You know on The Voice, singers have only 90 seconds to wow Adam Levine and get him to turn that chair? Well, it’s the same with writing. You have about 90 seconds on page one to wow an agent/publisher/mentor/reader and get them to turn their attention to your manuscript. I learnt this in Pitch Wars (and a few other forms of…
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#PitMad 2016
I entered #Pitmad (and #PitchWars) in 2014 with another manuscript (that I thought was AWESOME). I tweeted, I queried, I cried and I begged, but it was to no avail. So I did some thinking, I took the lessons learned from the contests and the gems gleaned in the rejection letters and I polished them up, nice and shiny so…
10 things I learned in the query trenches
I’m super stoked that I have signed a publishing contract with Literary Wanderlust (a Denver, Colorado based traditional publisher) for my manuscript, A Fractured Land. But the process was not easy. I learned some lessons along the way. If you are in the query trenches, these might help you Twitter is important. The writing community there is warm and…
So, How did I do in Pitch Wars 2016?
I wasn’t chosen. But don’t be sad, because I am not. Not being chosen to be mentored unveils the lovely part about Pitch Wars: Winning isn’t everything. Those who participate are still in the race. But more on that in a moment. I submitted a 250 word pitch and the first ten pages of A Fractured Land to four talented mentors I chose from a…
Melissa A Volker 