Our mentors are editing, our mentees are revising, and we hope you’re making progress on your own manuscript! While we’re all working toward the Agent Showcase starting on February 6, 2019, we hope you’ll take a moment during your writing breaks and get to know our 2018 Pitch Wars Read more…
Our mentors are editing, our mentees are revising, and we hope you’re making progress on your own manuscript! While we’re all working toward the Agent Showcase starting on February 6, 2019, we hope you’ll take a moment during your writing breaks and get to know our 2018 Pitch Wars Read more…
We’re so excited whenever one of our mentees gets an agent offer or a publishing deal. Celebrating these successes is one of our favorite parts of the Pitch Wars process. We hope you can join us in congratulating Gia de Cadenet and her mentor, Diana A. Hicks. Gia signed with Léonicka Valcius and Samantha Haywood of Transatlantic Agency, and we couldn’t be happier for her!
Congratulations to Pitch Wars mentor, Mia Manansala for winning the Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award for 2018! We’re thrilled we had a chance to talk with Mia about the award and what she’s working on. Tell us about the manuscript that the Sisters in Crime said was Read more…
We’re so excited whenever one of our mentees gets an agent offer or a publishing deal. Celebrating these successes is one of our favorite parts of the Pitch Wars process. We hope you can join us in congratulating Carlyn Greenwald and her mentors, Kit Frick and Rachel Lynn Solomon. Carlyn signed with Kathleen Nishimoto of WME, and we couldn’t be happier for her! (more…)
We’re so excited whenever one of our mentees gets an agent offer or a publishing deal. Celebrating these successes is one of our favorite parts of the Pitch Wars process. We hope you can join us in congratulating Jaime Formato and her mentor, Miriam Spitzer Franklin. Jaime signed with Lauren Galit of The LKG Agency, and we couldn’t be happier for her! (more…)
I’m thrilled to start up our blog posts again now that our new committee is settling in with their roles and are gearing up to announce 2018 Pitch Wars mentors in a few weeks. It’s a little emotional for me too, since I miss working with Heather. But she’s doing great with her new exciting publishing adventures. Make sure to say hello to her on Twitter. I’m sure she’d love to hear from you!
Anyway, we’re so excited whenever one of our mentees gets an agent offer or a publishing deal. Celebrating these successes is one of our favorite parts of the Pitch Wars process. We hope you can join us in congratulating Nova McBee and her mentor, Pintip Dunn. Nova signed with Amy Jameson of A + B Works, and we couldn’t be happier for her! (more…)
We’re so excited whenever one of our mentees gets an agent offer or a publishing deal. Celebrating these successes is one of our favorite parts of the Pitch Wars process. We hope you can join us in congratulating Lana Sloan and her mentors, Heather Van Fleet and Jessica Calla. Lana signed with Jordy Albert with the Booker Albert Literary Agency, and we couldn’t be happier for her!
Lana, what was it about Heather and Jess that made you choose to send them a Pitch Wars application?
All things romance! It was refreshing to find mentors who are as obsessed with romance as I am. From their wish list, you could really tell that they love the genre, and there were several things they were looking for that I had in my story.
Heather and Jess, what was it about Lana’s Just a Taste of You that hooked you? (more…)
We’re so excited whenever one of our mentees gets an agent offer or a publishing deal. Celebrating these successes is one of our favorite parts of the Pitch Wars process. We hope you can join us in congratulating Syed Masood and his mentors, Marty Mayberry and Léonie Kelsall. Syed signed with Melissa Edwards of Stonesong Literary Agency, and we couldn’t be happier for him! (more…)
We’re so excited whenever one of our mentees gets an agent offer or a publishing deal. Celebrating these successes is one of our favorite parts of the Pitch Wars process. We hope you can join us in congratulating Elizabeth Chatsworth and her mentors, Marty Mayberry and Léonie Kelsall. Elizabeth signed with Natalie Grazian of Martin Literary Management. and we couldn’t be happier for her! (more…)