PITCH MADNESS The Agent Game Rules Starting on September 6 at 8AM EST through 12PM (Noon) EST on Septemer 10 the agents will stop by the host blogs, read the entries, and make their Monopoly plays (bids) for the pitches they want to read more of. (See the ranking sheet for a list of plays – request types.) Here’s the participating blogs: Brenda Drake Sharon Johnston Shelley Watters Summer Heacock A Monopoly play is placing Read more…
Lady Kiera Darby is no stranger to intrigue–in fact, it seems to follow wherever she goes. When an old friend’s pending marriage is thrown into chaos by the arrival of his older brother–and Kiera’s childhood art tutor–William, Kiera steps into help. For ten years Will has been missing, committed to an insane asylum by his own father, and when a local girl goes missing, he’s instantly suspect. Now Kiera must once again employ her knowledge of Read more…
Happy Release Day, EVER! To celebrate EVER’s rebirth, and Jessa Russo’s first step into the indie self-publishing world, she is giving you the first chapter of EVER for FREE! Yup! FREE! You can read along, decide if you want more, then click on one of the buy links below to grab a copy for yourself! *Paperbacks available soon! Check out the FREE first chapter HERE. We’re also having some fun on Twitter (details below), and Jessa has also Read more…
THE SUBMISSION WINDOW FOR PITCH MADNESS IS NOW CLOSED. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! The submission window for Pitch Madness is now open for 25 hours from 11:01PM EST to 11:59PM EST (That’s 8/24). There will be no cut off number. Everyone who submits during the window will make it into the contest. You will receive a receipt, if you don’t, check with me here on the blog or on Twitter (@brendadrake). For those of you not familiar Read more…
The recent conversations on the social media sites about small publishers and contests can be frustrating and scary to many new writers. It’s difficult to know what is accepted in the publishing community when you’re new (sometimes old) to it. Agents and publishers have voiced their concerns about writers not having a firm decision about which publishing path to take. Ask yourself: Do you want an agent? Do you want to self-publish? Go with Read more…
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. It releases October 1st from Swoon Romance in all major electronic formats. Worth More Than Gold by Ana Blaze Amy Pierce, the klutzy sister and manager of America’s Skating Sweetheart, is used to being invisible. But when a friend drags her to a Read more…
The submission window for Pitch Madness is this Saturday, August 24, and will be open for 24 hours (12:01AM EST to 11:59PM EST). There will be no cut off number. Everyone who submits during the window will make it into the contest. You will receive a receipt, if you don’t, check with me here on the blog or on Twitter (@brendadrake). For those of you not familiar with Pitch Madness, it’s a contest where agents Read more…
Pitch Madness is fast approaching and we have a crazy, awesome line up of agents competing for your pitches! For those of you not familiar with Pitch Madness, Pitch Madness is a contest where agents compete in a game against their peers for pitches. This time the game is Monopoly. If you haven’t been a part of a Pitch Madness challenge before, please check out this post here for more information. The submission window is Read more…
We’re getting close to Pitch Madness submission day, and I wanted to introduce the host blogs and their teams. The teams will choose from the slush the best entries for their teams. Likes are subjective, so by having teams, we can have many opinions on each entry. The teams have to decide on the pitches together, but ultimately it’s the blog hosts and co-hosts who have the final decision. For those of you not familiar Read more…
We’re exited to announce the amazing slush readers for Pitch Madness! There’s a lot of work behind the scenes of Pitch Madness. Without these talented writers we wouldn’t be able to have such epic first and second round readings for the contest. Each one was chosen for their greatness. Make sure to follow them! For those of you not familiar with Pitch Madness, Pitch Madness is a contest where agents compete in a game against Read more…