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Pitch Madness # B-1 YA Contemporary Fantasy: PECULIAR DARK

# B-1 YA Contemporary Fantasy: PECULIAR DARK After an illness leaves fifteen-year-old Angela laced with dangerous magic, she has two options: learn to kick some ass or die horribly at the hands of shapeshifters from a parallel world. Decisions, decisions. The wind woke Angela before the fever did. Back home, surrounded by New Jersey’s dense woods and thick greenery, the treetops had caught every breeze, tossing them around far overhead, but it was different here. Read more…

By brendaadmin, 13 years ago

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Pitch Madness # B-3 YA Sci-Fi Thriller: THE GOOD DIE YOUNG (REDACTED)

# B-3 YA Sci-Fi Thriller: THE GOOD DIE YOUNG This entry has been removed because of a pending offer.

By brendaadmin, 13 years ago

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Pitch Madness # B-2 YA Post-Apocalyptic Paranormal: ParaWars: UPRISING

# B-2 YA Post-Apocalyptic Paranormal: ParaWars: UPRISING Seventeen-year-old Kendry Hartshorn thought the war between humans and paranormals wouldn’t change her. She thought she knew Axel, her gargoyle best friend. She thought she was human. She was wrong. About everything. It wasn’t the apocalypse anyone expected. There were no nuclear bombs or failing economies, no plagues or bio-warfare. The Paranormal Uprising happened overnight, in silence. We woke to myth and legend, and a changed world. Until Read more…

By brendaadmin, 13 years ago

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Pitch Madness # B-12 YA: FLICKER

# B-12: YA: FLICKER Nobody knows Biz’s biggest secret—she flickers back to yesterday. But when girls in her town start disappearing, she must decide if it’s worth telling her secret to save them. Sunlight pulses across the dashboard—light, dark, light, dark—and catches the dust dancing on the imitation leather. My eyes stutter, but I blink it away. My heart jumps around in my chest. I stroke the grainy piece of cement stuck between my Read more…

By brendaadmin, 13 years ago

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Pitch Madness # B-20 MG Adventure: THELMA BEE

#B-20: MG Adventure: THELMA BEE Eleven-year-old Thelma Bee and her amateur ghost hunters set out to rescue her father, an antiques dealer kidnapped by an uninvited ghostly visitor. Their only clues are a centuries-old jewelry box, and one word, “Return.” Thelma Bee had short confident bangs, a heavy red backpack, and no idea that a very strange thing was about to find her. When the final bell rang that Wednesday afternoon, she closed her eyes Read more…

By brendaadmin, 13 years ago

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March Madness Agent Pitch Match. Game on. – The Rules of the Game

Okay, we know, March Madness is about basketball, and our intention was to make it like the game, but we couldn’t come up with a fun twist to it. So we made up our own March Madness with a poker theme. And here’s how it’s going down… On March 12 at precisely 8AM EST, the entries will post on our blogs. The agents will have until March 14 at exactly 12PM EST to read the Read more…

By brendaadmin, 13 years ago

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March Madness Agent Pitch Match. Game on. – The slush

We’ve finished reading through the entries for the March Madness Agent Pitch Match, and I wanted to do a post about rejection and what it means to me. Some of you may have heard that after many years, and several bad manuscripts, I’m an agented writer. Those years were quite difficult at times, but they were also filled with joyful moments. I’ve queried and entered contests throughout the years. I’ve received requests and made it Read more…

By brendaadmin, 13 years ago

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March Madness Agent Pitch Match. Game on. – The Agents Part II

As we make our final decisions on the entries for the March Madness Agent Pitch Match, we’d like to introduce the second batch of fantabulous agents playing in the final round. And here are the second five agents … Gordon Warnock Andrea Hurst & Associates Literary Management He tweets Gordon combines industry knowledge with a sharp editorial eye and experience as a college-level tutor to provide friendly and thorough aid with polishing manuscripts and Read more…

By brendaadmin, 13 years ago

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March Madness Agent Pitch Match. Game on. – The Agents Part I

While we’re busy reading the entries for the March Madness Agent Pitch Match, we thought we’d introduce our fantabulous agents competing for the best of the best entries that make into the final round. And here are the first five agents … John M Cusick Scott Treimel New York Agency Stalk him on twitter Check out his blog John is a literary agent looking for Children’s, Middle Grade, and Young Adult fiction. He’s also an Read more…

By brendaadmin, 13 years ago

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March Madness Agent Pitch Match. Game on. – Submissions closed

Submissions are closed for the contest, and we’re busy reading through the slush. If you didn’t make it into this contest, there’s a huge contest in planning for May. Keep an eye out for details on the blog. Good luck to those who made it into the first round! Starting Monday, we’ll be introducing the agents, so come back and give them warm welcomes! Don’t forget to check out my partners-in-contest sites on the sidebar Read more…

By brendaadmin, 13 years ago