Pitch Wars Blog Archive

Pitch Wars Mentor Book Spotlight with Hayley Stone!

Hayley Stone Website | Twitter | Facebook | Tumblr | Pinterest Hayley Stone has lived her entire life in sunny California, where the weather is usually perfect and nothing as exciting as a robot apocalypse ever happens. When not reading or writing, she freelances as a graphic designer, falls in love with videogame characters, and analyzes buildings for velociraptor entry points. She holds a bachelor’s degree in history and a minor in German from California Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

Pitch Wars Mentor Book Spotlight with Ellie Terry!

Ellie Terry Website  /  Twitter   /  Facebook  /  Goodreads Ellie Terry writes about things that hurt her heart. She is represented by Steven Chudney of the Chudney agency, and her debut novel, FORGET ME NOT, will be published March 14, 2017 by Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of Macmillan. She enjoys picking flowers and baking brownies, and has a slight obsession with the moon. She lives with her husband and their three children in the Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

Pitch Wars Mentor Book Spotlight with Karen Fortunati!

Karen Fortunati Website  |  Twitter Karen Fortunati is a former attorney, whose experiences on the job with children and teens and personal experiences witnessing the impact of depression, bipolar disorder, and suicide inspired her to write this story of hope for those who struggle with mental illness. Karen lives in Connecticut with her family and rescue dogs and works part time as a museum educator.   The Weight of Zero Available for Pre-Order at Amazon YA Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

Pitch Wars Mentor Book Spotlight with Mary Ann Marlowe!

Mary Ann Marlowe Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads When not writing, Mary Ann takes karate with her kids (she has a second degree black belt) and works by day as a computer programmer/DBA. She spent ten years as a university-level French professor, and her resume includes stints as an au pair in Calais, a hotel intern in Paris, a German tutor, a college radio disc jockey, and a webmaster for several online musician Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

Pitch Wars Mentor Book Spotlight with Jennie Nash!

Jennie Nash Website  |  Twitter  |  Author Accelerator Jennie Nash is an author and book coach, whose clients regularly land top New York agents and book deals with houses such as Scribner, Simon & Schuster, Hazeldon, and Ten Speed. Jennie is the founder and Chief Creative Officer of Author Accelerator, which offers customized book coaching for determined writers. Visit her at authoraccelerator.com and jennienash.com. The Writer’s Guide to Agony and Defeat: The 43 Worst Moments Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

Pitch Wars Mentor Book Spotlight and Giveaway with Charlie Holmburg

Charlie Holmburg Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Website | Goodreads Born in Salt Lake City, Charlie N. Holmberg was raised a Trekkie alongside three sisters who also have boy names. She graduated from BYU, plays the ukulele, owns too many pairs of glasses, and hopes to one day own a dog. Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet  Amazon  |  Goodreads  |  B&N  |  Audible Maire is a baker with an extraordinary gift: she can infuse her Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

Pitch Wars Mentor Book Spotlight with Sarah Glenn Marsh

Sarah Glenn Marsh Website | Twitter | Goodreads | Pinterest | Instagram Sarah Glenn Marsh is the author of the YA fantasy Fear the Drowning Deep from Sky Pony Press, the forthcoming Reign of the Fallen fantasy duology from Razorbill/Penguin, as well as several forthcoming children’s picture books. An avid fantasy reader from the day her dad handed her a copy of The Hobbit and promised it would change her life, she’s been making up Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

Pitch Wars Mentor Book Spotlight and Giveaway with Helene Dunbar!

Helene Dunbar Website  |  Twitter  |  Facebook Helene Dunbar is the author of THESE GENTLE WOUNDS (Flux, 2014), WHAT REMAINS (Flux, 2015) and BOOMERANG (coming from Sky Pony in 2017). Over the years, she’s worked as a drama critic, journalist, and marketing manager, and has written on topics as diverse as Irish music, court cases, theater, and Native American Indian tribes. She lives in Nashville with her husband and daughter and exists on a steady Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

Pitch Wars Mentor Book Spotlight with Tamara Mataya!

Tamara Mataya Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Goodreads  |  Amazon Tamara Mataya is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, a librarian, and a musician with synesthesia. Armed with a name tag and a thin veneer of credibility, she takes great delight in recommending books and shushing people. She puts the ‘she’ in TWSS and the B in LGBTQIA+. MISSED CONNECTIONS Amazon  |  Barnes & Noble  |  iBooks  |  Books A Million  |  !ndigo  |  IndieBound Missed Connection: I Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

Pitch Wars Mentor Book Spotlight with Gail Nall!

Gail Nall Website / Twitter / Facebook / Kidliterati Gail Nall lives in Louisville, Kentucky with her family and more cats than necessary. She once drove a Zamboni, has camped in the snow in June, and almost got trampled in Paris. Gail is the author of the Aladdin/S&S middle grade novels BREAKING THE ICE, the YOU’RE INVITED series (co-authored with Jen Malone), and the upcoming OUT OF TUNE (11/8/16) and SEVEN SIDES TO EVERY STORY (co-authored, Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago