Pitch Wars Blog Archive

Day 1 (Part 3) of the Pitch Wars Mentor Workshops with Sasha Smith

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 1 (Part 2) of the Pitch Wars Mentor Workshops with Rona Wang

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 1 (Part 1) of the Pitch Wars Mentor Workshops with Keena Roberts

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

Pitch Wars Prep: Revision Advice from Kylie Schachte

As the Pitch Wars submission window approaches, we will be featuring and linking to content to help prepare you and your manuscript for Pitch Wars (and hey, also for querying… bonus!) Today, we’re sharing a link to tips on developing voice from Kylie Schachte. “Pitch Wars 2020 season is almost here, so I know lots of people are busy revising right now before the submission window. As a 2017 mentee and a 2019 mentor, I Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago

Happy Release Day to DATING MAKES PERFECT by Pintip Dunn

Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo | iTunes | Google | Book Depository | Books-A-Million | Target | Walmart Please consider ordering from the local indie bookstore, One More Page Grab a copy of the book that received a Star Review from Kirkus! Among other things, they had this to say: “New York Times bestselling author Dunn, a first-generation Thai American, takes on the enemies-to-lovers romance trope with punchy dialogue and adorable twists while paying tribute Read more…

By Brenda Drake, ago

2020 Mentor Query and First Page Critiques Workshop … Sign up now!

I’m thrilled to announce the Pitch Wars Mentor Critique Workshop featuring some of our talented current and past mentors! The mentors will help some lucky winners of our drawing shine up their queries and first pages. This year, we are giving away query and first page critique packages, so each winner will have both their query and first page critiqued. (How many times can I say query, first page, and critique in one paragraph? Ha!) Read more…

By Brenda Drake, ago

Your 2020 Pitch Wars Mentors!

  Tons of work goes on behind the scenes to bring you Pitch Wars each year, and even though 2020 has been difficult so far, we’re looking forward to the distraction. There’s been a lot of pain this year, but we also have hope for better times. We all aren’t equal until Black lives matter. We at Pitch Wars wholly believe this, and you should as well. Pitch Wars has had many successes with mentees Read more…

By Brenda Drake, ago

Happy Release Day to EVA EVERGREEN, SEMI-MAGICAL WITCH by Julie Abe

A young witch must pass a coming-of-age quest or risk losing her magic forever in this enchanting fantasy — perfect for fans of Kiki’s Delivery Service and Aru Shah and the End of Time. Sometimes all you need is a pinch of magic… Eva Evergreen is determined to earn the rank of Novice Witch before her thirteenth birthday. If she doesn’t, she’ll lose her magic forever. For most young witches and wizards, it’s a simple enough test: One: Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago

Pitch Wars Success Stories with Vaishnavi Patel and Her Mentor, Sarah Remy

We’re back with another Pitch Wars Success Story! Please join us in congratulating Vaishnavi Patel and her mentor, Sarah Remy! Vaishnavi signed with Lucienne Diver at The Knight Agency. We’re so excited for them! Category: Adult Genre: Historical Fantasy Vaishnavi, what’s your favorite tip you learned from your mentor/s? Create a basic style sheet! At a surface level, it’s helpful for keeping characters and relationships straight. But it’s also helpful for solving deeper problems. For Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago

Happy Release Day to YOU’RE NEXT by Kylie Schachte

When a girl with a troubled history of finding dead bodies investigates the murder of her ex, she uncovers a plot to put herself—and everyone she loves—on the list of who’s next. Flora Calhoun has a reputation for sticking her nose where it doesn’t belong. After stumbling upon a classmate’s body years ago, the trauma of that discovery and the police’s failure to find the killer has haunted her ever since. One night, she gets Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago