Pitch Wars Blog Archive

Pitch Wars 2017 Team Interviews: Ellie Firestone and mentor Laurie Dennison & Ellie Luken and mentor Rebecca Schaeffer

Our mentors are editing, our mentees are revising, and we hope you’re making progress on your own manuscript! While we’re all working toward the Agent Showcase on November 1st-7th, we hope you’ll take a moment during your writing breaks and get to know our 2017 Pitch Wars Teams. And now, we have . . . Ellie Firestone – Mentee Website | Twitter   Laurie Dennison – Mentor Website | Twitter   Ellie, why did you choose to Read more…

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Pitch Wars 2017 Team Interview: Greg Pattridge and mentor, Gabrielle Byrne & Jason Robbins and mentors Sharon M. Johnston and Stacey Nash

Our mentors are editing, our mentees are revising, and we hope you’re making progress on your own manuscript! While we’re all working toward the Agent Showcase on November 1st-7th, we hope you’ll take a moment during your writing breaks and get to know our 2017 Pitch Wars Teams. And now, we have . . . Greg Pattridge – Mentee Website   Gabrielle Byrne – Mentor Website | Twitter   Greg, why did you choose to submit to Read more…

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Pitch Wars 2017 Team Interviews: Amelia Coombs and mentor Jeanmarie Anaya & Judith L. Roth and mentor Shari Green

Our mentors are editing, our mentees are revising, and we hope you’re making progress on your own manuscript! While we’re all working toward the Agent Showcase on November 1st-7th, we hope you’ll take a moment during your writing breaks and get to know our 2017 Pitch Wars Teams. And now, we have . . . Amelia Coombs – Mentee Website | Twitter   Jeanmarie Anaya – Mentor Website | Twitter   Amelia, why did you Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

THUNDERSTRUCK by Brenda Drake … release day & giveaway!

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About the book …

One strike will bring them together.

Stevie Moon is famous…at least to the subscribers on her comic review vlog. At school, she’s as plain as the gray painted walls in the cafeteria. So when Blake, the hot new guy at school, shows an interest in her, she knows trouble when she sees it. Been there. And never doing it again. (more…)

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SPIRIT OF PITCH WARS Rejection Party . . . The Winners Announced!

We’ve faced the rejection and become better writers for it. And you’ve all proven you can beat the rejection by nominating the people who helped you overcome, improve, and have hope in the future. Thank you for being such a positive influence on our community! Here are the Pitch Wars 2017 Rejection Party winners . . . Isabel Davis: I’m happy to donate a first chapter critique. It may or it may not include line Read more…

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Pitch Wars 2017 Team Interview: Christine Adler And her mentor Jenni L. Walsh and E. K. Thiede and her mentor Molly E. Lee

Our mentors are editing, our mentees are revising, and we hope you’re making progress on your own manuscript! While we’re all working toward the Agent Showcase on November 1st-7th, we hope you’ll take a moment during your writing breaks and get to know our 2017 Pitch Wars Teams. And now, we have . . . Christine Adler – Mentee Website | Twitter   Jenni L. Walsh – Mentor Website | Twitter   Christine, why did Read more…

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Pitch Wars 2017 Team Interview: Bethany Hensel and her mentor N.K. Traver and Eliza Langhans and her mentor E.B. Wheeler

Our mentors are editing, our mentees are revising, and we hope you’re making progress on your own manuscript! While we’re all working toward the Agent Showcase on November 1st-7th, we hope you’ll take a moment during your writing breaks and get to know our 2017 Pitch Wars Teams. And now, we have . . . Bethany Hensel – Mentee Website | Twitter   N.K. Traver – Mentor Website | Twitter   Bethany, why did you Read more…

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Pitch Wars 2017 Team Interviews: Brandon McNulty and his mentor Natasha Raulerson and Elissa Hunter and her mentor Lindsey Frydman

Our mentors are editing, our mentees are revising, and we hope you’re making progress on your own manuscript! While we’re all working toward the Agent Showcase on November 1st-7th, we hope you’ll take a moment during your writing breaks and get to know our 2017 Pitch Wars Teams. And now, we have . . . Brandon McNulty – Mentee Website | Twitter   Natasha Raulerson – Mentor Website | Twitter   Brandon, why did you Read more…

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Pitch Wars 2017 Team Interviews: Deanna Roy and her mentors Austin Siegemund-Broka & Emily Wibberley and Caroline Flory and her mentor Jenny Lundquist

Our mentors are editing, our mentees are revising, and we hope you’re making progress on your own manuscript! While we’re all working toward the Agent Showcase on November 1st-7th, we hope you’ll take a moment during your writing breaks and get to know our 2017 Pitch Wars Teams. And now, we have . . . Deanna Roy – Mentee Website | Twitter   Austin Siegemund-Broka – Mentor Website | Twitter   Emily Wibberley – Mentor Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

After the Wars . . . Twitter Pitch Party Today!

There’s a twitter pitch party on the Twitter hashtag #PitMad today, September 7th, from 8AM to 8PM EDT. Get your twitter pitches ready and make sure to include all the appropriate hashtags, especially #PitMad and your age category, in your 140 character tweet-pitch. If you need help creating the perfect pitch, there’s a post about it here: The 35-word Twitter Pitch . . . Simplified Keep in Mind . . . Be polite and don’t say anything Read more…

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