Pitch Wars Blog Archive

MENTOR: Shelley Watters MENTEE: Violet Henry TITLE:  SOMETHING TO PROVE CATEGORY/GENRE: Adult Contemporary Romance WORD COUNT: 90,000   PITCH: With a slave-making drug on the horizon and her best friend in the hands of its creator, BEA agent Penelope battles the Honduran jungle alongside Alpha Security Operator Rafael—and struggles not to fall in love with him in the process.   EXCERPT: Penelope’s underwear had long ago stopped being dry, and not for any pleasurable reason Read more…

MENTOR: Elizabeth Penney MENTEE: Heidi Timmons TITLE: WISHING GLASS CATEGORY/GENRE: Women’s Fiction with Romantic and Magical Elements WORD COUNT: 91,000   PITCH: In the spirit of A Christmas Carol and It’s a Wonderful Life, Brielle experiences two possible futures with a charming cowboy and Hollywood actor. She travels the world, torn between Oklahoma and her dream of acting. By night’s end, Brielle must decide which life, and love, she can’t live without.   EXCERPT:  There Read more…

MENTOR: Mina Vaughn MENTEE: K. A. Reynolds TITLE: THE DRAGONFLY BRIDGE CATEGORY/GENRE: Literary Fantasy WORD COUNT: 83,000   PITCH: Satoru traverses the past, the land of the dead, and the future searching for the woman at the end of his heartstring. However, the ruler of the dead city wants her too, and moves through time continually ripping them apart.   EXCERPT: Waking that first time in the Hanuman Hotel equated to snapping awake in the middle of the night naked in the Arabian Desert, Read more…

MENTOR: Amy Reichert MENTEE: Kimberly Emerson TITLE: PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE WOMAN GENRE: Contemporary Romance WORD COUNT: 93,000   PITCH: To save the charity she loves, Charlotte agrees to fake a relationship with an image-challenged businessman, and finds real love in the lie.   EXCERPT: Deep in the recesses of every woman’s closet, in between the business suit and the basic black, hangs the Perfectly Acceptable Dress. It’s easy to spot. It’s not too short, it’s not Read more…