Mentor Name: Sharon Johnston Mentee Name: Lakin Wooliver Title: THE CORPSE CIRCUS Category: Young Adult Genre: Dark Fantasy Word Count: 69,000 Pitch: At midnight, seventeen-year-old Corin seeps into her twin’s grave to escape her family’s drug-dealer lifestyle. In the Land of the Dead, she lives her aerialist dreams at the Corpse Circus. Read more…
Mentor Names: Stephanie Garber & Stacey Lee Mentee Name: Rachel Horwitz Title: THE BOOTLEGGER’S BIBLE Category: Young Adult Genre: Alternate History Word Count: 70,000 Pitch: In 1942, as America enters the war, Evelyn’s family wages a war of their own—against other bootleggers. She must outsmart the mob and raid speakeasies Read more…
Mentor Names: Stephanie Garber & Stacey Lee Mentee Name: Rachel Horwitz Title: THE BOOTLEGGER’S BIBLE Category: Young Adult Genre: Alternate History Word Count: 70,000 Pitch: In 1942, as America enters the war, Evelyn’s family wages a war of their own—against other bootleggers. She must outsmart the mob and raid speakeasies Read more…
Mentor Name: Stephanie Scott Mentee Name: Dawn Norman Title: THINGS WE CAN’T SEE Category: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary Word Count: 63k Pitch: When 16-year-old Penny is the sole witness to a plane crash in the California mountains, her search for answers leads to another mystery: who caused the death of Read more…
Mentor Name: Stephanie Scott Mentee Name: Dawn Norman Title: THINGS WE CAN’T SEE Category: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary Word Count: 63k Pitch: When 16-year-old Penny is the sole witness to a plane crash in the California mountains, her search for answers leads to another mystery: who caused the death of Read more…
Mentor Name: Trisha Leigh Mentee Name: Anna Patel Title: EXODUS Category: Young Adult Genre: Science Fiction Word Count: 77,000 Pitch: Eos Europa is a genetically engineered specimen, raised by the government in space until she’s called to fulfill her Purpose: to deploy to Earth and fight a plague that transforms Read more…
Mentor Name: Veronica Bartles Mentee Name: Natalie Williamson Title: SET IN STONE Category: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary Word Count: 56,000 Pitch: Seventeen-year-old Amber lives by strict rules to survive her mom’s bumpy love life: always keep your eyes on the horizon and never get close to anyone connected with mom’s Read more…
Mentor Name: Virginia Boecker Mentee Name: Rosalyn Eves Title: THE BLOOD ROSE REBELLION Category: Young Adult Genre: Historical Fantasy Word Count: 90,000 Pitch: Unable to use magic in a Victorian world governed by it, sixteen-year-old Anna Arden will do anything to belong. But when exiled to Hungary for spell-breaking, Anna Read more…
Mentor Name: Kristen Strassel Mentee Name: Rosemary McElhannon Title: LOVE, CARLY Category: New Adult Genre: Romance with erotic elements Word Count: 105,000 Pitch: From rehab to the role of a lifetime! #COMEBACK Sleeping with your costar… #BADIDEA Like I can resist #THESEXIESTMANALIVE Keeping our secret at ALL costs #HOLLYWOODSCANDAL Excerpt: Read more…
Mentor Name: Brighton Walsh Mentee Name: Kelly Siskind Title: CHASING CRAZY Category: New Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance (Dual POV) Word Count: 80,000 Pitch: Pininfarina’s name has got to go. Predictably, her reinvention as Nina, non-disaster magnet, tanks within seventy-two hours. In New Zealand. All it takes is scalding soup and Read more…