Pitch Wars Blog Archive

Happy Release Day to MATCHED by Paris Wynters

After a dangerous mission, Navy SEAL Anthony Martinez lets adrenaline and loneliness cloud his judgment when he signs up for the military’s spouse matching program without his Commanding Officer’s approval. Of course, nothing has ever come easy for Tony. He’s matched to a woman he’s already hit on and struck out with. Then his CO threatens his dreams of attending Officer Candidate School leaving Tony with only one option—make the marriage work. Inara Ramirez has always wanted love Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago

Pitch Wars LIVE, #AskMentor chats, and spend a Day in the Life of our mentors

Join us for Pitch Wars LIVE, #AskMentor chats, and spend a Day in the Life of our mentors as we get ready for Pitch Wars 2020 Have questions about Pitch Wars? Ready to get to know our 2020 mentors? Join us for live video chats and #AskMentor twitter chats leading up to the submission window.  The Pitch Wars chats are a great way to get your questions answered, get advice, and learn more about our Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago

Day 4 (Part 1) of the Pitch Wars Mentor Workshops with Diana Gallagher and Katrina Emmel

Welcome to the Pitch Wars Workshops with some of our amazing past and 2020 mentors. From a lottery drawing, we selected writers to receive a query and first page critique from one of our mentors. We’ll be posting some of the critiques leading up to the Pitch Wars submission window. Our hope is that these samples will help you in shining up your query and first page. We appreciate our mentors for generously dedicating their Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago

Day 3 (Part 3) of the Pitch Wars Mentor Workshops with Kylie Schachte

Welcome to the Pitch Wars Workshops with some of our amazing past and 2020 mentors. From a lottery drawing, we selected writers to receive a query and first page critique from one of our mentors. We’ll be posting some of the critiques leading up to the Pitch Wars submission window. Our hope is that these samples will help you in shining up your query and first page. We appreciate our mentors for generously dedicating their Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago

Day 3 (Part 2) of the Pitch Wars Mentor Workshops with Roma Panganiban

Welcome to the Pitch Wars Workshops with some of our amazing past and 2020 mentors. From a lottery drawing, we selected writers to receive a query and first page critique from one of our mentors. We’ll be posting some of the critiques leading up to the Pitch Wars submission window. Our hope is that these samples will help you in shining up your query and first page. We appreciate our mentors for generously dedicating their Read more…

By Brenda Drake, ago

#PitMad, Pitch Wars and you! 

September starts tomorrow and it’s going to be a big month for our programs for writers.  We will host #PitMad on Thursday, September 3, and later in the month, we will open to Pitch Wars submissions on Sunday, September 27.  So what does that mean? Which program is for you? Can you do both? Should you do both? Let’s break it down…  What are #PitMad and Pitch Wars? Both are programs we host for writers.  Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago

Day 3 (Part 1) of the Pitch Wars Mentor Workshops with Kip Wilson

Welcome to the Pitch Wars Workshops with some of our amazing past and 2020 mentors. From a lottery drawing, we selected writers to receive a query and first page critique from one of our mentors. We’ll be posting some of the critiques leading up to the Pitch Wars submission window. Our hope is that these samples will help you in shining up your query and first page. We appreciate our mentors for generously dedicating their Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago

Day 2 (Part 3) of the Pitch Wars Mentor Workshops with George Jreije

Welcome to the Pitch Wars Workshops with some of our amazing past and 2020 mentors. From a lottery drawing, we selected writers to receive a query and first page critique from one of our mentors. We’ll be posting some of the critiques leading up to the Pitch Wars submission window. Our hope is that these samples will help you in shining up your query and first page. We appreciate our mentors for generously dedicating their Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago

Day 2 (Part 2) of the Pitch Wars Mentor Workshops with Carrie Callaghan

Welcome to the Pitch Wars Workshops with some of our amazing past and 2020 mentors. From a lottery drawing, we selected writers to receive a query and first page critique from one of our mentors. We’ll be posting some of the critiques leading up to the Pitch Wars submission window. Our hope is that these samples will help you in shining up your query and first page. We appreciate our mentors for generously dedicating their Read more…

By Angel Zhang, ago

Day 2 (Part 1) of the Pitch Wars Mentor Workshops with Stephanie Scott

Welcome to the Pitch Wars Workshops with some of our amazing past and 2020 mentors. From a lottery drawing, we selected writers to receive a query and first page critique from one of our mentors. We’ll be posting some of the critiques leading up to the Pitch Wars submission window. Our hope is that these samples will help you in shining up your query and first page. We appreciate our mentors for generously dedicating their Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago