Manuscript Status: Finished
Mentor Names: Juliana Brandt & Allison Ziegler
Mentee Name: Bronwyn Deaver
Title: WHERE WILD MAGIC GROWS
Category: Middle Grade
Genre: Contemporary with Magical Elements
Word Count: 46,000 words
PITCH:
To 13-year-old Ivy Jade, her secret ability to see feelings glow isn’t a gift, it’s a curse – especially when her best friend’s father runs for mayor on an anti-magic platform. Her ability could help defeat his plan to harm magic, but choosing to use it might mean the end of her friendship. A SNICKER OF MAGIC meets SAVVY.
EXCERPT:
As the sun dipped below the horizon, Ivy Jade Washington noticed the first, brief glow at the edge of the forest. A second later, more emerald lights flickered above the tall grass at the base of the trees. The beauty of the fireflies’ secret language held her spellbound.
“Ivy Girl!” Granddaddy called from the house. “You out there?”
“I’m here,” she whispered, rolling to her side and tucking her hands under her cheek. The ropes of the braided hammock in their backyard pressed into her arm and leg. She held still. This was the safest spot in the world, and she didn’t want to leave it. Ever.
An August breeze carried the scent of sun-warmed roses, but the cool night air made her wish she’d remembered her hoodie. Indiana weather was as unpredictable as wild magic. As if speaking them to life, sparks of blue and purple danced among the fireflies and dashed up into the trees, fearless and free. That would never be her; her own magic made her anything but fearless.
The fireflies brushed the tips of briars where raspberries grew. She tried to find a pattern in the green flashes. If they were people, she’d know exactly what they felt – emerald meant loyalty. The fireflies belonged together. Ivy Jade would never belong. She didn’t know anyone else who could see emotions glow, and she definitely wasn’t going to advertise her ability now. Not after what happened in May.
26 Comments
Hilary Harwell · November 1, 2017 at 10:05 pm
This sounds amazing! Please kindly send the full manuscript to hilary@ktliterary.com with “PitchWars” in the subject so I may continue reading!!
Cheers!
Hilary
Lauren Spieller · November 1, 2017 at 10:21 pm
I’d love to read this! Please send your query in the body of an email, along with the full manuscript and a synopsis (both attached). Please also include a link to this entry. You can send your materials to lauren@triadaus.com. I look forward to reading!
Patricia Nelson · November 1, 2017 at 11:29 pm
I’m intrigued and would love to read more! Please send a query (in the body of the email) along with the first 50 pages as a Word doc attachment, subject line “Pitch Wars: [Your Title]” to patricia@marsallyonliteraryagency.com.
Thanks, and looking forward to reading!
Patricia
Maria Vicente · November 2, 2017 at 8:03 am
Bronwyn, I would love to take a look at the full manuscript! Please email a query letter to maria@psliterary.com with the subject line “Pitch Wars Request: Where Wild Magic Grows” and include the manuscript (+ a synopsis) as an attachment.
Marie Lamba · November 2, 2017 at 8:36 am
Some lovely images here. 🙂 Please submit your query to me at marie.jdlit@gmail.com with your query letter and the first 20 pages pasted into the email. Please put PITCH WARS REQUEST and your title in the message line. Also, attach the complete manuscript as a word file. Thanks!
Marie
Jim McCarthy · November 2, 2017 at 8:44 am
I would love to see this! Please send the full manuscript to me at jmccarthy@dystel.com. A Word attachment is most preferable if possible. Best, Jim
Elana Roth Parker · November 2, 2017 at 9:08 am
Hi! I’d love to read more! Please email me at eparker [at] ldlainc [dot] com:
* Subject line: PitchWars Submission: YOUR BOOK TITLE
* Your query letter in the body of the email
* The full manuscript attached as a Word document
Thanks!
Elana (Laura Dail Literary Agency)
Danielle Burby · November 2, 2017 at 9:27 am
I’d love to take a look at this! Please email me at querydanielle@nelsonagency.com and include the first twenty pages of your manuscript in the body of the email along with a one-page query letter. 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. I look forward to reading!
Caitie Flum · November 2, 2017 at 10:03 am
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.
Leon Husock · November 2, 2017 at 10:29 am
This is beautifully written, and I’d love to read more! Please send a query and the full manuscript along with a single-sentence description of your premise to leon@lperkinsagency.com
Suzie Townsend · November 2, 2017 at 12:07 pm
This sounds so amazing! There’s no way I can resist that pitch — I would love to read the full ms! Please send the full manuscript to suzie@newleafliterary.com attached as a Word document with the query in the first page of the document. Put “PITCH WARS” in the subject. Please also include a dreaded synopsis if you have one. Thank you! Can’t wait to read!
