MENTOR: Rae Chang MENTEE: Caitlyn McFarland TITLE: SWORN CATEGORY/GENRE: YA Contemporary High Fantasy w/Romantic Elements WORD COUNT: 88,000 PITCH: When a dragon crashes at the feet of college student Kai Monahan and transforms into a man, she instinctively grabs the nearest sword and saves his life. Kai is plunged into a world of aerial Read more…
MENTOR: Jaye Robin Brown MENTEE: Nina Moreno TITLE: HURRICANE DAUGHTER CATEGORY/GENRE: YA Contemporary WORD COUNT: 75,000 PITCH: Daisy dates like a hummingbird. Beau’s so notorious even his truck has a reputation. Despite tangled histories, they’re two strands of one knot. When secrets threaten Beau’s family, Daisy ties the knot tighter. But sometimes, not even Read more…
MENTOR: Skylar Dorset MENTEE: Robin Hammer TITLE: DOUBLE MINDED CATEGORY/GENRE: NA Magical Realism WORD COUNT: 90,000 PITCH: All Sydney wanted was to get a new start at a good college. Then she finds out that the honors program she’s been accepted to is a cover for a massive and Read more…
MENTOR: Agent Assistant Lioness MENTEE: Marie Meyer TITLE: THROUGH THE STORM CATEGORY/GENRE: NA Contemporary Romance WORD COUNT: 80,000 PITCH: Twelve years ago, Jillian Lawson’s parents died during the 9/11 attacks. Still grieving, her only source of comfort is her best friend, Griffin. But when Jillian leaves for college and Read more…
MENTOR: Cora Carmack MENTEE: Megan Just TITLE: FEAR OF FALLING CATEGORY/GENRE: New Adult WORD COUNT: 87,000 PITCH: After her stunt pilot father’s horrific death, a daredevil rock-climber is the last person April should be falling for. Because in one month her documentary internship will have them meeting on a perilous cliff. She’ll be Read more…
MENTOR: Veronica Park MENTEE: Kelley Harvey TITLE: SECRETS I KEEP CATEGORY/GENRE: NA Contemporary Romance WORD COUNT: 60,000 PITCH: Lily Blanco survived a childhood of abuse. Now she’ll do anything to protect her little sister from the monster they call “Dad.” EXCERPT: Lily The tumbler turns in the lock. I hold my breath. Two…Three…Four. Read more…
MENTOR: Dannie Morin MENTEE: Sonia Hartl TITLE: GASLIGHTS IN VAUDEVILLE CATEGORY/GENRE: NA Contemporary Suspense WORD COUNT: 70,000 PITCH: Nineteen-year-old Tess wants a degree and a life outside her father’s skeezy vaudeville troupe—until he hires Drew, a sexy escape artist. When someone leaves Tess tarot cards threatening Death, she leans on Drew. But his past Read more…
MENTOR: Nazarea Andrews MENTEE: Emmy Neal TITLE: CROSSOVER CATEGORY/GENRE: NA Sci-fi WORD COUNT: 90,000 PITCH: The virtual reality game Blake’s testing is the most amazing thing he’s ever done. But when he realizes that it’s not a game—he’s slipping between two unstable universes—he knows he has to end it. Read more…
MENTOR: Karma Brown MENTEE: Carla Luna Cullen TITLE: FIELD RULES CATEGORY/GENRE: NA / Contemporary Romance WORD COUNT: 75,000 PITCH: When 21-year-old student Kelsey Barrett travels to Cyprus for her first archaeological dig, she never expects to fall for her sexy instructor, or that doing so could risk her career Read more…
MENTOR: Heather Webb MENTEE: A. R. Shenandoah TITLE: ASPEN’S WAY CATEGORY/GENRE: Upmarket Women’s/Historical WORD COUNT: 95,000 PITCH: When Alma’s childhood friend—an Ojibwe Indian—is charged with the murder of a white man, she must challenge the policy of forced assimilation to prove his innocence. But this means confronting the memory of a lover hanged for Read more…