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 . . . Audra E. Atoche — Mentee Website | Twitter E. Latimer – Mentor Website | Twitter Audra, why Read more…
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 Denyven Ross — Mentee Website | Twitter Amelinda Bérubé – Mentor Website | Twitter Amelia, why Read more…
I’m so excited for the release of THUNDERSTRUCK on September 11! If you’ve pre-ordered a copy or planning to pre-order it, sign up for a chance to win the above swag pack. The pack includes Wonder Woman socks, a Thor lanyard, and a necklace with Thor’s hammer flanked by a raven and a wolf. The hammer, wolf, and raven all appear in the novel and Stevie Moon dressed up as Wonder Woman for her comic vlog. The socks are adorable and I so had to buy an extra pair for myself. You enter the giveaway in the Rafflecopter below. (more…)
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 . . . Allison Barnard — Mentee Twitter Heather Van Fleet – Mentor Website | Twitter Jessica Calla – Mentor Read more…
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 . . . Adelle Yeung — Mentee Website | Twitter Laurie Dennison – Mentor Website | Twitter Adelle, why did Read more…
To celebrate the upcoming release of SEIZE TODAY by New York Times bestselling author Pintip Dunn, we’re giving away a paperback of FORGET TOMORROW and REMEMBER YESTERDAY — the first two books in the Forget Tomorrow series! (more…)
Pitch Wars Webinars presents . . . “But I’m Not a Poet!” Writing a Novel in Verse Novels-in-verse are increasingly popular with kidlit readers, but you don’t have to be a poet to give this genre a try. Join debut verse novelist and poet-in-the-schools Laura Shovan for an overview of the novel in verse form. We’ll focus on three key ways that poetry appeals to young readers: white space, wordplay, and voice; as well Read more…
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 . . . Alexis Henderson — Mentee Website | Twitter Ashley Hearn – Mentor Website | Twitter Alexis, why did Read more…
Writers face rejection all the time. We even reject ourselves as we revise every word, constantly fixing and replacing. It’s difficult to be rejected, but the truth is, people are different. We like different things. We want different things. So the manuscript you write isn’t ever going to please every person. Rejection can mean just that–it didn’t resonate with the person you submitted to. Some of the mentees I rejected because the manuscript was TOO Read more…
It’s been so fun reading your queries and chapters. The mentors have cried and laughed and shared how much they love your words. After weeks of reading and obsessing over all the fabulous entries, our amazing mentors have chosen their mentees! This year, we had some additions to the normal mentor picks. Secret mentors, including masked mentors, moved through the slush and patiently allowed all of the other mentors to heap their favorite manuscripts upon them. Read more…