Pitch Wars Blog Archive

Pitch Wars Success Story with Halley Sutton and Layne Fargo

We’re back with another Pitch Wars Success Story! Please join us in congratulating and celebrating Hailey Sutton and her mentor, Layne Fargo! Halley signed with Sharon Pelletier at Dystel, Goderich, and Bourret, LLC. We’re so excited for them! Halley, what’s your favorite writing tip or trick you learned from your mentor? SAVE THE CAT! WRITES A NOVEL by Jessica Brody legitimately changed the game for me in terms of how I think about and structure plotting. Read more…

By Alechia Dow, ago

#PWPoePrompts are back!

This August, join us for the second annual #PWPoePrompts and get to know the Pitch Wars community! #PWPoePrompts is a completely optional, just-for-fun, month-long challenge. Anyone can participate by posting on Twitter or Instagram a photo and/or caption in response to the prompt of the day with the hashtag #PWPoePrompts. Many thanks to Adelle Yeung, Ptich Wars class of 2017, for partnering with us on this event and coming up with the prompts!

By Rochelle Karina, ago

Pitch Wars Success Story with Jasmyne Hammonds and Her Mentor Trisha Tobias

We’re back with another Pitch Wars Success Story! Please join us in congratulating and celebrating Jasmyne Hammonds and her mentor, Trisha Tobias! Jasmyne signed with Suzie Townsend at New Leaf Literary Agency. We’re so excited for them! Jasmyne, what’s your favorite writing tip or trick you learned from your mentor? Focus on who you want your main character to be at the end of the story and work backwards. Tell us about the revision process Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago

Pitch Wars Success Story with Jessica Olson and Her Mentors, Kim Chance & Megan LaCroix

  We’re back with another Pitch Wars Success Story! Please join us in congratulating and celebrating Jessica Olson and her mentors, Kim Chance & Megan LaCroix! Jessica signed with Christa Heschke at McIntosh & Otis Literary Agency. We’re so excited for them!   Jessica, what’s your favorite writing tip or trick you learned from your mentors? My mentors showed me the importance of really using an outline to make sure that each scene in a story Read more…

By Annette Christie, ago

Pitch Wars Success Story with Rosie Danan and Her Mentors, Heather Van Fleet & Lana Sloan

We love a good success story here at Pitch Wars and today we get to bring you a new one! Please join us in congratulating Rosie Danan and her mentors, Heather Van Fleet and Lana Sloan! Rosie signed with Jessica Watterson at Sandra Djikstra Literary Agency. We’re thrilled for all of them! Rosie, what’s your favorite writing tip or trick you learned from your mentors?  My mentors introduced me to my first beat sheet. The ability Read more…

By Annette Christie, ago

Happy Release Day to TEMPER by Layne Fargo

Available now: Amazon About the book For fans of the high-stakes tension of the New York Times bestsellers Luckiest Girl Alive and The Lying Game, a razor-sharp page-turner about female ambition and what happens when fake violence draws real blood…  After years of struggling in the Chicago theater scene, ambitious actress Kira Rascher finally lands the role of a lifetime. The catch? Starring in Temper means working with Malcolm Mercer, a mercurial director who’s known for pushing his performers past their limits—onstage Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago

Happy Release Day to DATING BY THE BOOK by Mary Ann Marlowe

Available now on: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Kobo   About the book Six months ago, writer and bookstore owner Maddie Hanson was left at the altar. Since then, she’s had zero interest in romance—despite the fact that she runs a book club full of sexy eligible bachelors. But when her latest novel is panned by an anonymous blogger who goes by the name Silver Fox—and who accuses her of knowing nothing about passion—she Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago

The Pitch Wars 2019 mentor application is live!

  Want to be a mentor in Pitch Wars 2019? Get your applications in! You have from today until the end of day Eastern Time on July 8 to apply. Mentors are typically agented or published authors or people who have worked in the publishing industry in some capacity (including interns). However, these are not requirements to apply. Literary agents and acquiring editors are not permitted to mentor, due to possible conflicts of interest, but Read more…

By Brenda Drake, ago

Happy Release to MIDSUMMER’S MAYHEM by Rajani LaRocca

             About the book … Can Mimi undo the mayhem caused by her baking in this contemporary-fantasy retelling of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream? Eleven-year-old Mimi Mackson comes from a big Indian American family: Dad’s a renowned food writer, Mom’s a successful businesswoman, and her three older siblings all have their own respective accomplishments. It’s easy to feel invisible in such an impressive family, but Mimi’s dream of proving she’s not the least-talented member of her Read more…

By Brenda Drake, ago

Happy Release Day to TIME OF MY LIFE by Laura Heffernan

Available now on Amazon About the book Janey’s never felt this way before, but passengers are off limits. It’s only one dirty dance…what could go wrong? Legend says everyone who boards the Oceanic Aphrodite finds love. Janey’s on the ship to teach pole fitness, not for romance. Then she meets Frank. He’s everything Janey isn’t–refined, classy, rich–but his good looks and charm make him undeniably appealing. Unfortunately, he’s also a passenger. When Janey’s partner can’t Read more…

By Rochelle Karina, ago