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<span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to the <b><span style="background-color: yellow;">Yellow Team</span><span style="color: red;"> </span>aka Team Dark Side</b>! It’s been a long week of reading through all the
amazing pitches. Our wonderful readers have narrowed the slush, and your
game hosts have chosen sixty pitches for the game. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">To meet the slush
readers, agent insiders, and the blog teams go to this post <b><a href="http://www.brenda-drake.com/2015/01/pitch-madness-2015-introducing-teams/" target="_blank">here</a></b>. And you can find out more about the
amazing agents playing the game on this post <b><a href="http://www.brenda-drake.com/2015/02/pitch-madness-introducing-agents/" target="_blank">here</a></b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>For those of you not familiar
with Pitch Madness, </b>it’s a contest where agents compete in a game
against their peers for pitches and you can find the instructions
<b><a href="http://www.brenda-drake.com/2015/02/pitch-madness-2015-sorry-edtion-agent-game-rules-submission-instructions/" target="_blank">here</a></b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This Pitch Madness the game is <a href="http://www.brenda-drake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/brand1.gif"><img alt="brand" class="alignnone wp-image-13403" src="http://www.brenda-drake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/brand1.gif" height="38" width="101" /></a>
<b>Scroll down to view all 15 picks for my blog or click on the links to
each post.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://downunderwonderings.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/pitch-madness-sj1-dragons-pearl.html">SJ1 THE DRAGON'S PEARL</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://downunderwonderings.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/pitch-madness-sj2-jello-jamieson-and.html">SJ2 JELLO JAMIESON AND THE SISTER RECYCLING MACHINE</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://downunderwonderings.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/pitch-madness-sj3-i-want-to-be-free.html">SJ3 I WANT TO BE FREE</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://downunderwonderings.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/pitch-madness-sj4-ashes-on-brady-street.html">SJ4 ASHES ON BRADY STREET</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://downunderwonderings.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/pitch-madness-sj5-blood-and-bones.html">SJ5 BLOOD AND BONES</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://downunderwonderings.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/pitch-madness-sj6-bleed-through.html">SJ6 BLEED THROUGH</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://downunderwonderings.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/pitch-madness-sj7-best-chocolate-cake.html">SJ7 BEST CHOCOLATE CAKE AND OTHER DRAMATIC DISASTERS</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://downunderwonderings.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/pitch-madness-sj8-caught-in-shadow-of.html">SJ8 CAUGHT IN THE SHADOW OF A LIE</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://downunderwonderings.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/pitch-madness-sj9-road-back-from-broken.html">SJ9 THE ROAD BACK FROM BROKEN</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://downunderwonderings.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/pitch-madness-sj10-sweet-jane.html">SJ10 SWEET JANE</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://downunderwonderings.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/pitch-madness-sj11-beatles-fan.html">SJ11 THE BEATLES FAN</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://downunderwonderings.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/pitch-madness-sj12-last-summer-at.html">SJ12 THE LAST SUMMER AT SHADOW LAKE</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://downunderwonderings.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/pitch-madness-sj13-then-you-win.html">SJ13 THEN YOU WIN</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://downunderwonderings.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/pitch-madness-sj14-spirit-quest.html">SJ14 SPIRIT QUEST</a></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://downunderwonderings.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/pitch-madness-sj15-brief-reason-why-i.html">SJ15 A BRIEF REVIEW OF WHY I LEFT</a></b></span><br />
<a href="http://downunderwonderings.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/pitch-madness-sj16-hoodlum.html"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>SJ16 HOODLUM</b></span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://downunderwonderings.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/pitch-madness-sj17-descent.html">SJ17 DESCENT</a></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Comments are set to moderation so the agents won’t see their
competitors’ bids. <b>Please no comments other than those from the
agents.</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After the game, we’ll release the moderation and let
you all comment on the entries.
We’ll reveal the agent requests on<b> March 4</b> at
<b>12:00PM (that’s noon) EST</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span id="inserted8210" style="color: purple;">Please note:</span> We will email submission details for all
requests by the agents. After the contest, agents will make requests to
us for the pitches they loved and did not win.</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Go to the other hosts’ blogs
to read all the winning pitches …</b></span><br />
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<span id="inserted610"><span id="inserted5702"><i><b><a href="http://www.brenda-drake.com/" target="_blank">Brenda Drake’s
blog</a></b></i></span></span>
<span id="inserted8583"><span id="inserted1378"><i><b><a href="http://rebeccacoffindaffer.com/category/blog/" target="_blank">Rebecca Coffindaffer’s blog</a></b></i></span></span>
<span id="inserted4452"><span id="inserted4650"><i><b><a href="http://www.fizzygrrl.com/" target="_blank">Summer Heacock’s
blog</a></b></i></span></span> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">All the twitter fun will happen on the hashtag
<b>#PitchMadness</b>! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Congratulations to those who’ve made it into the game! For those who
haven’t made it (and whoever else wants to join us), we are hosting a
<b>Twitter Pitch Party</b> on <b>March 11</b> from
<b>8AM</b> to <b>8PM</b> <b>EST </b>on the
hashtag <b>#PitMad</b>.
How do you twitter pitch? You can find all the details <b><a href="http://www.brenda-drake.com/pitmad/">here</a></b>.
