SaveW After weeks of reading and obsessing over all the fabulous entries, our amazing mentors have chosen their mentees! Please know that mentors are not required to send feedback to those who submitted to them. Our mentors have their own books to write, mentees to mentor, jobs, and family life. Some will have the time to send feedback and some will not. Don’t pester mentors for feedback in their emails, their sites, or social Read more…
Cornerstones Literary Consultancy Giveaway! Cornerstones UK | Cornerstones US | Twitter | Blog For those of you who don’t become a Pitch Wars mentee, we have a giveaway from Cornerstones Literary Consultancy. Cornerstones, the No. 1 literary consultancy in the UK, has expanded into the US. They provide editorial feedback, scout for agents, and have launched many writers over the years: Celia Bryce, Lezanne Clannachan, Sarwat Chadda, Liz Kessler, Ava McCarthy, Jane Yardley, Lezanne Read more…
We’re excited to offer some amazing editorial prizes from the fabulous people at Author Accelerator. Three writers who entered Pitch Wars and weren’t chosen by a mentor will win a full manuscript evaluation. Manuscript evaluations give writers a comprehensive summary of the strengths and weaknesses of their story and a 15-point checklist of the major elements of their complete manuscript. A $399 value. And one lucky writer who entered Pitch Wars and wasn’t chosen by Read more…
Wade Albert White Website | Twitter | Goodreads | Hachette Wade hails from Nova Scotia, land of wild blueberries and Duck Tolling Retrievers. He teaches part time, dabbles in animation, and spends the rest of his time as a stay-at-home dad. It is also possible he has set a new record as the slowest 10K runner. Ever. He owns one pretend cat and one real one, and they get along fabulously. The Adventurer’s Guide to Successful Read more…
Tobie Easton Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Goodreads Tobie Easton was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, where she’s grown from a little girl who dreamed about magic to a twenty-something who writes about it. A summa cum laude graduate of the University of Southern California, Tobie hosts book clubs for tweens and teens (so she’s lucky enough to spend her days gabbing about books). She and her very kissable husband enjoy traveling the globe Read more…
Diana Gardin Website | Goodreads | Amazon | Facebook | Twitter Diana Gardin is a Virginia girl living In South Carolina, and her beloved home in the South is the backdrop for all of her novels. She adores writing about Southern girls and boys finding their way in and out of love. Diana is married to the love of my life, and they have two fabulous/crazy children. Now that she’s a stay-at-home-mom and has recently added author to her list Read more…
Brooks Benjamin Website | Twitter | Book trailer In sixth grade, Brooks Benjamin formed a New Kids on the Block tribute dance crew called the New Kidz. He wasn’t that good at dancing. But now he’s got a new crew—his wife and their dog. They live in Tennessee, where he teaches reading and writing and occasionally busts out a few dance moves. He’s still not very good at it. My Seventh-Grade Life in Tights is his first novel. Read more…
TITLE: America’s Next Reality Star AUTHOR: Laura Heffernan PUBLISHER: Kensington’s Lyrical Shine Press RELEASE DAY: March 7, 2017 Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Google Store | Kobo | iTunes Twenty-four-year-old Jen Reid had her life in good shape: an okay job, a tiny-cute Seattle apartment, and a great boyfriend almost ready to get serious. In a flash it all came apart. Single, unemployed, and holding an eviction notice, who has time to remember trying Read more…
Molly Lee Website | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Molly Lee is an author, editor, and mentor best known from Pitch Wars, a program that connects promising writers to established authors in the community. She writes NA contemporary and YA urban fantasy with strong heroines who are unafraid to challenge their male counterparts, yet still vulnerable enough to have love sneak up on them. Throw in high-octane action or any kind of supernatural element and she’ll be hooked. A Read more…
Kristin Bartley Lenz Website | Twitter Kristin Bartley Lenz is a writer and social worker from metro-Detroit who fell in love with the mountains when she moved to Georgia and California. Now she’s back in Detroit where she plots wilderness escapes and manages the Michigan Chapter blog for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). The Art of Holding On and Letting Go is her first novel. From Kristin . . . Read more…