MENTOR: Julie Sondra Decker MENTEE: C.B. Whitney TITLE: QUEEN OF SHARDS CATEGORY/GENRE: Adult Urban Fantasy WORD COUNT: 95,000 PITCH: Ex-valkyrie Ingrid would rather wrestle a manticore than play bodyguard to Earth’s most wanted. Still, her irritating client Lacie is the first woman she’s fallen for in 500 years. When Read more…
MENTOR: Amy Reichert MENTEE: Kimberly Emerson TITLE: PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE WOMAN GENRE: Contemporary Romance WORD COUNT: 93,000 PITCH: To save the charity she loves, Charlotte agrees to fake a relationship with an image-challenged businessman, and finds real love in the lie. EXCERPT: Deep in the recesses of every woman’s Read more…
Hey, Rae’s back! Did you miss me? For those of you just tuning in, here’s my spiel: As writers, we all Google-stalk agents (and often editors). Come on, admit it, you do. And if you’ve done your homework – and you should have done your homework – you can probably rattle off Read more…
Feeling blue about not getting accepted into PitchWars, but still want to edit your novel like nobody’s business? Well, good news! I (Rae) am posting all of my PitchWars ‘homework’ exercises online, so you can go through the same process my mentees are. You can even ask me any questions Read more…
Pitch Wars seems forever away, but it will be here before you know it! What is Pitch Wars? Is it another contest? Oh, no, it’s so much better. Pitch Wars is a contest where 46 published/agented authors, editors, or interns choose one writer each, read their manuscript, and offer suggestions Read more…
Pitch Wars and the #PitMad twitter party last week was such a success. I want to thank all the mentors for making this such a wonderful event. I’m so proud of this community and how respectful and encouraging everyone is to their fellow writers. I hope we hear of many Read more…
For those of you who didn’t make it into Pitch Wars or just anyone who wants to pitch, there’s a twitter pitch party on the hashtag #PitMad today, January 25, from 8AM to 8PM EST. So get your twitter pitches ready and make sure to include the hashtag in your Read more…
Alternates Showcase! The agent round for PITCH WARS brought to you by Brenda Drake is happening now over at the YAMisfits blog. Hop over there and follow them and view the agent round January 23-24 pitches. The talented panel of agented/published authors, industry interns, and editors have worked for over Read more…
NAME: Ryan HillMENTOR: Heather MarieTITLE: THE GOOD DEMONGENRE: YA ParanormalWORD COUNT: 87K PITCH: At the risk of spending eternity in hell’s ninth circle, a wisecracking demon must partner with an angel to find a powerful relic under the guise of the lowliest of creatures, a high school senior. The nerve. Read more…
NAME: Stacey Trombley MENTOR: Fiona Mclaren TITLE: Whispers of Disaster GENRE: YA FantasyWORD COUNT: 66K PITCH: Seventeen year old Taylor learns she’s a legacy of a group who believe they’re Fate and cause terrible disasters to society. Now she must choose– join them or fight the only family she’s ever Read more…