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Hello, prospective Pitch Wars mentees! Are your eyeballs ruined from blog hopping yet? Please take a moment to blink and have a sip of water (a cocktail is okay, too, because hey, we’re not monsters). I’m so excited to be co-mentoring Adult Pitch Wars with Katie Golding this year! You can learn all about us and our llama and/or snacking preferences below. First, let’s talk about what genres we’re taking. GENRES: Romance Women’s Fiction SUBGENRES: Contemporary Romantic Comedy/Chick Lit Paranormal Suspense Western Sports romance Fantasy and Urban fantasy (ONLY with strong romantic elements) Light sci fi (think post-apocalyptic okay, but not full space ship laser battle) New Adult (though we may recommend you age up or down into Adult or YA) We are NOT a good fit for: Hard sci fi or space opera Epic fantasy Fantasy with...

Bibliography of Writing Blogs

07 Aug 2018

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About Writing, Pitch Wars

In honor of Pitch Wars this year, I wanted to do a quick round up of some of my favorite how-to blogs about writing. Most are written by me or my Pitch Wars co-mentor, Katie Golding, but there are also some links to blogs I have found helpful that were written by others. Feel free to browse whatever topics interest you! And if you didn’t find one on a topic you were hoping for, hit me up on Twitter at @michellehazen. As a book coach, I have an insane stockpile of writing related blog links that I have pre-screened for usefulness, so if you ask me for a certain topic, I might just have something! How to Write a Query: http://www.insecurewriterssupportgroup.com/2016/08/things-i-look-for-when-editing-query.html https://allthekissing.com/2018/01/key-components-romance-query-letter/?utm_content=buffera9aa4 How to Write a Synopsis: How To Write A 1-Page Synopsis Katie’s Hilarious Punctuation Series:...

Example of My Successful Query

25 Jul 2018

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About Writing, Pitch Wars, Sex Love and Rock & Roll Series

For #PitchWars 2018, a bunch of the mentors are getting together and posting the query letter that got them their agent. Of course, this isn’t to say that any of our queries are perfect, or that you can necessarily model your own on ours to get requests, but there is something to be said for showing actual examples of what worked rather than just talking about the theory of a perfect query letter. So without further caveats, here is the query that connected me with my agent, Naomi Davis of BookEnds Literary. Dear Naomi Davis, I was excited to see that you’re open to submissions again. I think my current project might be a good match for your wish list for adult romance and touch on some of your interest in publishing nonfiction memoirs about living with disabilities as well....

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