Pitch Wars Blog Archive

Pitch Wars Success Story with Bethany Jacobs and her Mentor, Jake Nicholls

We’re back with another Pitch Wars Success Story! Please join us in congratulating Bethany Jacobs and her mentor, Jake Nicholls! Bethany signed with Bridget Smith at JABberwocky Literary Agency. We’re so excited for them!   About the Team… Bethany Jacobs – Mentee Twitter I am an education technology consultant in Buffalo, NY, where I live with my wife and our dog Finnick. I have a PhD in American literature and spent ten years as a Read more…

By Brenda Drake, ago

Pitch Wars Success Story with E.E. Adams and her Mentors, Sonia Hartl and Annette Christie

  We’re back with another Pitch Wars Success Story! Please join us in congratulating E.E. Adams and her mentors, Sonia Hartl and Annette Christie! Erin signed with Kerry D’Agostino at Curtis Brown Ltd., and we’re so excited for her! About the Team… E.E. Adams Website | Twitter I’m an NYC based writer and performer. (I’ve been on TV a few times, most recently I was on “Succession” for like two seconds.) Most of my writing experience Read more…

By Brenda Drake, ago

New Series Release from Laura Brown

We love celebrating successes with our Pitch Wars family! Former mentor Laura Brown just announced a new release, and more, check it out! New in the Mistaken Hearts Series – The Frenemy Mistake! He’s delicious rock climbing eye candy—when he doesn’t talk. Grant and I have been flirting for over a year. We’re the crash and burn types, not good at relationships and for the sake of our overlapping friend group harmony, we’re keeping our Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago

Black History Month with D.A. Alston … and giveaway!

It’s Black History Month, and we have a couple of Black creators stopping by this month to share history that has touched them or molded who they are today. We’re so lucky to have the talented author, artist, teacher, and visionary, D.A. Alston, here today to share with us. I’m giving away two sets of D.A.’s series the Royal Elite Squad. So make sure to enter the drawing at the bottom of this post!   Read more…

By Brenda Drake, ago

Happy Release Day! THE KNOCKOUT RULE by Kelly Siskind

Help us celebrate Pitch Wars mentor Kelly Siskind’s latest release, THE KNOCKOUT RULE – launching February 24, 2020! Love hits when you least expect it… Growing up with an adoring father for a boxing legend isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. It looks more like hospital visits, bloody noses, and cracked ribs. Isla Slade now works as a physiotherapist, helping athletes heal their bodies. Except for boxers. She has no interest in reliving the stress of Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago

Pitch Wars Team Interview with Rachel Brown and mentor, Stephen Morgan

  Our mentors are mentoring, our mentees are revising, and we hope you’re making progress on your own manuscript! While we’re all working toward the Agent Showcase starting on February 10, 2021, we hope you’ll take a moment during your writing breaks and get to know our 2020 Pitch Wars Mentor and Mentee Teams. Next up, we have . . . Rachel Brown – Mentee Twitter   Stephen Morgan – Mentor Website | Twitter   Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago

Happy Book RELEASE DAY to Nova McBee’s debut Young Adult novel, CALCULATED! 

Set in Shanghai and Seattle, Calculated is a gritty, modern day blend of the Count of Monte Cristo + Mission Impossible. She has many names – Octavia, Double 8, Phoenix, Josephine. She’s a math prodigy, a calculating genius and everyone wants her. In seventeen-year-old Jo River’s complicated world of numbers, there’s no such thing as coincidence. When she is betrayed by someone she loves, kidnapped by the world’s most wanted smuggler, and forced to use Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago

Pitch Wars Team Interview with Olivia Liu and mentor, Rona Wang

  Our mentors are mentoring, our mentees are revising, and we hope you’re making progress on your own manuscript! While we’re all working toward the Agent Showcase starting on February 10, 2021, we hope you’ll take a moment during your writing breaks and get to know our 2020 Pitch Wars Mentor and Mentee Teams. Next up, we have . . . Olivia Liu – Mentee Twitter   Rona Wang – Mentor Website | Twitter Rona, Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago

Black History Month with Chad Lucas … and giveaway!

  It’s Black History Month, and we have a few Black creators stopping by this month to share history that has touched them or molded who they are today. To share history that may not have received as much attention in our schools. Growing up, I didn’t learn much about Black History in my classes. Our schools are seriously lacking in teaching Black History. Only we can make a difference. I encourage you to request Read more…

By Brenda Drake, ago

Pitch Wars Team Interview with Samantha Elden and mentors, Kristin Lambert and Sasha Peyton Smith

  Our mentors are mentoring, our mentees are revising, and we hope you’re making progress on your own manuscript! While we’re all working toward the Agent Showcase starting on February 10, 2021, we hope you’ll take a moment during your writing breaks and get to know our 2020 Pitch Wars Mentor and Mentee Teams. Next up, we have . . . Samantha Eldon – Mentee Website   Kristin Lambert – Mentor Website | Twitter   Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago