Amazon Barnes & Noble Indie Bound ABOUT THE BOOK: Cloud isn’t just a place to work. It’s a place to live. And when you’re here, you’ll never want to leave. “On the surface, The Warehouse is a thrilling story of corporate espionage at the highest level, but dig a little deeper and you’ll find a terrifying cautionary tale of the nightmare world we are making for ourselves.”—Blake Crouch, New York Times bestselling author of Dark Read more…
Check out 2019 YA Mentor Liz Lawson’s cover for her April 7, 2020 debut, THE LUCKY ONES! About the Book: “May is a survivor. But she doesn’t feel like one. She feels angry. And lost. And alone. Eleven months after the school shooting that killed her twin brother, May still doesn’t know why she was the only one to walk out of the band room that day. No one gets what she went through–no one Read more…
Yes, another Pitch Wars Success Story! We love these! Please join us in congratulating and celebrating Stacy Nockowitz and her mentors, Cindy Baldwin and Amanda Rawson Hill! Stacy signed with Rena Rossner at the Deborah Harris Literary Agency. We’re so excited for them! Stacy, what’s your favorite writing tip or trick you learned from your mentors? My mentors taught me to be very mindful of the main character’s arc. I hadn’t considered that the main Read more…
We’re back with another Pitch Wars Success Story! Please join us in congratulating and celebrating Samantha Rajaram and her mentor, Carrie Callaghan! Samantha signed with Carrie Pestritto at the Laura Dail Literary Agency. We’re so excited for them! Samanta, tell us about the revision process during Pitch Wars. It was intense! Carrie was so on top of it, and gave me my edit letter well ahead of the deadline, which was such an act of Read more…
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 the drawing shine up their queries or first pages. We will try to post all the critiques on the blog, so that even those who didn’t win a critique in the drawing can view and learn from them. Please only enter if you’re willing to have everyone see Read more…
About the book WINNER TAKES ALL Travel blogger Gwen Williams is about to live the dream—competing in the annual American Board Game Championship. She’s up against some stiff competition, namely legendary gamer and four-time champ Cody McKay. The seriously buff hottie and shameless flirt is going all-out to seduce her. That’s when Gwen lays her cards on the table: She never, ever mixes gaming with romance . . . until resisting Cody becomes a losing proposition. Read more…
There’s a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes to bring you Pitch Wars, and we’re excited for this upcoming year. Pitch Wars has had over 300 successes with mentees making agent matches, snagging publishing deals, and receiving awards. Our Managing Director this year is Sarah Nicolas. Check out their page to learn more about them! A message from Sarah: Thank you so much to everyone who applied to be a mentor Read more…
We’re back with another Pitch Wars Success Story! Please join us in congratulating and celebrating Kristy Boyce and her mentors, Carrie Allen and Sabrina Lotfi! Kristy signed with Tara Gonzalez of Erin Murphy Literary Agency. We’re so excited for them! Kristy, what’s your favorite writing tip or trick you learned from your mentor? One big tip I learned was how to start a scene in the right place. I have a tendency to start scenes Read more…
We’re back with another Pitch Wars Success Story! Please join us in congratulating and celebrating Lorelei Savaryn and her mentors, Juliana Brandt and Lacee Little! Lorelei signed with Chloe Seager at Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency. We’re so excited for them! Lorelei, what’s your favorite tip you learned from your mentors? My favorite tip from my mentors was how to build a story and character arc around theme. I came into PitchWars with Read more…
It’s Pitch Wars Success Story time! Please join us in celebrating WT Brown and her mentor, Rebecca Petruck. WT recently signed with Penny Moore of Aevitas Creative Management! Congratulations!!! WT, what’s your favorite writing tip or trick you learned from your mentor? Rebecca really helped me with structure. My initial manuscript was very episodic and Rebecca helped me identify the main story elements, and then take the whole story apart so I could weave the Read more…