Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Elizabeth Briggs Mentee Name: Lyndsay Ely Title: A SHOW OF STEEL Category: YA Genre: Speculative Western Word Count: 95,000 Pitch: Leaving a dead-end life behind, gunslinger Pity finds an unlikely home as a performing sharpshooter in a decadent, lawless city. But in a place where seduction is Read more…
Manuscript Status: Two week delivery Mentor Name: Katie Bucklein Mentee Name: Joanna Hathaway Title: DARK OF THE WEST Category: Young Adult Genre: Low Fantasy Word Count: 110,000 Pitch: After a violent murder reignites a generations-old conflict between their countries, reluctant fighter pilot Athan and spitfire princess Aurelia—one seeking peace, the Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Erin L. Schneider & Veronica Bartles Mentee Name: Renée A. Price Title: WITH ARMS WIDE OPEN Category: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary Word Count: 80,000 Pitch: After seventeen-year-old Brazilian soccer sensation Amélia causes the accident that leaves her professional goalkeeper brother in a wheelchair, she vows to give up soccer. But when Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Kelly Siskind co-mentoring with Mary Ann Marlowe Mentee Name: Kate Michael Title: THE MONTH OF FIREFLIES Category: New Adult Genre: Contemporary M/M Romance Word Count: 87,000 Pitch: Still grieving his boyfriend’s death, Jackson has no idea what to do with Julien. Julien knows exactly what he Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Molly Lee Mentee Name: C. L. McCollum Title: TRACES Category: NA Genre: SciFi Word Count: 90,000 Pitch: GI Jane meets The Matrix when a terrorist attack triggers telepathic abilities in Cadet Madeline Ray, landing her on the elite Psy-Ops One team. Her chemistry with Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Diana Gallagher Mentee Name: Erika Grotto Title: WORTH THE WEIGHT Category: New Adult Genre: Contemporary Word Count: 63,000 Pitch: Fresh off the set of a weight loss reality show, former outcast Cassie finally has the perfect life and Alex, the perfect boyfriend, to go Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Dan Koboldt Mentee Name: Michael Mammay Title: PLANETSIDE Category: Adult Genre: Science Fiction Word Count: 81,000 Pitch: An alcoholic Colonel near retirement races across the galaxy to find a politician’s missing son. The cover-up leads him right into a combat zone, where he must risk Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Kristin Wright Mentee Name: Mairi Kilaine Title: UNCONVENTIONAL Category: Adult Genre: Women’s Fiction Word Count: 92,000 Pitch: A meeting with film producers at CometCon would be a beautiful alternate reality for any broke sci-fi author. But for Hollywood-wary Molly Watson, it’s a living dystopia. While Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Kristin Wright Mentee Name: Mairi Kilaine Title: UNCONVENTIONAL Category: Adult Genre: Women’s Fiction Word Count: 92,000 Pitch: A meeting with film producers at CometCon would be a beautiful alternate reality for any broke sci-fi author. But for Hollywood-wary Molly Watson, it’s a living dystopia. While Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Kelly Siskind Mentee Name: J. R. Yates Title: WITHOUT A WORD Category: Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance Word Count: 87,000 Pitch: Done with smooth-talking guys, Hanna starts her speech therapy career in an isolated town three hundred miles from disappointment. There she meets Spencer, a quiet Frenchman Read more…