Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Kelly Siskind Mentee Name: J. R. Yates Title: WITHOUT A WORD Category: Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance Word Count: 87,000 Pitch: Done with smooth-talking guys, Hanna starts her speech therapy career in an isolated town three hundred miles from disappointment. There she meets Spencer, a quiet Frenchman Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Kellye Garrett Mentee Name: Kristen Valentine Title: LAST CALL Category: Adult Genre: Mystery Word Count: 92,000 Pitch: Since her cop father died in the line of duty, PI Roxane Weary’s only active investigation is the bottom shelf of her liquor cabinet. When she becomes a death row Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Roselle Kaes Mentee Name: Elle Jauffret Title: THE GIRL OF SALT AND FEATHER Category: Adult Genre: Historical Fiction / Mystery Word Count: 85000 Pitch: 1785 France. Closeted-chef and medical assistant Génépy was left for dead. Now, four years later, she finds herself investigating a murder Read more…
Manuscript status: Finished Mentor Name: Michelle Hauck Mentee Name: Alivya Leighton Title: THE LAST AGE OF WIZARDS Category: Adult Genre: Epic Fantasy Word Count: 105,000 Pitch: When Kojo, one of the world’s last wizards, sacrifices everything for love, he unwittingly imperils mages everywhere. As an eager apprentice, he wished Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Jami Nord Mentee Name: May B Bridges Title: KILLING JUNE Category: Adult Genre: Dark Contemporary Romance Word Count: 75,000 Pitch: Nights of whips and sweat-slicked skin collide with Sunday church, pecan pie, and cultivated appearances. Cade blasts through the partitions of Alex’s life, seeing Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Michelle Hauck Mentee Name: Kat Hinkel Title: HOPE IS AN ELABORATE FICTION Category: Adult Genre: Light Fantasy Thriller Word Count: 100,000 Pitch: With a single touch, Hope Jacobson can “read” the histories of artifacts and people. She uses this gift to infiltrate England’s Museum Federation—an organization Read more…
Manuscript Status: Completed Mentor Name: Max Wirestone Mentee Name: Anne Lipton Title: THE EMERALD EYE Category: Adult Genre: Mystery Word Count: 87,000 Pitch: Colt Ryder is a “Stephanie Plum with a Stetson” who must partner with a charming Dublin archivist to find the Irish Crown Jewels. Southern heat meets Celtic Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Tamara Mataya Mentee Name: Gracie West Title: PERMISSION TO FALL Category: Adult Genre: Romantic Suspense Wordcount: 64,000 Pitch: Tony inherited his father’s debt to a crime lord along with the family restaurant, and he’ll be damned if it goes down. He has no time Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Laura Heffernan Mentee Name: Elizabeth Leis Newman Title: CALLBACK Category: Adult Genre: Women’s fiction Word Count: 83,000 Pitch: Claire dreamed a dream of Broadway stardom, but instead boomerangs home to teach high school drama. She promptly casts a real orphan as the lead of Annie, Read more…
Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Laura Heffernan Mentee Name: Elizabeth Leis Newman Title: CALLBACK Category: Adult Genre: Women’s fiction Word Count: 83,000 Pitch: Claire dreamed a dream of Broadway stardom, but instead boomerangs home to teach high school drama. She promptly casts a real orphan as the lead of Annie, Read more…