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The Moment you’ve been waiting for…
Presenting…the 2019 Wishlist for Brenda Drake and Kyle T. Cowan!
Team Name
#TeamDraCo
Brenda Drake
Brenda is the New York Times bestselling author of the LIBRARY JUMPERS series, the FATED series, THUNDERSTRUCK, and ANALIESE RISING. She’s also the founder of Pitch Wars and #PitMad. When she’s not writing or hanging out with her family, she haunts libraries, bookstores, and coffee shops, or reads some place quiet and not at all exotic (much to her disappointment).
Kyle T. Cowan
Kyle is a gay Actor & Author. He’s appeared in The Short History Of The Long Road, Better Call Saul, Preacher, War On Everyone, Manhattan, and Odd Thomas. SUNSHINE IS FOREVER, Cowan’s debut indie novel, is available in most US bookstores and Worldwide on audiobook via Audible.
Cowan graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Writing and Directing from the University of Colorado Denver in December 2010. He resides in Los Angeles and Albuquerque.
Agent: Jennifer March Soloway – Andrea Brown Literary Agency
Trigger Warnings
Please no stories about terminal illness (Brenda has an ill son). Please only consider Kyle and Brenda for sex positive stories, body positive stories, and stories that will lift up the LGBTQ+ community. Diverse and religious stories should be about cultures and beliefs supporting each other. Rape stories must happen off the page, and must be integral to the message (think: The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg).
New Adult
Kyle and Brenda are happy to consider New Adult, but please be prepared that they may ask the mentee to age characters down to Young Adult (Young Adult encompasses up to 18/19 years of age now).
Genres
Romance
Contemporary
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Paranormal
Suspense
Science Fiction
Near Future
Apocalyptic / Dystopian
Fantasy
High Epic
Portal
Urban
Contemporary
Paranormal
Horror
Thriller
Contemporary
Light or Funny
Serious or Issue Driven
Memoir
Unique Take
Mentoring Style
Kyle and Brenda will provide one round of developmental feedback and a second round of more in depth edits. If time permits, they will do a third and final read-through for small errors. They want their mentee to shine!
Kyle and Brenda will combine their notes so the mentee is not confused. The notes will be meant to encourage and support their chosen mentee’s vision. If the mentee is not open to a note, Kyle and Brenda will be happy to make the note work for the mentee. They are not looking to push the mentee to do anything they don’t want to do with their manuscript, but Kyle and Brenda’s ideal mentee should be able to take any note and make it work.
During the query phase, Kyle and Brenda will be there to help with requests and any questions. The goal is to guide mentee to the next step of their career.
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