Pitch Wars Blog Archive

Love Scene Workshop … critiques by Mandy Schoen, Editor of Swoon Romance

Over the next few weeks, some really special friends of mine are stopping by to critique participants’ love scenes. Please join us and find out what’s working and what’s not with our lucky winners’ scenes. And here’s something about my next guest …  Mandy Schoen Editor  It’s fitting to have Mandy‘s critiques up on Valentine‘s Day since she’s the senior acquisitions editor for Swoon Romance. She’s also the editor for my debut novel, LIBRARY JUMPERS. coming Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Love Scene Workshop … critiques by Summer Heacock

Over the next few weeks, some really special friends of mine are stopping by to critique participants’ love scenes. Please join us and find out what’s working and what’s not with our lucky winners’ scenes. And here’s something about my next guest …    Summer Heacock When Summer isn’t doing her mom and wife thing, you can find her gaining world domination on Twitter as @fizzygrrl talking about whatever a world dominatrix talks about. She Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Love Scene Workshop … critiques by Nazarea Andrews

Over the next few weeks, some really special friends of mine are stopping by to critique participants’ love scenes. Please join us and find out what’s working and what’s not with our lucky winners’ scenes.  And here’s something about my first guest … Nazarea Andrews  Twitter: @NazareaAndrews – Author of EDGE OF THE FALLS, March 2013. A sarcastic mommy and wife, and unabashed book addict. Editorial Assistant @SwoonRomance. Blogger @WriterlyRejects.  Nazarea’s debut, Edge of the Falls, is releasing March Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Winners of A SHIMMER OF ANGELS!

The winners for the three copies of A SHIMMER OF ANGELS by Random.org are: Kim KaschVeronica BartlesMia Please email me at brendadrakecontests@gmail.com and let me know if you’d like a Kindle or Nook ebook or paperback (US & Canada only) make sure to include the address for delivery if you choose a paperbook. If you didn’t win a copy, you can find A SHIMMER OF ANGELS by Lisa M. Basso at Barnesandnoble.com, Amazon.com, or any Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

A SHIMMER OF ANGELS by Lisa M. Basso releases today … giveaways and more!

I’m thrilled to host an exciting new book on my blog today, A SHIMMER OF ANGELS by Lisa M. Basso. This book is so hot you can’t pass it up! I have a fun interview with bad boy Kade and giveaways. Sign up on the Rafflecopter below to win some awesome book swag during the blog tour. There will be daily winners!   Also, answer the question at the end of Kade’s interview for a Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Pitch Wars! … the winners

Pitch Wars and the #PitMad twitter party last week was such a success. I want to thank all the mentors for making this such a wonderful event. I’m so proud of this community and how respectful and encouraging everyone is to their fellow writers. I hope we hear of many successes from the event. Please keep me updated on your requests! So here’s the winner of each category… The young adult winner and all around Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

After the War – Twitter Pitch Party is today!

For those of you who didn’t make it into Pitch Wars or just anyone who wants to pitch, there’s  a twitter pitch party on the hashtag #PitMad today, January 25, from 8AM to 8PM EST. So get your twitter pitches ready and make sure to include the hashtag in your 140 character count.  The rules are: be polite, don’t say anything mean about a writer’s pitch, any genre can be pitched, and pitch each time Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

PITCH WARS is on!

  Alternates Showcase! The agent round for PITCH WARS brought to you by Brenda Drake is happening now over at the YAMisfits blog. Hop over there and follow them and view the agent round January 23-24 pitches. The talented panel of agented/published authors, industry interns, and editors have worked for over a month with their teammates to help get their pitches and manuscripts ready for some fabulous agents. To view the teams go here, and for Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

PITCH WARS! ALT B-1: THE GOOD DEMON

NAME: Ryan HillMENTOR: Heather MarieTITLE: THE GOOD DEMONGENRE: YA ParanormalWORD COUNT: 87K  PITCH: At the risk of spending eternity in hell’s ninth circle, a wisecracking demon must partner with an angel to find a powerful relic under the guise of the lowliest of creatures, a high school senior. The nerve. One minute you’re in hell, minding your own business, getting your ass pummeled by every demonic being that fancied a go, and the next you’re Read more…

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PITCH WARS! ALT B-2: WHISPERS OF DISASTER

NAME: Stacey Trombley MENTOR: Fiona Mclaren TITLE: Whispers of Disaster GENRE: YA FantasyWORD COUNT: 66K  PITCH: Seventeen year old Taylor learns she’s a legacy of a group who believe they’re Fate and cause terrible disasters to society. Now she must choose– join them or fight the only family she’s ever known.   Taylor took one long, deep breath before opening the door to her own personal hell. Two dozen heads turned to look at her Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago