MENTOR: Jaye Robin Brown
MENTEE: Nina Moreno
TITLE: HURRICANE DAUGHTER
CATEGORY/GENRE: YA Contemporary
WORD COUNT: 75,000
PITCH:
Daisy dates like a hummingbird. Beau’s so notorious even his truck has a reputation. Despite tangled histories, they’re two strands of one knot. When secrets threaten Beau’s family, Daisy ties the knot tighter. But sometimes, not even the strongest bond can survive a fire. HURRICANE DAUGHTER is a modern Southern Gothic romance about the crash and burn of falling in love when your world is falling apart.
EXCERPT:
Daisy
My mother raised me better than this. Then again, if anyone taught me how to wear my crazy, it was the woman who spent fifteen hours delivering me into this mad world.
I finished my drink and squinted at the full moon before glancing at the two girls beside me. My improvised coven of witches was going to lose points for participation.
I snapped my fingers to get their attention. “Come on, it’s where it’s supposed to be.” I pointed at the ground by Lindsey’s feet as I struggled to remember what came next. “Hand me that…that one. The white candle.”
“How do you know this again?” Alicia complained around a yawn. She was laying back in the dewy grass, looking sober and bored.
“Cause I read it in a book.”
Lindsey handed me the candle like it was hot to the touch. I smiled as I tossed it from one hand to the other, glad I’d chosen January instead of June. The mosquitoes weren’t out hunting blood. The night had a cool bite to it, and the moon offered enough light for us to be this far back in the woods. Branches as crooked as we were hung above us, artfully draped in Spanish moss. Hanging out pretending to raise the dead wasn’t anywhere near my usual kicks, but boredom and inspiration led a person down some weird roads.
Interesting pitch! Can you please send 100 pages to me?
Carly Watters
P.S. Literary Agency
@carlywatters
Sounds interesting. Can you send me 100 pages please?
judden at maassagency dot com
Jennifer Udden
DMLA
I’d be happy to see this. Please send query (in the body of the email) with synopsis and full manuscript to ESubmissions at SarahJaneFreymann dot com. Thank you!
I’m intrigued by the premise, and I love the Southern voice. Can you please send your first 50 pages and a synopsis to molly [@] foliolit.com?
This sounds fabulous–I’d love to see more! Please email the full manuscript as a word document with your query pasted into the first page to suzie@newleafliterary.com. Put REQUESTED MATERIAL in the subject line.
I love the pitch, so I shall toss my hat into this already crowded ring 🙂 Could you send the full ms to lpopovic@zshliterary.com, please?
Also tossing hats, here! If you are interested in submitting to me, please send the full manuscript to submissions(at)janklow(dot)com. Please include my name in the subject line and indicate that this is a Pitch Wars submission in the body of your email.
Please send me the full manuscript in a word document with the pitch/query as page 1. Email furyqueries [@] thebentagency.com
~Louise Fury
I love YA with a Southern flavor, and I’d love to read more. Please send the complete manuscript to submissions@adamsliterary.com and put my name in the subject line. Thanks!