Mentor Name: Jennifer Blackwood Mentee Name: Esher Hogan Title: WALKING AFTER MIDNIGHT Category: New Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance Word Count: 74,000 Pitch: After her boyfriend dies, 19-year-old Scarlet leaves Seattle for college in Iowa. Moving on is easier when she meets greaser Dex, but when she learns he’s keeping a Read more…
Mentor Name: Julie Sondra Decker Mentee Name: Megan Paasch Title: CHARLOTTE ELEMENTAL Category: New Adult Genre: Fantasy Word Count: 84,000 Pitch: When an Elemental chooses Charlotte as its host, her days as a latte-peddling student are over. Charlotte’s only hope is Liel–a disenchanted Fae sent to kill her. Liel defies Read more…
Mentor Name: L.S. Murphy Mentee Name: Kelly Kizer Whitt Title: SUMMER LAKES Category: New Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance Word Count: 85,000 Pitch: The humiliation of being dumped online pushes Kat to seek revenge with hot golfer Eli. But support from buddy Rob and time alone may help her finally move Read more…
Mentor Name: Eden Plantz Mentee Name: Susan J. Bickford Title: FRAMED Category: Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance Word Count: 99,000 Pitch: A social media darling lands a writing gig that pulls her into Hollywood’s fast lane, unaware her chance encounter with an A-list restaurateur is a strategic move in a treacherous Read more…
Mentor Name: Jaime Loren Mentee Name: Mary Ann Nicholson Title: CALAMITY Category: Adult Genre: Romance Word Count: 78,000 PITCH: Mallory usually has the luck of the Irish Potato Famine, but when a string of disasters culminates in a proposal from a dreamy millionaire, she thinks her fortune’s changed. Unfortunately, getting Read more…
Mentor Name: Brianna Shrum Mentee Name: Margarita Montimore Title: AWAKE AND ASTRAY Category: Adult Genre: Upmarket Contemporary Word Count: 93,000 Pitch: After a tragic accident, Astrid wakes up to no job or home and unable to remember the previous twenty-four hours. In order to recover her memories, she must navigate Read more…
Mentor Name: Natasha Neagle Mentee Name: Alessa Hinlo Title: THE HONEST THIEF Category: Adult Genre: Thriller Word Count: 82,000 Pitch: When her twin goes missing, Sabina Delacruz is dragged back into the criminal life she left behind and forced to take over her sister’s heist — only to discover she’s Read more…
Mentor Name: Amy E. Reichert Mentee Name: Shaya Roy Title: LOVE LIKE MAGGI Category: Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance Word Count: 84,000 Pitch: Dr. Aaliyah Shah knows she’s in trouble when her overbearing mother creates an online marriage profile and invites all slim, fair, vegetarian men of Mumbai to apply to Read more…
Mentor Name: Charlie Holmberg Mentee Name: L. T. Elliot Title: FIELD OF STORMS Category: Adult Genre: Fantasy Word Count: 125,000 Pitch: An illiterate rice farmer’s daughter steals God’s language and uses it to rewrite her country’s faith. Excerpt: Each morning Kwinn Mon Daing sought the river to quiet her sin. Read more…
Mentor Name: Dan Koboldt Mentee Name: Bianca Nogrady Title: BIOHUNTER Category: Adult Genre: Science fiction Word Count: 81,000 Pitch: In a resource-starved world riven by biological warfare, biohunter Niobe Grace patrols the frontline: part paramedic, part microbiologist, part CSI. But when framed for a heinous crime, she faces the fight Read more…