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March 2014

Pitch Madness B-8: NA: OLIVIA CHRISTAKOS AND HER SECOND FIRST TIME

Tuesday, 18 March 2014  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

Genre: NA Contemporary with romantic angle Word Count: 87,000 Pitch: Is it love or charity? Twenty-year-old amnesic Olivia is horrified to learn that the boy who’s claimed to be her...

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Pitch Madness B-9: YA: SELFIE RESPECT

Tuesday, 18 March 2014  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

Genre: YA Contemporary Word Count: 71,000 Pitch: A naked picture gone viral and the knowledge he did it on purpose, all before first period on Monday. By Friday, sixteen-year-old Sabrina...

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Pitch Madness B-10: YA: MILITIA

Tuesday, 18 March 2014  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

Genre: YA Suspense Word Count: 67,000 Pitch: When an online game turns out to be a terrorist simulation, Jamison Walker must solve historical riddles to beat the terrorists to the...

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Pitch Madness B-11: Adult: TIMBER POINT

Tuesday, 18 March 2014  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

Genre: Adult fiction Suspense Thriller Word Count: 60,000  Pitch: A cat burglar prowls into the wrong house– a serial killer’s lair. She thinks she’s escaped unnoticed, but a hidden camera...

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Pitch Madness B-12: MG: CONFESSION​S OF A SIXTH GRADE SIREN

Tuesday, 18 March 2014  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

Genre: Middle Grade Word Count: 35,000 Pitch: In a nautical New England town, Lolly Salt has until her twelfth birthday to uncover a family secret, battle a bitter sea witch,...

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Pitch Madness B-13: LOVE AT FIRST FLIGHT

Tuesday, 18 March 2014  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

Genre: Romantic Comedy Word Count: 75,ooo Pitch: Cue one hunky pilot. Add a klutzy heroine. Stir with flying lessons. Caution: someone will definitely fall. Excerpt: All things considered, Emily Parker...

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Pitch Madness B-14: NA: THE BLEEDING HEART

Tuesday, 18 March 2014  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

Genre: NA Psychological Horror Word Count: 61,000 Pitch: Scarred and out of control, 18yo Brooklyn seeks revenge with her tattoo needles. When Daniel comes along and shows her that love...

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Pitch Madness B-15: NA: CANADIAN SUMMER

Tuesday, 18 March 2014  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

Genre: NA Contemporary Word Count: 64,000 Pitch: A summer road trip to Canada goes wonderfully awry when Roy meets Summer in Moose Jaw, but Summer has a crazy family and...

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Pitch Madness Slush Team Save B-16: YA: CATCHING THE DRIFT

Tuesday, 18 March 2014  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

Genre: YA Contemporary Sci-Fi Word Count: 68,000 Pitch: When Baylie learns the monsters haunting her aren’t the schizophrenic hallucinations she thought they were, she must choose between others who can...

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A Pitch Wars Success Story … Carla Luna Cullen!

Monday, 17 March 2014  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

The best part of the contests for us around here is when we hear about successes. Today we are so happy to have Carla Luna Cullen and her Pitch Wars...

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