Pitch Wars Blog Archive

Pitch Madness is coming! Are you ready? The Details …

The Pitch Madness submission window will be open for 24 hours on August 24! Pitch Madness is a contest to win a request from one or more of the participating agents. We have 15 agents signed up to compete for your pitches. I will have an agent introduction post on August 21! Here are the fabulous agents participating: Louise Fury (@louisefury) Danielle Smith (@the1stdaughter) with Foreword Literary Peter Knapp (@petejknapp) Park Literary Jessica Sinsheimer (@jsinsheim) Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

RESULTS ARE IN FROM BRENT TAYLOR AND TEEN EYES!

  I have the results from Brent Taylor with TEEN EYES EDITORIAL. I’m amazed at all the writers who entered the contest on my blog and on the other hosts’ blogs. You all are very talented and I’m sure this was a tough decision for all the editors. Make sure to check out Teen Eyes services. They aren’t that expensive and it’s great to get a pair of young, professional eyes on your work. Here’s Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Can You Hook a Teen? … Contest Submission Post …

Three teen editors on three blogs with three prizes. Win! Submission Post! Today, I’m hosting editor Brent Taylor of TEEN EYES EDITORIAL on my blog for the Can You Hook a Teen? contest.  I’m so excited to have him. Brent edited my middle grade novel and helped me hone my main character’s voice. Having a teen eyes on your work, really helps to get in touch with your audience. I recently signed with my agent on Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

THE APOLLO ACADEMY by Kimberly P. Chase … release giveaway!

  I am so thrilled to be a apart of Kimberly P. Chase’s THE APOLLO ACADEMY blog tour and and giveaway. You may have seen Kimberly Chase running things for my contests on occasions. She’s organized the slush for Pitch Madness, and ran things for The Writers Voice while I was away at a conference. And today her book THE APOLLO ACADEMY was released early. You want to get your hands on a copy – Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

THE FUNERAL SINGER by Linda Budzinski … cover reveal!

THE FUNERAL SINGER  (coming September 24, 2013 from Swoon Romance) Being a funeral singer was a dead-end job until it led her to him … Seventeen-year-old Melanie Martin has witnessed her share of lame eulogies and uninspired epitaphs while singing part-time at her dad’s funeral home. She’s determined to be more than a funeral singer, more than just someone’s “beloved wife” or “loving mother.”  When Mel’s impromptu rendition of “Amazing Grace” at a local rock star’s graveside Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Win a kindle with a copy of AWAKENINGS by J.E. Shannon during the book release tour!

Title: Awakenings Author: J. E. Shannon   Publisher: Entranced Publishing Genre: YA paranormal romance Release Date: July 29th 2013                                Blurb:  Evie Shepard awakens to a nightmare. She’s been buried alive and has no idea how or why. As she struggles to remember what happened, she begins to notice changes — heightened senses, as well as increased speed, agility, and strength. And her heart no longer beats. She soon makes a disturbing discovery: she wasn’t Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

A chance to win Teen Eyes Editorial prizes … and a few details about Pitch Madness

  Three teen editors on three blogs  with three prizes. Win! Have you ever wondered if your young adult, new adult, or middle grade manuscript would hook a teen reader? We all have. So what better way to find out then a contest with the talented teens of TEEN EYES EDITORIAL. Here’s a bit about the editors . . . Brent Taylor   Brent Taylor lives in Louisville, Kentucky. He’s an ex-gymnast and worked as Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

CLAWS OF THE CAT by Susan Spann … book release!!

Synopsis: When a samurai is murdered in a Kyoto teahouse, master ninja Hiro has no desire to get involved. But the beautiful geisha accused of the crime enlists the help of Father Mateo, the Portuguese Jesuit Hiro is sworn to protect, leaving the master shinobi with just three days to find the killer in order to save the girl and the priest from execution.  Buy it here:AmazonIndieboundBarnes and Noble  Praise for CLAWS OF THE CAT:“While Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Like a Virgin Contest Blog Hop

I haven’t done a blog hop in a long time. But when Kristina Perez and Rhiann Wynn-Nolet invited me to be one of the Guest Stars in the upcoming Like a Virgin Pitch Contest and write a post about my first editorial letter, I thought I should join in the blog hop too.   Click here to find out more about the Like a Virgin Pitch Contest. Here’s how it’s going down. Blog hop participants answer Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

BECOMING JOSEPHINE by Heather Webb … Cover reveal!!

BECOMING JOSEPHINE is Heather Webb’s debut historical about Napoleon’s empress, a woman in search of eternal love and stability, and ultimately her search for self. It releases December 31, 2013 from Plume/Penguin. Stop by her blog Between the Sheets and leave a comment for a chance to win a $20 gift card to Barnes & Noble or a $20 gift card to Amazon. Pre-order her novel (present a receipt) and win a Josephine hand mirror Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago