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TWV B-4: THE MAGICIAN’S DAUGHTER

Monday, 19 May 2014  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

Genre: Historical Title: THE MAGICIAN’S DAUGHTER Word Count: 92,000 Query: Not many women are magicians in 1870s Paris, but that doesn’t stop Valentina Gianetti—until the day her father is killed...

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TWV B-5: TROUBLED

Monday, 19 May 2014  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

Genre: YA Contemporary Title: TROUBLED Word Count: 57,000 Query: Sixteen-year-old Kyle Grimstone will do anything to escape the barbaric regime at St. Bonaparte Military Academy. He can’t endure two more...

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TWV B-6: ONE OF THOSE TIMES

Monday, 19 May 2014  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

Genre: MG Magical Realism Title: ONE OF THOSE TIMES Word Count: 30,000 Query: When twelve-year-old Sam Heans finds a tattered datebook on the sidewalk, it doesn’t take long for him...

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TWV B-7: THE HEAD TRIP

Monday, 19 May 2014  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

Genre: Contemporary Romance Title: THE HEAD TRIP Word Count: 76,000 Query: Ballsy Los Angeles publicist Lettie Gold has the kind of life plenty of women fantasize about, studded with red...

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TWV B-8: BEAST

Monday, 19 May 2014  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

Genre: MG Fairytale Retelling Title: BEAST Word Count: 54,000 Query: Twelve-year-old Elliot wants nothing more than to prove he’s got guts. The schoolyard bully thinks he’s a wuss, and even...

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The Writer’s Voice Blogfest is live!

Friday, 2 May 2014  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

“The Writer’s Voice” Blogfest is live! Over the next week, the coaches will review your queries and first pages on the blogs listed below, and if one of the coaches...

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LIBRARY JUMPERS … introducing the cast of characters.

Monday, 21 April 2014  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

Since I’m deep in revisions for THE SEVENTH HEIR (book two in the Library Jumpers trilogy), I thought I’d share the characters I’ve been living with for years now.  They’ve...

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DIVIDE by Jessa Russo … release day!

Thursday, 17 April 2014  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

DIVIDE IS LIVE! DIVIDE IS LIVE! Today we’re celebrating the release of DIVIDE–Jessa Russo’s upper young adult fantasy fairytale redux of Beauty and the Beast (what a mouthful!)!    Please...

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Announcing The Writer’s Voice!

Tuesday, 15 April 2014  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

“The Writer’s Voice” is a multi-blog, multi-agent contest hosted by Brenda Drake, Mónica Bustamante Wagner, Kimberly P. Chase, and Elizabeth Briggs. We’re basing it on NBC’s singing reality show The Voice,...

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Are you ready to get slapped? Pitch Slap event with Mina Vaughn!

Monday, 14 April 2014  |  Posted by Brenda Drake

Mina Vaughn is holding a panel at the RT 2014 convention about pitching called Pitchslap. Pitchslap will be a workshop on how to make your pitch tight, dynamic and ready...

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