“Special Moments” As a writer, my journey has been full of lots of ups and downs, but nearly all of my ups involve members of my writing group—wonderful women that I’ve been meeting with every other week (and often more) for the past five years. This year, some of Read more…
This past year has been filled with lots of wonderful writerly thrills for me, and it’s taken me some time to think back and pick out one of those special moments. From landing my agent and publisher, to the debut of my first New Adult Romance, SIGNS OF ATTRACTION, to Read more…
My mother likes to tell the story of when she thought I learned how to read. I was almost four years old, on her lap while she read me my favorite book. She paused for a minute and I took over, telling the story perfectly through the end. Impressed Read more…
Let us know what you think of the cover for Guardian of Secrets (Library Jumpers, #2) by Brenda Drake which releases February 7, 2017! This cover reveal is brought to you by Entangled TEEN & YA Interrobang! Brenda Drake’s thoughts on the cover: I had an idea of what I Read more…
Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iTunes |Kobo Grab your copy today for only $2.99! We’re so excited to share Brenda’s release! Brenda gives so much to the writing community, and we on the contest team hope you’ll join us today and celebrate her new release with us. Share it on Read more…
Cover illustration by James Lopez TITLE: BEST. NIGHT. EVER.: A Story Told from Seven Points of View AUTHORS: Rachele Alpine, Ronni Arno, Alison Cherry, Stephanie Faris, Jen Malone, Gail Nall, and Dee Romito PUBLISHER: Aladdin/Simon & Schuster RELEASE DATE: August 15, 2017 Goodreads | Preorder About the book . . . Read more…
The successes from last year are still rolling in along with our new ones! We’re so excited! Our favorite part of hosting pitch contests is being a part of a writer’s triumphs. Today we celebrate Tracey Enerson Wood and her Pitch Wars mentor Alex White! Tracey recently signed with Heather Flaherty of The Bent Agency and Lucy Read more…
Our favorite part of hosting pitch contests is being a part of a writer’s successes. Today we celebrate Lynn Vroman and her Pitch Wars mentor Judi Lauren! Lynn recently signed with MacKenzie Fraser-Bub of Fraser-Bub Literary, and we couldn’t be happier for yer. So please join me in congratulating Lynn and Judi as they share with us their awesome Pitch Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor: Heather Cashman Mentee: Andrea Kjaer Title: THE BRIGHTEST SHADE OF FLAME Category/Genre: Young Adult Historical Fantasy Word Count: 90,000 Pitch: When a Norseman possessed by a treasure-hungry djinni steals Anje’s mythical hammer, she chases him into the treacherous world of seafaring raiders. Attraction sparks when the two must ally against the brutal Read more…
Manuscript status: Finished Mentor Name: Joy McCullough Mentee Name: Liz Heywood Title: SAVING SUNDANCE Category: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary Verse Word Count: 24,000 Pitch: Maddy’s Christian Scientist friend Hope has always used prayer instead of medicine. But when Hope develops a life-threatening infection, her mother won’t get her badly needed Read more…