Pitch Wars Blog Archive

JUST FOR CLICKS by Pitch Wars mentee Kara McDowell … cover reveal!

Releasing January 29, 2019 Summary: Mommy blogs are great . . . unless the blog happens to belong to your mom. Twin sisters Claire & Poppy are accidental social media stars thanks to Mom going viral when they were babies. Now, as teens, they’re expected to contribute by building their own brand. Attending a NY fashion week and receiving fan mail is a blast. Fending off internet trolls and would-be kidnappers? Not so much. Poppy Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Pitch Wars 2018 Fundraising Drive

UPDATE: You did it, Pitch Wars! You raised our entire annual budget in less than 12 hours yesterday! Thank you so much!! Pitch Wars is a mentoring organization where established writers and publishing professionals help emerging writers edit their book and prepare for publishing success. You can take a look around this website to find out more about what we do. We’re now asking those in our wonderful community (who are able to give) to Read more…

By Sara Nicolas, ago

Your 2018 Pitch Wars Mentors!

There’s been a lot of changes happening behind the scenes of Pitch Wars. As we strive to make our mentoring program more inclusive, we’ve cut back a little to also make it more manageable. We received so many applications from talented industry professionals that it was a difficult task to pick our mentoring team. Our committee has worked hard to choose a team they feel represents our community and offers an acceptable range of genres Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

LOVE OVER TIME (Desert Monsoon Series, Book 2) by Pitch Wars mentor Diana A. Hicks … cover reveal!

Coming Soon!
The Wild Rose Press – Champagne Rose

About the book…

Con artist Nikki Swift swore she’d never return to her hometown. But a promise she made is long overdue. Fifteen years after her sister went to prison for a murder she didn’t commit, Nikki finally has a way to set things right. She will do whatever it takes to bring her sister home, including living in a condemned hotel with hot-as-hell Henry. (more…)

By brendaadmin, ago

#PWPoePrompts

Get to know your fellow Pitch Wars hopefuls, alumni, and mentors this summer with our #PWPoePrompts game, brought to you in cooperation with the 2017 Pitch Wars Mentee class! Have fun with it and don’t worry if you miss a day or jump in late. No pressure, we promise! Each day, at 9am eastern, we’ll tweet the image with the day’s prompt, but feel free to jump in before then if you’re an early bird Read more…

By Sara Nicolas, ago

How to Research Literary Agents and Publishers before Sending Materials

As you may know, Pitch Wars is a mentoring event culminating in an agent round and #pitmad is a quarterly twitter pitch event. For #pitmad, any agent or editor can participate in the event by liking/favoriting pitches. We have exactly zero control over who scans the hashtag. For Pitch Wars, we merely confirm that they are indeed a literary agent. via GIPHY This is why we strongly encourage you to do your research on any Read more…

By Sara Nicolas, ago

Happy Release Day to A LADY’S GUIDE TO ETIQUETTE AND MURDER by past Pitch Wars mentee, Dianne Freeman!


Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Barnes & Noble | Indiebound

About the book …

In this exciting historical mystery debut set in Victorian England, a wealthy young widow encounters the pleasures—and scandalous pitfalls—of a London social season . . .
 
Frances Wynn, the American-born Countess of Harleigh, enjoys more freedom as a widow than she did as a wife. After an obligatory year spent mourning her philandering husband, Reggie, she puts aside her drab black gowns, leaving the countryside and her money-grubbing in-laws behind. With her young daughter in tow, Frances rents a home in Belgravia and prepares to welcome her sister, Lily, arriving from New York—for her first London season. (more…)

By brendaadmin, ago

Pitch Wars Success Story with Shelly Steig and her mentor, Niki Lenz

We’re so excited whenever one of our mentees gets an agent offer or a publishing deal. Celebrating these successes is one of our favorite parts of the Pitch Wars process. We hope you can join us in congratulating Shelly Steig and her mentor, Niki Lenz. shelly signed with Laura Branford of the Bradford Literary Agency, and we couldn’t be happier for her! Shelly, what was it about Niki that made you choose to send them Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago

Pitch Wars Success Story with Gwynne Jackson and her mentor, Mary Ann Marlowe

We’re so excited whenever one of our mentees gets an agent offer or a publishing deal. Celebrating these successes is one of our favorite parts of the Pitch Wars process. We hope you can join us in congratulating Gwynne Jackson and her mentor, Mary Ann Marlowe. Gwynne signed with Michelle Richter at Fuse Literary, and we couldn’t be happier for her! Gwynne, what was it about Mary Ann and Jaime that made you choose to Read more…

By brendaadmin, ago