Cc: Abee5 The Pieces of Advice to Young Writers by Paul Smith Nowadays enough young people want to try themselves in writing. Nevertheless, it is easier to say than to do. You can take a clean sheet of paper, put it behind you (or open a window of the Microsoft Read more…
Rae and I would like to thank all the mentors, mentees, alternates, and agents for making this Pitch Wars such an awesome experience. In our opinion, all the writers are winners. The writers not only got some valuable coaching, but also a chance to meet other writers striving for the Read more…
Burn Me By Shelley Watters An Adult Contemporary Romance Releasing April 29, 2014 Published by Swoon Romance After her twin brother dies in a house fire, firefighter Katrina Hale is determined to prove she’s stronger than the flames. But while her focus on her career leaves little room Read more…
PITCH WARS ALTERNATE SHOWCASE The Pitch Wars mentors picked alternates in case their mentees dropped out of the main contest for any reason (getting an offer hopefully). So to show our appreciation for them waiting in the wings, the mentors worked with them to get pitch ready and we’re holding Read more…
Tonight, the Pitch Wars entries will post to my blog. I’d like to warn those who subscribe to the blog, that you may get 53 emails from me, and I apologize for any headaches it may cause you. This should only happen three times a year during contests, so I Read more…
If you’re looking for a critique partner, mark your calendar for January 20. There will be a twitter event on #CPMatch much like PitMad but for critique partners. For all the information about the event go here. I’m not part of this event so all questions should be addressed to Read more…
Remember the “Crits from Rae” contest I put on during Pitch Wars? I don’t know about you guys, but I had fun doing it. Thus, from now on, I will be doing query (and pages!) critique giveaways on the 15th of every month! First round of pitching starts TOMORROW, January Read more…
Twitter Pitching: Hard Numbers from #PitMad by Dan Koboldt Last week, hundreds of aspiring authors took on a new challenge: pitching their completed manuscripts in 140 characters or less. The event was called #PitMad; the premise is fairly simple: throughout the day, authors tweet a brief pitch for their manuscripts Read more…
More interviews! Your day just got better, trust me. For those of you just tuning in, here’s my spiel: As writers, we all Google-stalk agents (and often editors). Come on, admit it, you do. And if you’ve done your homework – and you should have done your homework – you can probably Read more…
It’s an interviewpalooza! For those of you just tuning in, here’s my spiel: As writers, we all Google-stalk agents (and often editors). Come on, admit it, you do. And if you’ve done your homework – and you should have done your homework – you can probably rattle off your dream agent’s most Read more…