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October 2013

Trick or Treat #B9 – OF BLOOD AND ROSES

Monday, 28 October 2013  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

Title: OF BLOOD AND ROSES Category: NA Genre: Urban Fantasy Word Count: 70,000 Pitch: The city of Salem has come alive for Halloween, but for undergrad Maggie Carter, the magic...

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Trick or Treat #B10 – GEMINI CRUSH

Monday, 28 October 2013  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

Title: GEMINI CRUSH Category: YA Genre: Thriller Word Count: 70,000 Pitch: Sixteen-year-old twins Alex and Zoe Swanson used to look identical, but thanks to Alex’s transformation from girl-next-door normal to...

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Trick or Treat #B11 – FINDING MR. KELLY

Monday, 28 October 2013  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

Title: FINDING MR. KELLY Category: Adult Genre: Historical Word Count: 76,000 Pitch: Evelina Taylor, secretary at the Boston Reporter, has been terrified of the sea for as long as she...

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Trick or Treat #B12 – GERALD AND THE AMULET OF ZONRACH

Monday, 28 October 2013  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

Title: GERALD AND THE AMULET OF ZONRACH Category: Upper MG Genre: Humorous Fantasy Word Count: 77,000 Pitch: In the realm of Wyverndawn, a wizard’s height is the mark of his...

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Trick or Treat #B13 – GOLDILOCKS

Monday, 28 October 2013  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

Title: GOLDILOCKS Category: YA Genre: Fantasy Word Count: 65,000 Pitch: Why did Goldilocks go into the forest? To kill the three bears. Four years after the bears killed her parents...

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Trick or Treat Bobbing for Slush Save #B14 – DRAGON DANCING

Monday, 28 October 2013  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

Title: DRAGON DANCING Category: MC Genre: Magical Realism Word Count: 34,000 Pitch: Rosalind Durrell has a dragon, which would be awesome except he won’t eat anything and she’s starting to...

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THE SECRET DAUGHTER OF THE TSAR by Jennifer Laam … release day!

Tuesday, 22 October 2013  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

    “Debut novelist Laam seamlessly interweaves the stories of three different women from three  different times and places into a cross-century thriller. Romance and intrigue abound…” —Booklist “Weaves a...

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TRICK OR TREAT WITH AGENTS … submission window now open!

Tuesday, 22 October 2013  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

  SUBMISSION WINDOW OPEN TODAY FROM 9AM EST to 9PM EST (10/22)  This hopefully gives everyone plenty of time to enter! To enter, your manuscript MUST be completed and ready...

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Query Workshop Sign up … hurry limited spots!

Saturday, 19 October 2013  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

The workshop signup is now closed!   We’re holding a query workshop here on the blog. Some talented friends agreed to help me critique your queries. We’re taking the first...

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Love and Other Games … blog tour

Wednesday, 16 October 2013  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

  Title: Love and Other Games (Collection) Author: Melinda Dozier, Ana Blaze, Aria Kane, Kara Leigh Miller Publisher: Swoon Romance Publication Date: October 1, 2013 Format: eBook Love and Other Games...

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