Pitch Wars Blog Archive

Trick or Treat #B10 – GEMINI CRUSH

Title: GEMINI CRUSH Category: YA Genre: Thriller Word Count: 70,000 Pitch: Sixteen-year-old twins Alex and Zoe Swanson used to look identical, but thanks to Alex’s transformation from girl-next-door normal to goth-ish, telepathic freak, the twins not only act like polar opposites, they look nothing alike. Even so, they’re the best of friends and nothing can tear them apart. Except, that is, a family curse that’s tied to Alex’s telepathic ability, pits twin against twin and Read more…

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Trick or Treat #B11 – FINDING MR. KELLY

Title: FINDING MR. KELLY Category: Adult Genre: Historical Word Count: 76,000 Pitch: Evelina Taylor, secretary at the Boston Reporter, has been terrified of the sea for as long as she can remember- which makes things problematic when blue-eyed fisherman Finn Kelly arrives from Ireland, intent of finding his missing father. Resolved to keep herself properly detached, Evelina decides to help reunite Finn with his past as the city tremors under the rumors of a strike. Read more…

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Trick or Treat #B12 – GERALD AND THE AMULET OF ZONRACH

Title: GERALD AND THE AMULET OF ZONRACH Category: Upper MG Genre: Humorous Fantasy Word Count: 77,000 Pitch: In the realm of Wyverndawn, a wizard’s height is the mark of his power, and shrinking an entire inch is disastrous for twelve-year-old Gerald. Looking for promotion of an inch or two, Gerald decides his superior wizarding skills are just what his village needs to improve the view. But the spell he bought – from a guy who Read more…

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Trick or Treat #B13 – GOLDILOCKS

Title: GOLDILOCKS Category: YA Genre: Fantasy Word Count: 65,000 Pitch: Why did Goldilocks go into the forest? To kill the three bears. Four years after the bears killed her parents and friend, Orin, sixteen-year-old Goldilocks searches for a way to kill the three bears that continually attack her village. Question 1: In your MC’s voice, what costumed character do you relate most to and why? Not only did Batman and I both lose our parents Read more…

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Trick or Treat Bobbing for Slush Save #B14 – DRAGON DANCING

Title: DRAGON DANCING Category: MC Genre: Magical Realism Word Count: 34,000 Pitch: Rosalind Durrell has a dragon, which would be awesome except he won’t eat anything and she’s starting to worry that he won’t stay healthy for long. She finds an Instructor to help her care for her dragon, but when he goes missing, she has to enlist the smarts of a future astrophysicist, the guidance of a very old Instruction book, and the traveling Read more…

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THE SECRET DAUGHTER OF THE TSAR by Jennifer Laam … release day!

    “Debut novelist Laam seamlessly interweaves the stories of three different women from three  different times and places into a cross-century thriller. Romance and intrigue abound…” —Booklist “Weaves a lively tale…Laam [tells] her story with verve and imagination.” —Kate Alcott, New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmaker   “Laam has not only created a captivating tale, but has woven a delicate and resonant fabric from the timeless threads of love and loyalty, betrayal and Read more…

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TRICK OR TREAT WITH AGENTS … submission window now open!

  SUBMISSION WINDOW OPEN TODAY FROM 9AM EST to 9PM EST (10/22)  This hopefully gives everyone plenty of time to enter! To enter, your manuscript MUST be completed and ready for submission. Accepting MG, YA, NA, and Adult–all fiction genres. (NO Erotica, Memoir, or Picture Books) How to Enter: Step 1: Compose an Email. Address the email to trickortreatwithanagent@gmail.com Step 2: In the subject line put your- Category, Genre, Title, Word Count       Read more…

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Query Workshop Sign up … hurry limited spots!

The workshop signup is now closed!   We’re holding a query workshop here on the blog. Some talented friends agreed to help me critique your queries. We’re taking the first 38 writers to sign up on the Mr. Linky below. What do you have to do? Sign up on the Linky (if you’re number 39, you didn’t make it), and then email your query as a Word .doc to brendadrakecontests@gmail.com. Make sure to format the Read more…

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Love and Other Games … blog tour

  Title: Love and Other Games (Collection) Author: Melinda Dozier, Ana Blaze, Aria Kane, Kara Leigh Miller Publisher: Swoon Romance Publication Date: October 1, 2013 Format: eBook Love and Other Games Book Blurbs: LOVE AND OTHER GAMES is a collection of four sexy new adult stories centered around athletes competing in the Winter Games by Ana Blaze, Melinda Dozier, Aria Kane, and  Kara Leigh Miller. [box]Worth More Than Gold by Ana Blaze Amy Pierce, the klutzy Read more…

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Masked Love … cover reveal!

Title: Masked Love Author: Nicole Zoltack Publisher: Swoon Romance Publication Date: November 1, 2013 Genre: Regency Holiday romance novella   About Masked Love… [box]Isabelle is content being a maid, and will do anything for her lady, even accompany her to a masquerade ball. Lady Theodosia needs extra support and encouragement on this night, for tomorrow she will meet the man her parents have pledged her to. Isabelle has never had occasion to attend such an Read more…

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