Pitch Wars Blog Archive

A Pitch Wars Success Story with Becky Dean, and her mentor, Marty Mayberry!

The best part of the contests for us around here is when we hear about successes. Today we celebrate Becky Dean and her Pitch Wars mentor Marty Mayberry! Becky recently signed signed with literary agent Christine Witthohn of Book Cents Literary. We couldn’t be more thrilled for her. So without further ado, please join Becky and Marty as they recap their Pitch Wars success story. Becky, how did your Pitch Wars application end up with Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

EDGE OF CHAOS by Molly E. Lee … cover reveal and giveaway!

Release Date: March 30, 2016 Photo & Cover Design: Regina Wamba / MaeIDesign and Photography Models: Ripp B. (Dash) & Mackenzy T. (Blake) Synopsis Blake Caster has been in an emotionally abusive relationship with Justin for so long, she can’t tell what is normal anymore, and so she clings to the one thing that is solidly hers—her passion for extreme weather. Three years into her Meteorology degree, Blake meets professional storm chaser, Dash Lexington, who Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Pitch Madness 2016 Mario Kart Edition … Game On!

  Welcome to Team Yoshi Falls! It’s been a long week of reading through all the amazing pitches. Our wonderful readers have narrowed the slush, and your game hosts have chosen sixty-eight pitches for the game. To meet the slush readers go to this post here. And you can find out more about the amazing agents playing the game on this post here. For those of you not familiar with Pitch Madness, it’s a contest Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

B17: ADULT THRILLER: CANARY HILL

  Title: Canary Hill Age Category: Adult Genre: Thriller Word Count: 94,000 Pitch: Struggling veteran Raleigh Taylor makes a deal with Sheriff John Boone to help solve his family’s grizzly murder. In exchange, John offers Raleigh a chance to piece his life back together. Assuming they both survive. First 250 Word of Manuscript: It wasn’t even noon yet, and Sheriff John Boone stood in the middle of a trailer park with his Colt 1911 pistol Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

B16: ADULT UPMARKET CONTEMPORARY: YEAR OF THE LETTERS

  Title: Year of the Letters Age Category: Adult Genre: Upmarket Contemporary Word Count: 82,000 Pitch: After his estranged son is killed in Afghanistan, a father discovers a notebook of secret letters his son, when 11 years old, wrote to his dead grandmother during the year that changed everything. First 250 Word of Manuscript: November 28th Khost, Afghanistan Working around dead people left a smell. Knowing the chow line would be long, twenty-one-year-old Jake Gatlin, Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

B15: ADULT SCI-FI: UNTIL THE END

  Title: UNTIL THE END Age Category: Adult Genre: Women’s fiction with a light sci-fi element Word Count: 94,000 Pitch: Lilia’s husband and son are on the shuttle to Mars, but she’s given up her seat to save a child. Now she must brave an apocalyptic Midwest to find another launch – before the asteroid hits. First 250 Word of Manuscript: I wasn’t planning to deceive him. Not after eight years of marriage. Not on Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

B14: ADULT MYSTERY: PORTSIDE SCREW

  Title: “Portside Screw” Age Category: Adult Genre: Mystery Word Count: 99k Pitch: Retired PI turned fulltime boat bum, Jack Cubera, alongside Skeg, an eco-maniac, must destroy an egregious land development to save Islamorada’s pristine backwaters or surrender it all to crafty mobsters, ingenious kingpins, and shady politicos. First 250 Word of Manuscript: Chapter 1 The human head bobbed to the surface of Florida Bay like a lobsterpot buoy, the hair slick as a seal’s Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

B13: ADULT FANTASY: DAUGHTER OF FURY

  Title: Daughter Of Fury Age Category: Adult Genre: Fantasy Word Count: 110,000 Pitch: Protecting Councilman Argos is better than drinking herself to death after her girlfriend is kidnapped, but when Rhea finds Liga just to watch her die, she’ll destroy everything rather than leave her people enslaved. First 250 Word of Manuscript: The jeers of the crowd that amassed in the cramped alleyway behind The Gilded Stag grew louder by the minute, but all Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

B12: YA CONTEMPORARY: FAULT LINES

  Title: FAULT LINES Age Category: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary Word Count: 81,000 Pitch: Teen mechanic Zoe is tired of people treating her like she’s fragile just because she was born with brittle bones. When she meets Dylan, she hides her condition: a decision that could break her heart. First 250 Word of Manuscript: Senior hall is deserted. Completely. Picture a sno cone shack in Antarctica, and they’re out of fish flavor so not even Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago

B11: YA FANTASY: A DRAGONBIRD IN THE FERN

Title: A DRAGONBIRD IN THE FERN Age Category: Young Adult Genre: Fantasy Word Count: 76K Pitch: To appease the violent spirit of her murdered sister, Princess Anh agrees to marry a foreign king so she can investigate in his country. But now the assassin’s after her. Vietnamese and Maori-inspired elements. First 250 Word of Manuscript: My shoulders stretched against the silk of my *xia lai* as I wrenched myself up to the highest branch that Read more…

By Heather Cashman, ago