Pitch Wars Blog Archive

Genre: YA Paranormal Suspense with Romantic ElementsWord Count: 75,000 Dear Super Intern, High school senior Alita sees herself at Princeton; taking tests, meeting boys, not developing psychic powers, not crushing on a boy who saves her from a psycho who wants said powers, and definitely not unleashing the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The ability to manipulate any form of energy that’s triggered on her eighteenth birthday doesn’t just ruin her Princeton dreams – it Read more…

Genre: YA Urban Fantasy Word count: 57,000 Query: Seventeen-year-old Selina Kane always knew she was different, but never imagined she was last-living-necromancer different.Not until she starts speaking the language of the Underworld and visiting Acherusian Lake in her dreams. Caught between chasing a destiny she doesn’t yet understand and wanting to protect her parents, she leaves home on across-country bound Greyhound bus. A few stops into the journey, Blake storms into her life, charming his way Read more…

Genre: MG FantasyWord count: 50,000 Query: Dear Erica, Thirteen-year-old Princess Leila thought her biggest problems were picking out which dress to wear and entertaining boring princes like Henrick.  But when Leila is kidnapped by a dragon who plans to use her and the book-smart Princess Margriet as rescue bait to lure princes to his lair, she realizes her problems have only just begun. The dragon’s plan works when Prince Henrick arrives, eager to prove himself. Read more…

Genre: Upper YA historical fiction, Bildungsroman Word count: 120,000 Query: Dear [Agent], I noticed you’re interested in historical fiction, and hope you will consider And Jakob Flew the Fiend Away, an upper YA historical Bildungsroman set in the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies between 1940-46. Fourteen-year-old Jakob DeJonghe can think of nothing but revenge when the Nazis coerce his father into suicide and his little sister mysteriously disappears the day before Yom Kippur 1940.  Read more…

Genre: YA historical fantasy romanceWord count: 50,000 Query:  Falling in love isn’t easy when it’s challenged by a brutal duke, a murderous king, and the threat of war between kingdoms. But truelove doesn’t care about convenience, and it certainly has no aversion to danger. When Princess Araya flees an arranged marriage to Duke Peter, her only goal is freedom, even if that means she must evade her father’s armed guards—men under strict orders to carry Read more…