It’s my 2nd annual birthday giveaway! I’m giving some books away to a few lucky followers. Names will be selected from both my followers list and my Networked Blogs list. I won’t bore you with a bunch of nonsense, so let’s get to the winners. First winner by Random.org is … Sharon Bayliss And she wins… Buy Girl Parts Girl Parts by John M. Cusick is a fun read. I couldn’t put it down. Read more…
I’ll be giving away books tomorrow to celebrate my birthday. You don’t have to do anything. If you’re a follower, you’re already entered. I really appreciate each and every one of you. Hugs!
link When reading for our recent PitchMadness, we noticed the entries that didn’t make it to the agent match was because the first words weren’t hooking us. There wasn’t a unique element to pull us in, the setting was right but the action was too familiar, or the story started in the wrong place. So we decided to do another workshop focusing solely on the opening page. Shelley Watters, Erica Chapman, and the writers at Read more…
link First off, I want to thank all the agents who made this such a success. There were a few glitches but everyone was so kind and they were fixed quickly. John Cusick – Scott Treimel NY Sarah LaPolla – Curtis Brown Sara Sciuto – Full Circle Literary Molly Ker Hawn – The Bent Agency Lauren Hammond – ADA Management Judith Engracia – Liza Dawson Assoc. Carlie Webber – Jane Rotrosen Agency Louise Fury – Read more…
A big welcome to all of the agents, readers, and participants who are excited about the Pitch Madness event! All comments will be moderated from here on out so that the agents can play their hands in secret. They’ll have until March 14th at 12pm EST when comments will be published and winners will be revealed, Readers and participants can follow along with the Twitter hashtag #PitchMadness too! There are sixty entries that made it Read more…
# B-18: YA Contemporary Romance: HOW TO DATE A NERD Closet nerd Zoe loves the Star Wars obsessed geek-boy next door and must decide if her uber-popular social rep is worth more to her than the happiness she finds with him… and being herself. Rules of keeping up your popular rep: Number one, the shorter the skirt, the better. Number two, natural hair color is a thing of the past. Number three, high heels are Read more…
# B-5: YA Paranormal: FOREVER FRIDAY When Friday discovers she isn’t just an immortal, but also the only one capable of killing another, she must leave everyone she loves or risk becoming a deadly weapon in the world’s oldest blood feud. Un milagro, they called me. A miracle. I heard the nurses whisper it to each other as they passed my hospital room. I saw it on the news for three days before my story Read more…
# B-11 Young Adult Paranormal: CHANGELING A spell-challenged teen witch must find her inner witchiness to work with a human changeling, find a serial Pixie killer and restore balance in Faery. Another spell gone kaput. Skye blew out the pink candles. No matter how hard she tried, they never worked. Maybe asking for Tanner to declare his undying love was too much of a stretch. Bet her BFF Callie could do it. Skye whipped out Read more…
# B-16: YA Contemporary: THE PACKING HOUSE Sixteen-year-old Joel Scrivener has two choices: continue to run from his problems, or man-up and face them, and only one choice will keep Amber Walker in his life. My brother’s being nice to me all of a sudden. Either that or he’s trying to get me in trouble. I mean to find out which one. The tell-tale sign? This morning he gave me a forbidden Mϕnster drink he Read more…
# B-10: MG:THE PIRATE OF VALLENTA A pirate girl uncovers a royal servant’s plans to destroy her country. She’d consider stopping him, but he’s locked her in the castle dungeon with a warrior-in-training and a wizard intern – her annoying long-lost brothers. It started like any other day for Lesath—swabbing the deck aboard the Weeping Phantom. Not the most glamorous job, especially since Putrid Pete had just made his usual mess of the latrine. But Read more…