Pitch Wars Blog Archive

Auction Item 74: Query Critique by Lynnette Labelle

About this item: One free query letter critique (with the option to revise and resubmit twice). Donated by … Lynnette Labelle Website | Twitter | Facebook E-mail: labelle@labelleseditorialservices.com Lynnette Labelle is a freelance editor, developmental/content editor, and copy editor with over thirteen years of experience. She’s the owner of Labelle’s Writing on the Wall, an editing and coaching service for writers. Lynnette specializes in substantive/developmental editing for romance (romantic suspense, paranormal romance, romantic thriller, contemporary Read more…

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Auction Item 75: Query Brainstorming Package by Naomi Hughes

About this item: A query brainstorming package (includes unlimited feedback and suggestions until the query is awesome). Donated by … Naomi Hughes Twitter | Editing Website | Author Website In addition to being a freelance editor, I’m also an intern for Entangled Publishing and have served as a mentor/judge in many writing contests (including Pitch Madness, Query Kombat, and the infamous Pitch Wars) over the past few years. I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Read more…

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Auction Item 76: Query Critique by Nikki Roberti

About this item: A query critique. Donated by … Nikki Roberti Website | Twitter Nikki is a professional journalist and marketer with more than ten years of published writing experience. She currently works full-time writing feature articles and marketing copy at the international relief non-profit, Samaritan’s Purse,  while also freelancing for various magazines and sites such as WeTV, Engagement 101, Parents magazine, and NBC’s iVillage.com. She was also the founder and editor-in-chief of REALITY Check Read more…

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Auction Item 77: Query Critique by Elinor Sattler

About this item: A query critique. Donated by … Elinor Sattler Website | Twitter Elinor writes Urban Fantasy with a dark noir twist involving whiskey drinking detectives and mysterious women who know how to kill. She has a degree in Anthropology with a heavy background in field work and prehistoric archaeology, all of which help her in her writing research.  She has run the gamut from kitsch artist, a personal assistant at a small but Read more…

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Day Eight of July’s First Page Workshop with Pitch Wars Mentors … Wendy Spinale & K.T. Hanna

Welcome to July’s First Page Workshop with some of our past and present PitchWars mentors. From a Rafflecopter lottery drawing, we selected many wonderful writers to participate in the workshop. Each mentor has graciously critiqued a first page for one lucky writer. The writers are anonymous. Follow along all month to view the first page critiques. We welcome comments and further suggestions, but please keep them kind and respectful. Here are the next two mentors Read more…

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Day Seven of July’s First Page Workshop with Pitch Wars Mentors … Juliana L. Brandt & Jami Nord

Welcome to July’s First Page Workshop with some of our past and present PitchWars mentors. From a Rafflecopter lottery drawing, we selected many wonderful writers to participate in the workshop. Each mentor has graciously critiqued a first page for one lucky writer. The writers are anonymous. Follow along all month to view the first page critiques. We welcome comments and further suggestions, but please keep them kind and respectful. Here are the next two mentors Read more…

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Day Six of July’s First Page Workshop with Pitch Wars Mentors … Diana Gallagher & Kevin Springer

Welcome to July’s First Page Workshop with some of our past and present PitchWars mentors. From a Rafflecopter lottery drawing, we selected many wonderful writers to participate in the workshop. Each mentor has graciously critiqued a first page for one lucky writer. The writers are anonymous. Follow along all month to view the first page critiques. We welcome comments and further suggestions, but please keep them kind and respectful. Here are the next two mentors Read more…

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Day Five of July’s First Page Workshop with Pitch Wars Mentors…Dannie Morin & Trisha Leaver

Welcome to July’s First Page Workshop with some of our past and present PitchWars mentors. From a Rafflecopter lottery drawing, we selected many wonderful writers to participate in the workshop. Each mentor has graciously critiqued a first page for one lucky writer. The writers are anonymous. Follow along all month to view the first page critiques. We welcome comments and further suggestions, but please keep them kind and respectful. Here are the next two mentors Read more…

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My baby’s all grown up and has a new title … or cover reveal take two!

  After finishing edits for LIBRARY JUMPERS, it became clear that the title no longer fit the story. My book read older than it had before. And each book that comes after book one, gets darker. It took me some time to get used to, I can’t lie (you’ll get the pun here soon), but I’m thrilled with the title. And this frees up my previous title to be used for the series title, so Read more…

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Day Twenty-one of the June Query Workshop with Pitch Wars Mentors … Julie Dao & Mónica Bustamante Wagner

Welcome to the June Query Workshop with some of our past and present PitchWars mentors. From a Rafflecopter lottery drawing, we selected many wonderful writers to participate in the workshop. Each mentor has graciously critiqued a query letter for one lucky writer. The writers are anonymous. Follow along all month to view the query critiques. We welcome comments and further suggestions, but please keep them kind and respectful. Here are the next two mentors and Read more…

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