? She pulled out the notes app on her phone and looked at the mish mash of words and numbers. Which way was the office?
16 Comments
Carrie Pestritto · November 1, 2017 at 1:18 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 50 pages, with the subject “PITCHWARS REQUEST,” to carrie(at)prospectagency(dot)com. Thank you and excited to see more!
Michelle Richter · November 1, 2017 at 1:22 pm
This is fun! Please send your query and first 50 pages to me at querymichelle@fuseliterary.com. Don’t forget to include PitchWars in the subject line 🙂
Laura Crockett · November 1, 2017 at 1:34 pm
I’m interested in reading more! Please send the query in the body of the email, attach the first 50 pages in a Word doc, subject line “Pitch Wars: [MS title],” to laura(at)triadaus(dot)com. Thanks! –Laura
Jessica Watterson · November 1, 2017 at 1:34 pm
NEED PLEASE! Please send full, query, and synopsis to: jessica@dijkstraagency.com w #pitchwars in subject!
Stacey Donaghy · November 1, 2017 at 1:39 pm
This sounds great! Please send the full as a word.docx attachment with the query in the body of the email. Use subject line #PitchWars and Title to stacey@donaghyliterary.com
Thanks,
Stacey
Caitie Flum · November 1, 2017 at 1:46 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.
Kimberly Brower · November 1, 2017 at 1:50 pm
I’m really excited to read this one! Please send me the full manuscript and a summary (spoilers ok!) in Word format to kimberly@browerliterary.com. For the subject line, please write PITCH WARS: Title Name.
Quressa Robinson · November 1, 2017 at 2:31 pm
I’d love to see more.
Please query me at queryquressa@nelsonagency.com. In the subject line, write REQUESTED QUERY (PitchWars) and the title of your project. This will help ensure that your query isn’t accidentally deleted or caught in our spam filter. In the body of your email, include a one-page query letter and the first twenty pages of your manuscript.
Hillary Jacobson · November 1, 2017 at 3:27 pm
I LOVE this idea. Please send the full manuscript as a word document to hjacobson@icmpartners.com. Thank you!
Joanna · November 1, 2017 at 5:48 pm
This is fantastic! I’d love to read 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 query isn’t accidentally deleted or caught in our spam filter. Please include your query. Thanks!
Ann Leslie Tuttle · November 1, 2017 at 9:44 pm
This sounds terrific. Please do send the complete to me at atuttle@dystel.com. Thank you. I look forward to reading it.
Whitley Abell · November 1, 2017 at 11:37 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!
Stefanie Lieberman · November 2, 2017 at 11:37 am
I’d be thrilled to see more! Can you please send the full manuscript as a Word attachment, and include the query in the body of the email, to submissions@janklow.com. Please include “Pitch Wars – Stefanie Lieberman” in the subject line. Thanks!
Kristy Hunter · November 3, 2017 at 9:45 am
This sounds fantastic! I’d love to see more. Can you please send the full manuscript as a Word attachment to kristy.hunter@knightagency.net with your query in the body of the email and “Pitch Wars Requested: TITLE” in the subject line. Thanks!!
Tamar Rydzinski · November 3, 2017 at 2:38 pm
I would love to read this! Please send your manuscript and query letter to queries@ldlainc.com, with Pitch Wars in the subject line. Thanks!
Ella Marie Shupe · November 5, 2017 at 3:21 pm
Hi Melissa,
You had me at algorithm. Please send your query letter with Pitch Wars added to the subject line. Include three chapters as an attachment to ellamarie@belcastroagency.com. Thanks.
Best,
Ella Marie Shupe
Belcastro Agency
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