Hillary Jacobson · November 2, 2017 at 12:17 pm
I am so intrigued by this idea and have to read more! Please send the full manuscript as a word document to hjacobson@icmpartners.com. Thank you!
Jennifer Kim · November 2, 2017 at 12:39 pm
Yoooooo, what an amazing pitch and concept! I’d love to read the full manuscript. Please send it as a word document to jennifer@dijkstraagency.com, and include “PITCH WARS” in the subject line. If you have a synopsis or bio available, please include those as well.
Can’t wait to read!
Jennifer (SDLA)
Penelope Burns · November 2, 2017 at 1:23 pm
Hi Bronwyn,
I would LOVE to see this. Can you please send the full manuscript to penelope@gelfmanschneider.com, with your query in the body of the email and #PitchWars and title in the subject line? Thanks so much!
Penelope
Kathleen Rushall · November 2, 2017 at 1:27 pm
I’d love to see this! Can you please send me the full manuscript as a word doc to Kathleen@AndreaBrownLit.com? Thank you! Looking forward to it.
Justin Wells · November 2, 2017 at 1:45 pm
I’d love to see your full manuscript! Please submit it (along with other material requested in form) to my Pitch Wars QM page here: https://querymanager.com/query/Justin_Wells/Pitch_Wars
Peter Knapp · November 2, 2017 at 3:27 pm
Bronwyn, I’d love to keep reading! Please send the full manuscript as a Word doc with the query pasted into the first page of the document to queries@parkliterary.com with “PETER KNAPP – PITCH WARS REQUEST” in the subject. Thank you, and I look forward to reading!
Whitley Abell · November 2, 2017 at 4:09 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!
Melissa Nasson · November 2, 2017 at 4:43 pm
Bronwyn, I would love to read more of this! Please send the first 50 pages as a Word doc or PDF attachment to melissa@rpcontent.com. Please also include your query letter in the body of the email, and Pitch Wars in the subject line.
I look forward to reading!
Thanks,
Melissa Nasson
Rubin Pfeffer Content
Blair Wilson · November 2, 2017 at 7:07 pm
This sounds incredible–I’d love to read! Please send the full manuscript as a Word doc with the query pasted into the first page of the document to queries@parkliterary.com with “BLAIR WILSON – PITCH WARS REQUEST” in the subject. Thanks so much–looking forward to reading!
Roseanne Wells · November 2, 2017 at 10:30 pm
This is just beautiful, captivating. Wow. I’d love to read more! Please use the guidelines on jdlit.com to send 100pp (instead of the normal 20), and include #Pitchwars in the subject line. I can’t wait to dive in!
Roseanne Wells
The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency
Jennifer Azantian · November 3, 2017 at 3:02 am
Hi Bronwyn,
I would love to read on!
Please send your query, 1-2 page synopsis, and first 100 pages (in an attached word doc.) to queries at azantianlitagency dot com with “PitchWars: TITLE by Name” in the subject line. Thanks!
I look forward to reading!
Jennifer Azantian
Azantian Literary Agency
Andrea Cascardi · November 3, 2017 at 11:57 am
Hi, I love what I’ve read here and can’t wait to read more! Please can you send me the full manuscript as a Word or PDF attachment, with Pitch Wars in the subject line? I am eager to continue reading!
Thank you,
Andrea
Natalie M. Lakosil · November 3, 2017 at 4:50 pm
Hi Bronwyn,
I’d love to see this! Please send the full manuscript to me at natalie@bradfordlit.com, along with a synopsis and your query. Please include “Requested material: Pitch Wars” in the email subject.
Thanks!!
Natalie
Natalie Lakosil
Bradford Literary Agency
Christa Heschke · November 6, 2017 at 10:50 pm
I’d definitely be interested to see more! Please send a query, first 50 pages and synopsis to chquery@mcintoshandotis.com. Look forward to reading!
-Christa Heschke, McIntosh & Otis
Abigail Frank · November 9, 2017 at 10:38 am
Hi Bronwyn!
I’d love to read more about Ivy Jade. Please send your full manuscript as an attachment to querybb@sjga.com, with Pitch Wars in the subject. Looking forward to reading!
Best,
Abigail Frank
Assistant to Brenda Bowen
Greenburger Associates
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