Pitch Wars Blog Archive

Pitch Wars Interview with Cory Leonardo and her mentors, Amanda Hill & Cindy Baldwin

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 3rd-9th, we hope you’ll take a moment during your writing breaks and get to know our 2016 Pitch Wars Teams. And now, we have #TeamMascaraTracks! . . .  Cory Leonardo – Mentee Twitter   Amanda Hill – Mentor Twitter | Website   Cindy Baldwin – Mentor Twitter | Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

Pitch Wars Interview with Elle Evans and her mentor, Sarah Cannon

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 3rd-9th, we hope you’ll take a moment during your writing breaks and get to know our 2016 Pitch Wars Teams. And now, we have #TeamStrangestThings . . .  Elle Evans – Mentee Twitter   Sarah Cannon – Mentor Twitter | Website Elle: Why did you choose Sarah? Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

Pitch Wars Interview with Dianne Freeman 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 3rd-9th, we hope you’ll take a moment during your writing breaks and get to know our 2016 Pitch Wars Teams. And now, we have . . .    Dianne Freeman – Mentee Twitter E.B. Wheeler – Mentor Twitter | Website   Mentee: Why did you choose E.B. Wheeler? Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Pitch Wars Interview with Hope Grietzer and her mentor, Rebecca Wells

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 3rd-9th, we hope you’ll take a moment during your writing breaks and get to know our 2016 Pitch Wars Teams. And now, we have . . .  Hope Grietzer – Mentee Website Rebecca Wells – Mentor Twitter | Website Hope: Why did you choose Rebecca? I put a star Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

Pitch Wars Interview with Judy Lin and her mentors, Janella Angeles and Axie Oh

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 3rd-9th, we hope you’ll take a moment during your writing breaks and get to know our 2016 Pitch Wars Teams. And now, we have . . .  Judy Lin – Mentee Twitter | Website   Janella Angeles – Mentor Twitter | Website Axie Oh – Co-Mentor Twitter | Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

Enter for a chance to win the Autumn Dystopian SFF Giveaway Package featuring 6 print books!

  Autumn Dystopian SFF Giveaway–win books by Elizabeth Briggs, Jennifer Brody, Brenda Drake, Pintip Dunn, Madeline Dyer, and Kirby Howell. Hey, everyone! New giveaway alert! I’ve teamed together with some great authors to run a dystopian SFF giveaway this autumn. Entries open on the 12th October and close on the 19th October. And one lucky person will win the following six books in print–and it’s open internationally…   About the Books Future Shock by Elizabeth Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

The Manuscript Academy Scholarship Giveaway!

  The application period has closed. Winners will be contacted by email on or before October 24. If you don’t receive an email, it means you weren’t selected for the sponsorship. We had many entries and it will be difficult choosing just three. We love giving back to the community, so please keep an eye out on this site and the new pitchwars.org site (coming soon) for more opportunities with contests, free workshops, free books, Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

COUNTERPART by Hayley Stone . . . Happy Release Day!

  TITLE: Counterpart AUTHOR: Hayley Stone PUBLISHER: Hydra RELEASE DATE: October 11, 2016 Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo |  Goodreads   The high-intensity sci-fi thriller series that began with Machinations continues as reincarnated insurgent Rhona Long faces off against the one enemy she can’t outwit: her own clone. The machines believed their extermination of the human race would be over as quickly as it began. They were wrong. As the war against extinction intensifies, people are beginning Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

Pitch Wars Interview with Elise Bungo and her mentors, Dan Koboldt and Michael Mammay

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 3rd-9th, we hope you’ll take a moment during your writing breaks and get to know our 2016 Pitch Wars Teams. And now, we have #DreamTeam! . . .  Elise Bungo – Mentee Twitter | Website   Dan Koboldt – Mentor Twitter | Website   Michael Mammay – Co-Mentor Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

Pitch Wars Interview with Morgan Crane and her mentor, Heather Van Fleet

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 3rd-9th, we hope you’ll take a moment during your writing breaks and get to know our 2016 Pitch Wars Teams. And now, we have #TeamTearsandHugs . . . Morgan Crane – Mentee Twitter | Instagram   Heather Van Fleet – Mentor Twitter | Website   Morgan: Why did Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago