Pitch Wars Blog Archive

Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor Name: Kristen Lepionka Mentee Name: Ernie Chiara Title: ONLY WHEN I FALL Category: Adult Genre: Upmarket fiction with elements of suspense and magical realism Word Count: 80k Pitch:  Tristesse, a homeless but talented artist, is out of second chances–until Mia, his drug-dealer and ex-girlfriend, secretly enters his painting into an online contest. The image goes viral, sparking a widespread search, but not everyone chasing Tristesse means him well. With his pursuers closing in, Read more…

Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor: J.C. Nelson Mentee: Ian Barnes Title: Slow Burn Armageddon Category/Genre: Sci-Fantasy Word Count:89,000 Pitch: Asher broke the hacker’s number one rule: Never steal from your employer. Then he broke rule number two: When you do, don’t get caught. Now, he’s on the run through Boston, sporting unknown cybernetics and sharing brain-space with a fallen goddess. Asher wants nothing to do with her, but she insists there’s more at stake than his life. Read more…

Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor: Kara Leigh Miller & Meredith Ireland Mentee: Elissa Grossell Dickey Title: Those We Left Behind Category/Genre: Adult / Apocalyptic Women’s Fiction Word Count: 75,000 Pitch: With an asteroid on course to hit Earth, best friends Lilia and Magda journey across an apocalyptic Midwest toward one last shuttle launch. Lilia must find the courage to return to her family, and Magda must decide if revenge is worth dying for when THELMA AND Read more…

Manuscript Status: Finished Mentor: Tamara Mataya Mentee: KK Hendin Title: LIES UNDERCOVER Category/Genre: Adult Commercial Fiction Word Count: 97,000 Pitch: Miss Congeniality meets 21 Jump Street Serious field operative to fake Youtube beauty Vlogger? Not the CIA career trajectory Kira anticipated. When a lethal drug circulates the NYC modeling community, Kira’s thrust into a world of models, mayhem, drug lords, and douchelord exes. Solving the case while deciding between kissing or kicking Blue Sandoval-Mendoza? It’s Read more…

MANUSCRIPT STATUS: 1 month delivery Mentor: Marie Meyer Mentee: Brianna Lespinasse Title: ONE HUNDRED AND ONE CHANCES Category/Genre: NA Contemporary Romance Word Count: 80,000 Pitch: Kira is days away from killing herself when she confesses her plan to Chase, her handsome neighbor. Determined to rekindle her passion for life, Chase proposes a bucket list—one hundred and one challenges to help Kira remember that life and love are worth fighting for. All she has to do Read more…