Title: OF BLOOD AND ROSES Category: NA Genre: Urban Fantasy Word Count: 70,000 Pitch: The city of Salem has come alive for Halloween, but for undergrad Maggie Carter, the magic is missing. So when she hears a voice on the radio that makes her bones melt, Maggie steals away to Read more…
Title: GEMINI CRUSH Category: YA Genre: Thriller Word Count: 70,000 Pitch: Sixteen-year-old twins Alex and Zoe Swanson used to look identical, but thanks to Alex’s transformation from girl-next-door normal to goth-ish, telepathic freak, the twins not only act like polar opposites, they look nothing alike. Even so, they’re the best Read more…
Title: FINDING MR. KELLY Category: Adult Genre: Historical Word Count: 76,000 Pitch: Evelina Taylor, secretary at the Boston Reporter, has been terrified of the sea for as long as she can remember- which makes things problematic when blue-eyed fisherman Finn Kelly arrives from Ireland, intent of finding his missing father. Read more…
Title: GERALD AND THE AMULET OF ZONRACH Category: Upper MG Genre: Humorous Fantasy Word Count: 77,000 Pitch: In the realm of Wyverndawn, a wizard’s height is the mark of his power, and shrinking an entire inch is disastrous for twelve-year-old Gerald. Looking for promotion of an inch or two, Gerald Read more…
Title: GOLDILOCKS Category: YA Genre: Fantasy Word Count: 65,000 Pitch: Why did Goldilocks go into the forest? To kill the three bears. Four years after the bears killed her parents and friend, Orin, sixteen-year-old Goldilocks searches for a way to kill the three bears that continually attack her village. Question Read more…
Title: DRAGON DANCING Category: MC Genre: Magical Realism Word Count: 34,000 Pitch: Rosalind Durrell has a dragon, which would be awesome except he won’t eat anything and she’s starting to worry that he won’t stay healthy for long. She finds an Instructor to help her care for her dragon, but Read more…
“Debut novelist Laam seamlessly interweaves the stories of three different women from three different times and places into a cross-century thriller. Romance and intrigue abound…” —Booklist “Weaves a lively tale…Laam [tells] her story with verve and imagination.” —Kate Alcott, New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmaker “Laam Read more…
SUBMISSION WINDOW OPEN TODAY FROM 9AM EST to 9PM EST (10/22) This hopefully gives everyone plenty of time to enter! To enter, your manuscript MUST be completed and ready for submission. Accepting MG, YA, NA, and Adult–all fiction genres. (NO Erotica, Memoir, or Picture Books) How to Enter: Step Read more…
The workshop signup is now closed! We’re holding a query workshop here on the blog. Some talented friends agreed to help me critique your queries. We’re taking the first 38 writers to sign up on the Mr. Linky below. What do you have to do? Sign up on the Read more…
Title: Love and Other Games (Collection) Author: Melinda Dozier, Ana Blaze, Aria Kane, Kara Leigh Miller Publisher: Swoon Romance Publication Date: October 1, 2013 Format: eBook Love and Other Games Book Blurbs: LOVE AND OTHER GAMES is a collection of four sexy new adult stories centered around athletes competing in Read more…