PW-49 (ADULT): THE FISHERMAN
MENTOR: Sarah Henning MENTEE: Dan Malossi TITLE: THE FISHERMAN CATEGORY/GENRE: Adult Psychological Thriller WORD COUNT: 91,000 PITCH: Jude Fisher’s love is the kiss of death. Ever since his parents’...
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MENTOR: Sarah Henning MENTEE: Dan Malossi TITLE: THE FISHERMAN CATEGORY/GENRE: Adult Psychological Thriller WORD COUNT: 91,000 PITCH: Jude Fisher’s love is the kiss of death. Ever since his parents’...
Read MoreMENTOR: Mina Vaughn MENTEE: K. A. Reynolds TITLE: THE DRAGONFLY BRIDGE CATEGORY/GENRE: Literary Fantasy WORD COUNT: 83,000 PITCH: Satoru traverses the past, the land of the dead, and the future searching for the woman at the...
Read MoreMENTOR: Julie Sondra Decker MENTEE: C.B. Whitney TITLE: QUEEN OF SHARDS CATEGORY/GENRE: Adult Urban Fantasy WORD COUNT: 95,000 PITCH: Ex-valkyrie Ingrid would rather wrestle a manticore than play bodyguard...
Read MoreMENTOR: Amy Reichert MENTEE: Kimberly Emerson TITLE: PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE WOMAN GENRE: Contemporary Romance WORD COUNT: 93,000 PITCH: To save the charity she loves, Charlotte agrees to fake a relationship...
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Read MoreRemember the “Crits from Rae” contest I put on during Pitch Wars? I don’t know about you guys, but I had fun doing it. Thus, from now on, I will...
Read MoreTwitter Pitching: Hard Numbers from #PitMad by Dan Koboldt Last week, hundreds of aspiring authors took on a new challenge: pitching their completed manuscripts in 140 characters or less. The...
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