Genre: MG Magical Realism Title: ONE OF THOSE TIMES Word Count: 30,000 Query: When twelve-year-old Sam Heans finds a tattered datebook on the sidewalk, it doesn’t take long for him to realize it’s everything but ordinary. The book contains clues of things that will happen to him—or so he thinks. Read more…
Genre: Contemporary Romance Title: THE HEAD TRIP Word Count: 76,000 Query: Ballsy Los Angeles publicist Lettie Gold has the kind of life plenty of women fantasize about, studded with red carpet events and celebrity clients. But when her musician fiancé David abruptly breaks things off at his shrink’s suggestion and Read more…
Genre: MG Fairytale Retelling Title: BEAST Word Count: 54,000 Query: Twelve-year-old Elliot wants nothing more than to prove he’s got guts. The schoolyard bully thinks he’s a wuss, and even Elliot’s best friend, Hammer, and his overprotective mother both know he isn’t very tough. So when the town begins the Read more…
HOW WE FALL by Kate Brauning YA contemporary Publication date: 11/3/2014 Publisher: Merit Press, F+W Media Inc. ISBN-13: 9781440581793 Hardcover, 304 pages About the Book: He kissed her on a dare. She told him to do it again. Ever since Jackie moved to her uncle’s sleepy farming town, she’s Read more…
“The Writer’s Voice” Blogfest is live! Over the next week, the coaches will review your queries and first pages on the blogs listed below, and if one of the coaches wants you on her team, she’ll leave a comment on your post that says something like, “I want you!” (Please Read more…
Welcome to “The Writer’s Voice” 2014! To enter, your manuscript must meet two conditions: First, it must be COMPLETE, POLISHED, AND READY TO QUERY, and second, it must be in one of the following genres: Adult Historical Adult Fantasy Adult Science Fiction Adult Romance (excluding erotica) YA fiction (all genres) Read more…
The submission window for the Spencer Hill Contemporary pitch event is NOW CLOSED! You may pitch to the editors until April 30 at 11:59PM EDT. Follow the fun and the editors’ tweet on the Twitter hashtag #pitchSHC Here’s all the details from Spencer Hill Contemporary editors … We Read more…
Amazon I’m so excited for my critique partner and friend’s release, I’m giving away three Amazon eBook copies of BURN ME by Shelley Watters. Just enter the Rafflecopter below for a chance to win one of them. And here’s all the details of this fabulously hot book… Title: Burn Me Read more…
I’m so excited to join in on the reveal for Mina Vaughn’s HOW TO REPRIMAND YOUR ROCK STAR! I can’t wait until it releases in July. And to show you how excited, I’m giving away THREE Amazon ebook copies of HOW TO DISCIPLINE YOUR VAMPIRE by Mina Vaughn now! That Read more…
Since I’m deep in revisions for THE SEVENTH HEIR (book two in the Library Jumpers trilogy), I thought I’d share the characters I’ve been living with for years now. They’ve become a big part of my life and, at times, I forget they exist only in my mind and live Read more…