I’m excited to announce that we have a success story from The Writer’s Voice contest! ValerieCole has signed with awesome agent, Lauren MacLeod, and you can read the entry that grabbed Lauren’s attention here. In Valerie’s own words… First, I have to thank the coaches—Mónica, Krista, Brenda, and Cupid. Read more…
link First off, the winner of an eBook (pdf) of EYES OF THE SEER by Peter Dawes chosen by Random.org is Katie Brauning. Katie send me your email address at brendadrakecontests@gmail.com so I can send you your prize. Everyone else go to this post for more information about this exciting Read more…
I’m excited to give away an eBook copy of EYES OF THE SEER. All you have to do is leave a post comment below. Tell us, what would you do with the gift of “sight” and could sense things before they happened? Here’s something about the story… The Vampire Flynn Read more…
The Writer’s Voice Twitter Pitch Party Rules (Twitter hashtag: #WVTP)Thursday, May 24 12PM – 6PM EDT Here’s the rules… Pitch your finished manuscript on the hashtag. You may pitch any time you see an agent online – just don’t go crazy and pitch more than once during an agent visit. Read more…
The Writer’s Voice Wrap Up! It’s been a long month with The Writer’s Voice and now it’s over. I can honestly say I love each and every one of my team members. They worked hard and supported each other. I believe in you guys. I hope to hear great Read more…
The Writer’s Voice Contest is a multi-blog, multi-agent contest hosted by Cupid of Cupid’s Literary Connection, Brenda Drake of Brenda Drake Writes, Krista Van Dolzer of Mother. Write. (Repeat.) and Mónica B.W. of Love YA. We’ve based the contest on NBC’s singing reality show The Voice. So the four Read more…
Title: SUBHUMAN Genre: YA Science Fiction Word Count: 96,000 Query: 17-year-old Kensington Randall has always felt invisible – until she becomes a moving target, and the prize in a devastating global war between mankind and their alien progenitors. When arctic drilling unearths an alien ship, the discovery sets off a Read more…
Title: MAD AS A HATTER Genre: YA Thriller Word Count: 60,000 Query: London, 1882. Seven years ago, Emil Aleric and his sister were kidnapped and taken to ‘Wonderland’ by a man claiming to come from the future. He called himself the Hatter. Emil survived the torture. His sister didn’t. Read more…
Title: KIDS, INC. Genre: Middle Grade Word Count: 35,000 Query: Twelve-year-old Anna Fraser’s father always told her that necessity was the mother of invention, but for her, it was all accidental. After Anna and her genius “I skipped a grade” younger brother Chris’s class project goes missing, a little mischief Read more…
Title: THE ALTERAE Genre: YA Urban Fantasy Word Count: 64,000 Query: Sixteen-year-old Emma Hawthorne agonizingly hides her ability to pick up people’s emotions and memories like a radio signal. But when she discovers her best friend’s lifeless body floating in the river, her own grief makes resisting the constant Read more…