Mentor Name: Maggie Hall Mentee Name: Fiona Ivey Title: DOES THIS APRON MAKE ME LOOK AMISH? Category: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary Word Count: 81,500 Pitch: When sixteen-year-old fashion-obsessed blogger Milan...
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Read MoreMentor Name: Rachel Lynn Solomon Mentee Name: Nikki Roberti Title: THE TRUTH ABOUT TWO-SHOES Category: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary Word Count: 78,000 Pitch: Abandoned by her friends and unable to...
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