Guess what? Trick or Treat with Agents is happening again this year! I seriously can’t wait to see what costumes our agents pick to hide behind. And if you have no idea what the heck I’m talking about…Trick or Treat with Agents is a Halloween themed pitch contest I came up Read more…
Amazon Link Barnes & Noble Link Book Description: What you don’t know can kill you . . . Ever since she could remember, Elle has had to hop from town to town to keep up with her dad’s demanding career as a corporate insurance agent. Each time, a reoccurring Read more…
We have winners for the giveaway for HOW TO DISCIPLINE YOUR VAMPIRE by Mina Vaughn!The three winners for a copy of an eBook are … Tiffany Treichel Valia Lind Kenya Wright The winner for the query critique by agent Jessica Sinsheimer with Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency is … Camille Read more…
For those of you who didn’t make the cut into Pitch Madness and those who just want to join us, we’re holding an After the Madness Twitter Pitch Party. So get your 140 character twitter pitch ready. Make sure to include the hashtag #PitMad and try to fit the genre Read more…
It’s been a long week of reading through all the amazing pitches and our wonderful readers have narrowed the slush, and your game hosts have chosen sixty pitches, along with four pitches saved by our slush readers, for the game. If you’re new to Pitch Madness you can check out Read more…
Genre: YA Historical RomanceWord Count: 80,000 Pitch: A modern adaption of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, set in a 1920′s speakeasy, about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words. Excerpt: Uncle Leo is hollering into the telephone again, though I’ve told him a Read more…
Genre: Upper MG FantasyWord Count: 71,000 Pitch: Lang Sawyer’s quest for glory as a teenage monster hunter becomes a struggle for survival when he matches wits with ruthless scientist Alistair Frankenstein, whose research threatens to destroy the worlds inside beloved storybooks. Excerpt: Here’s the thing about finding out your great-great Read more…
Genre: YA Urban Fantasy Word Count: 75,000 Pitch: When the livin’ in sin couple next door is murdered, Aniyah, 15, finds herself face to face with Mr. Most Wanted, who claims to be her deceased neighbor, trapped in the killer’s body. Excerpt: Desecrate one little grave, then cram for finals. Read more…
Genre: Adult upmarket fiction Word Count: 80,000 Pitch: Colin can’t help slicing open his patients’ sutures—suppose he left behind an instrument? As his OCD consumes him, Colin must seek help. But falling for a cutter in therapy isn’t in his recovery plan. Excerpt: It’s been said that middle children, in their Read more…
Genre: YA/soft Sci-fiWord Count: 94,000 Pitch: 17-year-old Ibbie collects numbers. They’re logical, safe; everything her life isn’t. The most important number; thirteen—how many days till she’s forced to mate with Logan, whether she likes him or not. Except: Speciation: An evolutionary process by which new biological species arise. LE4XI8––A Read more…