Pitch Wars Blog Archive

A Pitch Wars Success Story with Meghan Scott Molin and her mentor, Kelly Siskind

When our mentees land an agent or a publishing deal, it’s one of the highlights of being part of Pitch Wars. We’re so excited for Meghan Scott Molin and her mentor, Kelly Siskind. Meghan signed with Joanna MacKenzie of Nelson Literary after Pitch Wars 2016, and we couldn’t be happier for her! Please, help me in congratulating Meghan and Kelly on their Pitch Wars Success! Meghan, what was it about Kelly that made you choose to send them Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Pitch Wars is against Bullying …

  I’m back from traveling, and while I was out of town, I was saddened to learn of the recent suicide of Julie Lonewolf (@juliethewolf). Julie took her life in February after being targeted, stalked, and harassed by members of the online writing community. Julie was a queer, autistic, Black, and Native woman of color. Here is a Twitter thread by Some of Our Voices (@SomeOfOurVoices) that explains the details: https://twitter.com/SomeOfOurVoices/status/844337959881101312 And more details here: https://twitter.com/SomeOfOurVoices/status/844327935419076609 There was an Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Happy Release to BLOOD ROSE REBELLION by Pitch Wars mentor, Rosalyn Eves!

Grab your copy today! Random House, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon You can add it to Goodreads here. About a book …  In an alternate Victorian England where social prestige stems from a trifecta of blood, money, and magic, sixteen-year old Anna Arden is barred from the society she yearns for by a defect of blood. She believes herself Barren, unable to perform the most rudimentary spells. Anna would do anything to belong, but after Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

A Pitch Wars Success Story with Rebecca Schaeffer and her mentors Stacey Trombley and Rebecca Sky

  When our mentees land an agent or a publishing deal, it’s one of the highlights of being part of Pitch Wars. We’re so excited for Rebecca Schaeffer and her mentors, Stacey Tombley and Rebecca Sky. Rebecca signed with Suzie Townsend with New Leaf Literary & Media, Inc. after Pitch Wars 2016, and we couldn’t be happier for her! Please, help me in congratulating Rebecca, Stacey, and Rebecca Sky on their Pitch Wars Success! Rebecca, what was it Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

Déjà You, an Anthology by Five Authors . . . Cover Reveal!

TITLE: Déjà You PUBLISHER: Emerald Lily Publishing RELEASE DATE: May 30, 2017 In Déjà You . . . Five authors share stories of second chances, as varied in telling as the writers themselves. Kelly Cain’s We’ll Always Have Oahu takes us on a whirlwind New Adult romance set in the 80s between a young woman on a high school graduation trip and a handsome Navy sailor. Bianca M. Schwarz transports us to 1760 in The Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

After the Madness . . . Twitter Pitch Party Today!

FOR ALL THE RULES: See the official #PitMad page. There’s a twitter pitch party on the Twitter hashtag #PitMad today, March 23rd, from 8AM to 8PM EST. Get your twitter pitches ready and make sure to include all the appropriate hashtags, especially #PitMad, 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 THE RULES . . . Be Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Brenda Drake! We LOVE You!

  Hope it’s the best day ever! Just a note to the creator of Pitch Madness, #PitMad, and Pitch Wars . . . We love and appreciate you, Brenda, for all you do for the writing community. For ignoring all the nasty reviews people give you for not getting into your contests. For all the love you give without any thought for yourself. For the community you faithfully serve. The writing community, the world, and Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

Pitch Madness 2017 Candyland Edition… game on!

  Welcome to Team Ice Cream Sea! It’s been a long week of reading through all the amazing pitches. Our wonderful readers have narrowed the slush, and your team hosts have chosen seventy pitches for the agent round. To meet the slush readers and hosts go to this post here. And you can find out more about the participating agents on this post here. For those of you not familiar with Pitch Madness, it’s a contest where Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

B1: MG Fantasy #ownvoices POC: THE NINE GRAVES OF GERALDINE GREY

Title: THE NINE GRAVES OF GERALDINE GREY Age Category: Middle Grade Genre: Fantasy #ownvoices POC Word Count: 39,000 Pitch: A young girl tasked with helping souls from a Louisiana cemetery pass to the other side must fight a powerful witch for control over the gate to the underworld. First 250 Word of Manuscript: If you ever saw Geraldine Grey, the first thing you’d notice, she was a very serious child. At twelve, she had already Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

B2: MG Contemporary with elements of magic: GIRL OF THE BIG ISLAND

Title: GIRL OF THE BIG ISLAND Age Category: Middle Grade Genre: Contemporary with elements of magic Word Count: 39,000 Pitch: An outsider in her Kansas hometown, twelve-year-old Kalea visits her native Hawaii and learns she must protect her grandma’s magic stone from evil spirits or her doomed family will vanish. First 250 Word of Manuscript: I bet Dad wouldn’t recognize me. I’ve been drowning in cornfields most of my life, instead of splashing in the Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago