Pitch Wars Blog Archive

Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor: Caitlin Sinead Mentee: Luanne Smith Title: THE PROTECTOR OF THE SEVERN Category: Adult Genre: Fantasy Word Count: 106,000 Pitch: When a treaty negotiation turns into an ambush, Protector Cira Conwy is forced to outrun assassins with her only surviving bodyguard, Lt. Ethan Daniels. While escaping across the Severn midlands—and falling hard for the lieutenant—Cira is blindsided by the reemergence of a weapon that could change the course of a brewing war. But when Read more…

Manuscript status: Finished with one-week delivery. (Author is out of the country.) Mentor Name: Heather Van Fleet Mentee Name: Morgan Crane Title: Claiming Hearts and Spaces Category: Adult Contemporary Romance Word Count: 99,000 Pitch: Income slashed, career-driven Madison can’t afford rent. Unfortunately, the only suitable roommate she can find is an ex-mobster…and the guy who swiped her purse. But Cole defies her expectations—he’s charming, sexy, an amazing cook—yet he’s frustratingly hell-bent on keeping his heart Read more…

Manuscript Status: 2 weeks delivery Mentor Name: J. R. Yates Mentee Name: Shannon Caldwell Title: FALLING FOR THE OTHER BROTHER Category: Adult Genre: Contemporary Romance Word Count: 80,000 Pitch: Divorcee Aven Conner is done ditching her aspirations for men who ghost on her. She cashes in her Lexus convertible for lotus pose and returns home to follow her neglected dream of opening a yoga center. When sparks fly with her ex-boyfriend’s younger brother, she learns Read more…

MANUSCRIPT STATUS: Finished Mentor Name: Michelle Hazen Mentee Name: Michelle Iannantuono Title: PARADISA Category: Adult Genre: Contemporary fantasy with M/M romance Word Count: 88,000 Pitch: All gods may be real, but the greatest heroes are human. That includes gay ex-Navy SEAL Connor Bishara when he discovers the world’s deepest secret—Paradisa, a realm where every mythic pantheon resides, and some are rebelling against Paradisa’s uneasy truce. To survive, Connor must bind his soul to divine healer Raphael. Both men will fight to balance attraction and Read more…

Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor: Michelle Hauck Mentees: Wendy Roberts and Alicia Zaloga Title: THE RESURRECTIONIST OF CALIGO Category/Genre: Adult Gaslamp Fantasy (dual POV) Word Count: 112,000 Pitch: Roger Weathersby, Man of Science, is reduced to body-snatching after a prison stint rewards his love affair with Sibylla, a princess exiled for refusing to marry her cousin. When Roger unearths a strangled woman and is framed for her murder, Sibylla must pardon him from the scaffold with Read more…