Manuscript status: Finished Mentor: Brighton Walsh Mentee: Helen Hoang Title: RELATIONSHIP ON RETAINER Category/Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance (#ownvoices) Word Count: 89,000 Pitch: In this gender-swapped Pretty Woman, a brainy economist desperate for love but struggling with intimacy issues stemming from her autism hires a male escort—a complex Hapa man escaping Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor: Rebecca Yarros Mentee: Tricia McKee Title: MOONLIGHT & WHISKEY Category/Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance (Body-Positive) Word Count: 93,000 Pitch: When a plus-sized engineer with body issues collides with a tattooed, commitment-shy frontman, Avery learns to rock her curves. But as her connection with Declan deepens and Avery’s Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor: Nazarea Andrews Mentee: Elesha Teskey Title: SHARDS OF SOULS Category/Genre: Adult Speculative Fiction (mystery) Word Count: 88,000 Pitch: Cole Lachlan and his brother Reese use their abilities to hold souls to save lives. When Reese disappears, Cole discovers evidence suggesting his brother is involved in soul trafficking. Cole Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor: Hayley Stone Mentee: Erin A. Tidwell Title: SHATTERSPELL Category/Genre: Adult Fantasy Word Count: 109,000 Pitch: When the taboo spells that bind Hulgardt to serve the ruthless Duke of Temborough break, his newfound conscience prompts him to rescue the duke’s heir from her father’s deadly schemes—unaware that Read more…
Manuscript Status: 2 weeks delivery Mentors: Jami Nord and KT Hanna Mentee: Hetal Avanee Title: RIVEN Category/Genre: Adult Paranormal Romance (#ownvoices) Word Count: 93,000 Pitch: Bent on revenge, Asha discovers the little sister she thought dead a prisoner of the man she’s sworn to destroy. Her only hope lies in trusting Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: E.L. Wicker Mentee Name: Leigh Stanfield Title: SIGHT OF HAND Category/Genre: Adult Contemporary Fantasy Word Count: 81,000 Pitch: Deaf street magician Nick Hazard goes from struggling performer to suspected terrorist when a job gone spectacularly wrong lands him in Seattle’s City Hall with a ticking bomb. Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor: Dan Malossi Mentee: Rachelle Harp Title: #FEEDWAR Category/Genre: Adult/SciFi Thriller Word Count: 80K Pitch: Data sniper Reef Gibson and her crew of Feeders are feuding for control of FeedTower—the world’s largest social network. Reef doesn’t care: her mother is dying. When Reef discovers a life-saving drug, Read more…
Tomorrow the Pitch Wars agent showcase goes live! Our fabulous mentees have worked tirelessly with their mentors to get their pitches and manuscripts in tip-top shape for our agents. We’re so excited to share them with you. Please stop by to read all the amazing entries. Thank you to Read more…
Today we have the winners of the editing prizes donated by some of our amazing Pitch Wars mentors. Thank you everyone for entering Pitch Wars and thank you to those who donated. We’re excited for next year and all the wonderful changes coming next year. A few things first. We Read more…
SaveW After weeks of reading and obsessing over all the fabulous entries, our amazing mentors have chosen their mentees! Please know that mentors are not required to send feedback to those who submitted to them. Our mentors have their own books to write, mentees to mentor, jobs, and family Read more…