Pitch Wars Blog Archive

Pitch Madness B-14: Adult: SOMEPLACE WILD

Genre: Historical Women’s Fiction Word Count: 107,000 Pitch: A 1906 San Francisco debutante and aspiring botanist struggles to choose between sisterly loyalty and a life of wilderness adventure with her love. Excerpt: The bellman’s knock was as familiar to me as the back of Mother’s hand, yet still I jumped when its rap, rap, rap punctured the silence of our parlor. ‘Another delivery of one of Mother’s treasures.’ I laid my copy of ‘Asa Gray’s Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Pitch Madness B-15: Adult: WHILE WE WEPT

Genre: Thriller/Suspense Word Count: 88,000 Pitch: Two tragedies, two decades apart. When his father is accused of an unthinkable crime, Francis must revisit a 23-year-old murder trial to locate a missing child today—and get justice for one of the past. Excerpt: My brother drowned in a bathtub that was less than one foot longer than he was tall. It was a typical, vintage, roll-rim clawfoot tub with chipped paint, slippery sides, and an air of Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Pitch Madness B-16: Adult: THE WILDFLOWER SEASON

Genre: Women’s Fiction Word Count: 99,000 Pitch: Ten years ago, Julie killed her best friend…unless she didn’t. The truth lies in a diary hidden in her Southern hometown, but finding it exposes scandalous secrets about the friend she thought she knew. Excerpt: She only has lovers in wintertime. In summer, the days stretch long like lazy animals and the sun’s rays reach like warm fingers down between buildings and slide across her face and arms, Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Pitch Madness B-17: Adult: GRAVITY LESSENS

Genre: Literary/Magical Realism Word Count: 79,000 Pitch: When gravity lessens, just a little, some people’s problems get easier. Others’ don’t. A new mom, an overweight teen girl, a retired boat salesman, and interconnected others, it’s LOVE, ACTUALLY with a magical realism twist. Excerpt: Shelly did not mind 8:00 AM classes. Her professor clearly did. While she retrieved her laptop from her backpack, Dr. Craig wandered into the room without looking where he was going. He Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Another Pitch Wars Success Interview with Destiny Cole and Trisha Leigh!

The best part of the contests for us around here is when we hear about successes. Today I am so beyond excited to introduce you to Destiny Cole and her Pitch Wars mentor Trisha Leigh for a Q and A regarding her recent success! Destiny recently signed with Kirsten Carleton of Waxman Leavell. So as to not make this post a novel, we’ll jump right into the interview. Destiny, what made you decide to send a Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Pitch Madness Draft … how does it work?

Everyone has been asking about what happens and how does the Pitch Madness Draft work. The draft is how we determine what entries each host gets on her team. It’s just like the NFL draft. We draw to see who goes first, second, third, and fourth during the picks. Each team makes a pick on their turn. Then the picks rotate: First pick moves to second pick, second pick moves to third pick, third pick Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Another Pitch Wars Success Interview with Sonia Hartl and Dannie Morin!

The best part of the contests for us around here is when we hear about successes. Today I am so beyond excited to introduce you to Sonia Hartl and her Pitch Wars mentor Dannie Morin for a Q and A regarding her recent success! Sonia recently signed with Rebecca Podos of Rees Literary Agency.  So as to not make this post a novel, we’ll jump right into the interview. Sonia, what made you decide to Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Another Pitch Wars Success Interview with Kelly Calabrese and her mentors Trisha Leaver and Lindsay Currie!

The best part of the contests for us around here is when we hear about successes. Today I am so beyond excited to introduce you to Kelly Calabrese and her Pitch Wars mentors Trisha Leaver and Lindsay Currie for a Q and A regarding her recent success! Kelly recently signed with Sarah LaPolla of Bradford Literary Agency.  So as to not make this post a novel, we’ll jump right into the interview. Kelly, what made Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Pitch Madness … the submission window

The submission window for Pitch Madness SORRY! Edition is now open! To enter the contest, enter the form below. What is Pitch Madness? It’s a contest to win a request from one or more of the participating agents. I will have an agent introduction post up soon. The submission window will be open from 12:01 AM EST on February 20 until 11:59PM EST on February 23. You should have plenty of time to get your Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago