Genre: New Adult Word count: 98,000 Pitch: Jo, who can bring fictional characters to life, creates a boyfriend for her best friend but runs into trouble when Mr. Write refuses to cooperate in her matchmaking scheme and falls for her instead. Excerpt: The first boy I ever loved did not Read more…
Genre: MG Contemporary FantasyWord Count: 44,000 Pitch: Thirteen-year-old Luke discovers his cell phone’s voice-powered assistant can grant wishes. But with autocorrect, even a simple wish can have catastrophic consequences. De-bugging his phone becomes disastrous. Getting rid of monsters, even worse. Excerpt: I lurched forward after being Read more…
Genre: Women’s FictionWord Count: 79,000 Pitch: When Sophie loses her almost-fiancé and dream job, she’s left with one thing: her “psychic,” aka psychotic mother. Sophie must rebuild her life with a third eye activating, chakra balancing, universe shifting wingman…or “wingmom.” Excerpt: It had to be him. When I unearthed Read more…
Genre: YA HistoricalWord Count: 70,000 Pitch: Three sisters try to survive hunger and deadly secrets against the backdrop of the WWII German occupation of Norway, but when 16-year-old Ruth becomes pregnant with a German soldier’s child, family bonds disintegrate. Exceprt: Jorunn had her copy of Undset’s The Wreath open on Read more…
Genre: MG Sci-fi/Adventure Word Count: 44,000 Pitch: Candies from an Alien Pez Dispenser give eleven-year-old Mike temporary superpowers, but only his inner superhero can save himself and his friends from a four-armed, snout-faced alien wielding the Interstellar Remote Control of Everything. Excerpt: Mike stuffed his Space Camp application into his Read more…
Genre: YA ContemporaryWord Count: 62,000 Pitch: Cancer: five. Stella: zero. On the brink of death, Stella is leading a double life. At home there’s her dedicated and protective boyfriend. And at the hospital there’s the quirky boy who’s stealing her heart. Excerpt: It happens quick. Like a lightning strike. Read more…
Genre: Adult Thriller Word count: 90,000 Pitch: With the body count climbing the more he probes, homicide detective Jack Easley’s latest case points to his own family—the one that still tells him his sister’s death was a cut-and-dried suicide. Excerpt: I leaned against the Plexiglas divider of our lane, Read more…
Genre: Adult – MysteryWord Count: 75,000 Pitch: A single mom with something more deadly on her mind than coupons and babysitters stumbles through the mess of her life tossing cynical quips in her wake while trying not to trip over dead bodies. Excerpt: Jules mopped up the trail of blood Read more…
Genre: Young Adult Contemporary RomanceWord Count: 60,000 Pitch: Bound by memory-erasing seizures, Juliet swears by her scrapbooks until a fire destroys everything. Now she is left to choose between the life they say she’s always known and the boy she can’t forget. Excerpt: Fractured memories. That’s all I have left. Read more…
Genre: MG contemporary fantasyWord Count: 37,000 Pitch: Gideon is eleven years old and going blind. After befriending Baku, a nightmare eater, he is tempted to abandon his parents and real life for a dream world where he can still “see”. Excerpt: Gideon Hardy stood on the stage of a Read more…