Do you want to find out what a teen thinks about the opening pages of your young adult (all genres)? Sign up for The Teenaged Nitpick‘s critiques. Not only is The Teenaged Nitpick a teen, he’s a writer and an intern with Pam van Hylckama of Larsen Pomada. To Learn more about John Hansen go to his blog here. On Thursday, September 20, I’ll choose 10 lucky winners from the Rafflecopter below. The Teenaged Nitpick Read more…
Pitch your novella to my publisher, Month9Books October 1 -7 on my blog. Month9Books is looking for 15K (12K – 20K range) novellas for their Swoon imprint with a strong romantic element, any genre, any age range (YA, “new adult,” or adult). We’ll be taking five to six sentence pitches in the comments of the pitch post. So dust off and spit shine your fantabulous stories and meet me back on the blog on October Read more…
We’re hosting a Twitter Pitch Party on Thursday, September 13 from 8AM to 8PM EDT on the hashtag #PitMad. How do you twitter pitch? You tweet your twitter pitch each time you see an agent on the hashtag. The agents will request the tweets in the feed that catch their attention. Make sure to include the hashtag in your pitch and don’t @ the agents. By using the hashtag, the agents will see your Read more…
It’s been a long week of reading through all the amazing pitches and our wonderful readers–K.T. Hanna, Kat Ellis, Rebecca Coffindaffer, Dee (@writefor apples), Stephanie Diaz, & Summer Heacock–have narrowed the slush, and your game hosts have chosen sixty of the best entries for the game. (Scroll down to view all 15 picks for my blog.) Comments are set to moderation so the agent’s won’t see their competitors’ bids. Please no comments other than those Read more…
Genre: Middle Grade Mystery Word count: 51,000 Merry and Cooper investigate an old jewel heist rumored to involve Merry’s uncle and Cooper’s dad. With the convicted thieves now released from prison, Merry and Cooper fight to save their families. All my life I waited for someone to talk about my Uncle Frankie, but after twelve whole years of waiting, I gave up. Because no one ever did. No one. Ever. It’s like it’s Read more…
Genre:Young Adult, Magical Realism Word Count: 66,000 Libby’s art comes to life, literally. Her painted skies turn from day to night and sometimes her mystery boy will appear. She’s determined to discover who he is, even if it means becoming trapped forever. He vanished. Again. So did the rush of him appearing in my finished painting. My joy squelched by the expression on his face. Usually he had a smile–a sad sort of smile, Read more…
Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy (based on a Russian fairytale) Word Count: 37,000 When a school bully breaks his Palekh box, Nick is thrust into medieval Russia where he must learn to appease an autocratic tsar and outmaneuver a jealous chamberlain in order to find his way home. The bathroom door squeaked open just as I pushed the handle to flush. I opened the stall door a crack and spotted Dylan leaning against the wall, Read more…
Word Count: 60,000Genre: YA Historical While enjoying a captivating new social life during the summer of 1929, 15-year-old Dorothy Brooks must contend with anti-Semitism and bootlegging, two evils poisoning her New England resort town. You know that kid who always has whatever is new, better and best? The one who is kind of a bore but you’re friends anyway because you like playing with their toys? For me, that would be my neighbor, Read more…
Genre: Mystery/ Horror Word Count: 62,000 Forty-five years ago, ten children went missing and turned up dead in a cabin in the woods. Now history is repeating itself. Someone’s targeting children again. And their sight is set on Nathan and Leila. I was going to die. I coughed out a lungful of thick black smoke. My vision was blurred as if I were looking through someone’s thick glasses. I bumped into something and fell Read more…
Genre: YA Contemporary Word Count: 60,000 Hanley can’t decide which is worse: that she’s harboring a fugitive, or that she’s in love with one. It all started when a stranger with a secret made his home in her garage. The third step down holds my fate in its hands. There, the padding beneath the beige carpet is almost non-existent. The supporting boards and beams creak with age. I learned these facts the hard way Read more…