MENTOR: Dannie Morin MENTEE: Sonia Hartl TITLE: GASLIGHTS IN VAUDEVILLE CATEGORY/GENRE: NA Contemporary Suspense WORD COUNT: 70,000 PITCH: Nineteen-year-old Tess wants a degree and a life outside her father’s skeezy vaudeville troupe—until he hires Drew, a sexy escape artist. When someone leaves Tess tarot cards threatening Death, she leans on Drew. But his past Read more…
MENTOR: Nazarea Andrews MENTEE: Emmy Neal TITLE: CROSSOVER CATEGORY/GENRE: NA Sci-fi WORD COUNT: 90,000 PITCH: The virtual reality game Blake’s testing is the most amazing thing he’s ever done. But when he realizes that it’s not a game—he’s slipping between two unstable universes—he knows he has to end it. Read more…
MENTOR: Karma Brown MENTEE: Carla Luna Cullen TITLE: FIELD RULES CATEGORY/GENRE: NA / Contemporary Romance WORD COUNT: 75,000 PITCH: When 21-year-old student Kelsey Barrett travels to Cyprus for her first archaeological dig, she never expects to fall for her sexy instructor, or that doing so could risk her career Read more…
MENTOR: Heather Webb MENTEE: A. R. Shenandoah TITLE: ASPEN’S WAY CATEGORY/GENRE: Upmarket Women’s/Historical WORD COUNT: 95,000 PITCH: When Alma’s childhood friend—an Ojibwe Indian—is charged with the murder of a white man, she must challenge the policy of forced assimilation to prove his innocence. But this means confronting the memory of a lover hanged for Read more…
MENTOR: Susan Spann MENTEE: Derek Chivers TITLE: STEALING THE SUN CATEGORY/GENRE: Adult Science Ficton WORD COUNT: 80,000 PITCH: A notorious outlaw steals the fastest starship in the multiverse, hoping to outrun his past, or at least the six-armed cannibal warlord chasing him. When the sentient ship shanghais her pirate Read more…
MENTOR: Shelley Watters MENTEE: Violet Henry TITLE: SOMETHING TO PROVE CATEGORY/GENRE: Adult Contemporary Romance WORD COUNT: 90,000 PITCH: With a slave-making drug on the horizon and her best friend in the hands of its creator, BEA agent Penelope battles the Honduran jungle alongside Alpha Security Operator Rafael—and struggles not Read more…
MENTOR: Tina Moss MENTEE: Nancy S. Goodman TITLE: PASSION OF THE DUKE CATEGORY/GENRE: Adult Historical Romance WORD COUNT: 94,000 PITCH: After Lady Victoria’s abusive, opium addicted father scars her face, she must brave the ridicule of society. An encounter with Tristan, Duke of Avery, proves that not all men Read more…
MENTOR: Elizabeth Penney MENTEE: Heidi Timmons TITLE: WISHING GLASS CATEGORY/GENRE: Women’s Fiction with Romantic and Magical Elements WORD COUNT: 91,000 PITCH: In the spirit of A Christmas Carol and It’s a Wonderful Life, Brielle experiences two possible futures with a charming cowboy and Hollywood actor. She travels the world, Read more…
MENTOR: Sarah Henning MENTEE: Dan Malossi TITLE: THE FISHERMAN CATEGORY/GENRE: Adult Psychological Thriller WORD COUNT: 91,000 PITCH: Jude Fisher’s love is the kiss of death. Ever since his parents’ murder, anyone he cares for dies. Ten people in ten years, the last being beautiful, brave Angela, ruined right before Read more…
MENTOR: Mina Vaughn MENTEE: K. A. Reynolds TITLE: THE DRAGONFLY BRIDGE CATEGORY/GENRE: Literary Fantasy WORD COUNT: 83,000 PITCH: Satoru traverses the past, the land of the dead, and the future searching for the woman at the end of his heartstring. However, the ruler of the dead city wants her too, and moves through time continually ripping them Read more…