Mentor Name: Trisha Leaver/ Lindsay Currie Mentee Name: Jen Vincent Title: HIS KISS Category: Young Adult Genre: Contemporary Word Count: 63,000 Pitch: Sixteen-year-old Nina Whitfield has never been kissed. Last...
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Read MoreMentor Name: Molly Lee Mentee Name: Barbara Britton Title: PROVIDENCE Category: Young Adult Genre: Historical Word Count: 59,000 Pitch: When the cursed daughter of a priest flees Jerusalem with a...
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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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