Title: LIGHTSTORM Genre: Paranormal Romance Word Count: 80,000 Query: Humanity’s survival lies in the hands of misanthrope Irina, and only her elemental bodyguard, Fontaine, can convince her to save them. When Irina sees a man appear from a puddle of water, she considers checking into the nearest psych ward. Then he tells her that she is not only descended from elementals, but is the fifth element (the Spirit) and expected to save the human Read more…
Title: PLUGGED IN Genre: Young Adult Dystopian Word Count: 72,000 Query: When sixteen-year-old Misty Evans discovers a hidden notebook in her mother’s art room, she’s excited and terrified. Paper is against the law. In the pages of the notebook, Misty finds events leading up to her mother’s disappearance might have something to do with the Mainframe, the self-aware computer that monitors the safety of the bio-city she lives in. Those who question the Mainframe or Read more…
The Writer’s Voice Twitter Pitch (Twitter hashtag: #WVTP) You know how much we love you? Well, we have the amazingly sexy, talented agent, John M. Cusick of Scott Treimel NY , and the beautiful, and equally talented agent, Vickie Motter of Andrea Hurst Literary Management, throwing a twitter pitch party on the hashtag #WVTP on May 24 from 12PM until 6PM EDT. Yeah. We love you that much! Here’s the rules… Pitch your finished manuscript Read more…
link Queries are difficult to master. I decided to post my query as a sample. This is for my upcoming debut novel, LIBRARY JUMPERS (Month9Books 2014). It was bought in a three-book deal at auction. Queries, I find, work best when they are short and enticing. Here it is. I’ve participated in many contests and workshops to get this query right. I hope it gives you ideas on how to construct your query. Read more…
I wanted to take a moment away from The Writers Voice to announce my book deal. (The picture above has nothing to do with my book other than the library thing.) Anyway, quick and sweet, here’s a copy of what it said on Publishers Marketplace last Thursday and in Publishers Lunch tomorrow. “Brenda Drake’s debut LIBRARY JUMPERS, in which a sixteen-year-old finds that a simple flip of the page can transport her to the library Read more…
The Writer’s Voice – THIRD SUBMISSION ROUND WILL OPEN AT 12PM EDT! Please note that WE’RE ONLY ACCEPTING 25 MORE ENTRIES (STOPPING AT ENTRY #200) IN THE THIRD SUBMISSION WINDOW. We’re closing the widget at 200 entries, so if it goes over 200, WE WILL DELETE THE ADDITIONAL ENTRIES and send a notice on Twitter when the submission is over. After signing up on the widget below, go to the official contest information post here Read more…
Third Submission time added for The Writer’s Voice Due to an issue while setting up the widget for the evening submission time, we’ve decided to open the widget up to accept 25 more entries into the contest. When running such a large scale contest, something can go wrong. And it did. We apologize for the roller coaster of emotions this type of an event can cause, but happy that we can try and make it Read more…
The Writer’s Voice – SECOND SUBMISSION ROUND NOW OPEN! Please note that WE’RE ONLY ACCEPTING 100 MORE ENTRIES (STOPPING AT ENTRY #175) IN THE SECOND SUBMISSION WINDOW. We’re closing the widget at 175 entries, so if it goes over 175, WE WILL DELETE THE ADDITIONAL ENTRIES and notify those people that they did not make it into the contest. After signing up on the widget below, go to the official contest information post here on Read more…
The Writer’s Voice – FIRST SUBMISSION ROUND NOW OPEN! Please note that WE’RE ONLY ACCEPTING 75 ENTRIES IN THE FIRST SUBMISSION WINDOW. We’re closing the widget at 75 entries, so if more than 75 people sign up, WE WILL DELETE THE ADDITIONAL ENTRIES and ask those people to try again in the second submission window. After signing up on the widget below, go to the Official Information Post here on how to send your submission. Read more…
“The Writer’s Voice” is a multi-blog, multi-agent contest hosted by Cupid of Cupid’s Literary Connection, Brenda Drake of Brenda Drake Writes, Monica B.W. of Love YA, and Krista Van Dolzer of Mother. Write. (Repeat.). We’re basing it on NBC’s singing reality show The Voice, so the four of us will serve as coaches and select projects for our teams based on their queries and first pages. Here’s the timeline: May 3 Everyone submits their entries Read more…