Mentor Name: JC Nelson Mentee Name: Elinor Sattler Title: THE KILLING MOON Category: Adult Genre: Urban Fantasy Word Count: 100,000 Pitch: Anna Marlowe fled the world of magic years ago, hiding from her old coven and the nightmares in her past. But when Anna finds a woman slain by poisonous magic, she’s forced to confront the powers, both human and less so, who make Atlanta their home. Someone is brewing a plague which feeds on Read more…
Mentor Name: Kara Leigh Miller Mentee Name: Amy Garabedian w/a A.B. Sevan Title: PLEDGE OF ASHES Category: Adult Genre: Urban Fantasy Word Count: 86,000 PITCH: If being psychic isn’t enough of a lifestyle cramp, Sydney now has two angelic-gifted brothers assigned to protect her from Hell. When a rogue Archangel plays double agent and a demon proves to be too much for her bodyguards, Syd must learn to uphold the Pledge that keeps Heaven and Read more…
Mentor Name: Karma Brown Mentee Name: Susan Crispell Title: WISHES TO NOWHERE Category: Adult Genre: Magical Realism Word Count: 83,500 Pitch: When Claire McCallie gets stranded in small-town Nowhere, NC, she meets a woman who bakes secrets into pies, a man who makes her want to stay, and a stranger who holds the key to her past. In Nowhere Claire must accept her own magical ability to make wishes come true, or risk losing her Read more…
Mentor Name: Mina Vaughn Mentee Name: Gina Denny Title: SANDS OF IMMORTALITY Category: Adult Genre: Fantasy Word Count: 98,000 Pitch: Sorceress Merila’s daughter marches closer to death every day, and her prodigious spells have done nothing to save the girl. Now she’ll do the unthinkable – return to the palace, trade a princess’s life for her daughter’s, and sink the kingdom into ruins. Excerpt: I pressed the cool poultice to Nadina’s forehead, the sixth time Read more…
Mentor Name: S.K. Falls Mentee Name: Rebecca J. Lacko Title: RADIO HEAD Category: Contemporary Adult Genre: Musical Fiction Word Count: 90,000 Pitch: Shelby Rey can hear what rock star Zac Wyatt can’t—his next album. All she has to do is touch him. Excerpt: With my headphones on, I can find a quieter place. The radio’s random broadcast courses through my veins, matching my inner anthem, replicating my DNA. My cells divide, replacing the dead Read more…
Mentor Name: Sarah Henning Mentee Name: Kellye Garrett Title: IOU Category: Adult Genre: Mystery Word Count: 85,000 Pitch: Dayna Anderson doesn’t set out to solve a murder, but trying to get the $15,000 reward for a hit-and-run she witnesses definitely isn’t the craziest thing an actress – even a semi-famous, mega-broke black one – has done for some cash. After she links the accident to a rash of celeb home break-ins, Dayna enacts her Read more…
Mentor Name: Shana Silver Mentee Name: Samantha Leach Title: YES, ADMIN Category: Adult Genre: Science Fiction Word Count: 90,000 Pitch: October is a genetically modified sub-human designed to function as a real life avatar in the sexually charged world of Manhattan, 2099, where humans live out their darkest desires night after night. When the implant that suppresses October’s emotions malfunctions, she has no choice but to join a team of miscreants hell-bent on freeing all Read more…
Mentor Name: Whitney Fletcher Mentee Name: Rebecca Coffindaffer Title: UNDER THE REDLINE Category: Adult Genre: Science Fiction Word Count: 89,000 Pitch: To provide for her sisters in the slums of Zion, Valkyrie Bruinn has leveraged her unique ability to teleport in order to become a legendary hitwoman. But when a kill order goes south and her sisters disappear, she’ll tear apart everything—friends, enemies, even the planet itself—to find them. Excerpt: Not everyone bleeds red. No Read more…
The Pitch Wars agent round starts tomorrow! And I’m reposting some encouraging words for all the hopeful mentees and alternates. AND don’t forget we have prizes for the mentors and mentees with the top requests. There are many pathways to acquiring your publishing goals. Pitch Wars is just one of a few. Though I know you’ll be disappointed if you don’t get requests, please remember there is always querying and other contests on the horizon. Read more…
FIRST PLACE in the Readers’ Crown Award for urban fantasy. FIRST PLACE in Central Florida RWA’s Touch of Magic contest for paranormal romance. Title: A Touch of Darkness Author: Yelena Casale & Tina Moss Genre: Urban Fantasy Release Date: March 2, 2015 A Touch of Darkness Key Series, Book One Cassie Durrett dreams of the darkness. And lives the nightmare. She’s working for a tightwad boss at a pretentious NYC diner, dealing Read more…