I’m thrilled to announce the Pitch Wars Mentor Critique Workshop featuring some of our talented current and past mentors! The mentors will help some lucky winners of the drawing shine up their queries or first pages. We will try to post all the critiques on the blog, so that even Read more…
There’s a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes to bring you Pitch Wars, and we’re excited for this upcoming year. Pitch Wars has had over 300 successes with mentees making agent matches, snagging publishing deals, and receiving awards. Our Managing Director this year is Sarah Nicolas. Read more…
Want to be a mentor in Pitch Wars 2019? Get your applications in! You have from today until the end of day Eastern Time on July 8 to apply. Mentors are typically agented or published authors or people who have worked in the publishing industry in some capacity (including Read more…
About the book … Can Mimi undo the mayhem caused by her baking in this contemporary-fantasy retelling of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream? Eleven-year-old Mimi Mackson comes from a big Indian American family: Dad’s a renowned food writer, Mom’s a successful businesswoman, and her three older siblings all have their Read more…
I’m so excited! The eBook for Star-Crossed by Pitch Wars Mentee Liaison, Pintip Dunn, is on sale for only $0.99. I loved reading this book, and I’m sure you’ll enjoy it too. The sale is for a limited time, so hurry and grab your copy today! Buy links … Read more…
I’m so excited for the release of Kara McDowell’s JUST FOR CLICKS today! Kara was mine and Heather Cashman’s Pitch Wars mentee in 2016. She was such a hard worker and even had to revise between giving birth to her beautiful son. Both Heather and I were excited to work Read more…
The Agent Showcase is here! Make sure to scroll down for some exciting news!! For those who don’t know what Pitch Wars is, it’s a mentoring program where published/agented authors, editors, or industry interns choose one writer each to mentor. Mentors read the entire manuscript and offer suggestions on how Read more…
Our mentors are editing, our mentees are revising, and we hope you’re making progress on your own manuscript! While we’re all working toward the Agent Showcase starting on February 6, 2019, we hope you’ll take a moment during your writing breaks and get to know our 2018 Pitch Wars Read more…
Our mentors are editing, our mentees are revising, and we hope you’re making progress on your own manuscript! While we’re all working toward the Agent Showcase starting on February 6, 2019, we hope you’ll take a moment during your writing breaks and get to know our 2018 Pitch Wars Read more…
Our mentors are editing, our mentees are revising, and we hope you’re making progress on your own manuscript! While we’re all working toward the Agent Showcase starting on February 6, 2019, we hope you’ll take a moment during your writing breaks and get to know our 2018 Pitch Wars Read more…