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Genre: </b>Young Adult Contemporary Fantasy<b> </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Word Count:</b> 98,000<b> </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pitch: </b>In anti-magic South Korea, fifteen-year-old chess prodigy
Misha must hunt the dragon she shares a psychic connection with. But
as the bodies pile up, she learns the worst monsters can look the most
human.<b> </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Excerpt: </b>On principle, Misha only played against demons. Today’s
challenger was Mr. Hong, who hunched over the baduk board in the
upstairs lounge, smoke rising from his shoulders like a smoldering
hearth. Misha opened the frosted window behind her by a crack. She
hadn’t played against Mr. Hong since she was ten, but she recalled
how overheated their matches could get.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">After a long minute, Mr. Hong took a swig of the humanifier. Thick
golden liquid dribbled down his chin. He wiped his mouth as his slit
pupils rounded, the cerulean fur along his jawline rescinded, and the
unbearable heat cooled to room temperature.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">With great reluctance he set his stone on the board.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Misha slammed hers. “Next.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Show-off,” he muttered.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">He fumbled his counterstrike. She cut off his groups. He hurried to
back up his stranded troops, but she slammed another black stone, then
another, merrily luring him away from his territory, as the match
spiraled into something like speed chess.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Haven’t seen you here in ages,” he said. “Your bodyguards
waiting outside the pawnshop?”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Mmrgh.”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">His nose twitched. “They’re with you, right?”</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“They’re outside.” She had to be word-stingy with Mr. Hong. The
man was a living lie-detector.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Did your mom give you permission to come here?”</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">A twinge pricked her chest. Misha covered it up with a winning smile.
“So how exactly does your ability work? Can you hear the truth
behind the words? Do you smell the false intent? What if someone’s
lying when they don’t even realize it?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pitch: </b>When aspiring inventor Jello receives a magical gift, he
builds a machine to transform his horrible sister. But the plan
backfires. His recycled sister is worse than the original. And she’s
bent on revenge...</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Excerpt: </b>"Happy birthday, Jello." Grace's morning breath blows warm
and stale over my face. <br />
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I squeeze my eyes tight, pretending to sleep. Being called Jello
doesn't get you any cool points in middle school. Grace came up with
the nickname when I was a baby. She said my chubby cheeks jiggled like
Jello. Our parents thought it was cute, so it stuck like wet toilet
paper to my shoe. <br />
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"Wake up, Turd Puddle." <br />
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I open my eyes. A slimy string of spit wiggles over my face. It drops
an inch and quivers before Grace slurps it up and swallows.<br />
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"Leave me alone.” I scramble to the far side of my bed.<br />
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"Just making sure my little brother’s eleventh birthday's super
memorable." Her braces glint like sharp knives in the morning light.
"And I’ve got something pretty epic planned for you today." <br />
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"Great. You’re moving in with Dad, then?"<br />
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Her mouth snaps shut. "Believe me, I would if I could." She grabs the
doorknob. It's moments like these I wish my Doorknob Shocker invention
worked. <br />
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"Better get dressed or you’ll miss out on Hee Haw’s special
birthday breakfast." She smirks and slams the door. <br />
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I flop back in bed. Maybe, if I’m lucky, my grandmother's cooking
will kill me before Grace gets the chance to do it herself. <br />
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At the bottom of the stairs a revolting aroma attacks my nostrils. Hee
Haw's hunched over the sink draining a chunky gray liquid into a jug.
Tied above her plump belly is a frilly apron. </span></span></div>
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Maggie's mountaintop farm, she rolls up a joint, grabs her shotgun
Betsy, and shows them how cranky an old Appalachian broad can
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Excerpt:</b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b> </b></span>It was too damn early to kill a man. I didn't even get one
drink of my coffee before I saw him on the security camera monitor,
traipsing right into my pot patch. Got me so irate I spilled half my
coffee down the front of my nightgown. I figured there was time to
change into dry clothes, until I saw him bend over and finger one of
my plants like a jock does his girlfriend on Homecoming night. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was no neighbor, either: black suit, trench coat, looking like a
1920s mobster except for the shiny, bald head. Since this bastard
walked right past my “No Trespassing” signs and advertised himself
as a candidate for assisted suicide, I pulled on my boots, grabbed ole
Betsy and headed for the door.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I jogged through my yard and down the hill, slowing to a walk as I
neared the woods. The sound of my dogs barking inside the house
became fainter. In fact, everything got quiet. My ex taught me how
to sneak up on prey without being heard. Of course, the lessons
involved me being the prey and him the hunter. I didn't like those
lessons much. Lucky for me, today's prey didn't hear me coming. </span><br />
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I didn't waste time. I got a good aim at his leg ('cause, like I
said, it was too early in the morning to kill a man), flipped the
hammer back and took the shot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pitch:</b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span>Lacey Anne McDougal, defying her Klansman father, sneaks
across tracks separating the city’s colors to hear jazz music.
There, she falls in love with a pianist—but there’s just one
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>Excerpt:</b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b> </b></span>Lacey Anne McDougal was sure this was a bad idea. She stood
by the tracks that separated Tulsa, Oklahoma, staring open-mouthed at
a lopsided sign that read: *Let not the sun go down on a Negro’s
back, lest he be dead*. A noose hung around a dummy’s neck, tied to
the pole above it. *Yes, most definitely a bad idea*, she thought, her
palms slick with the idea of what she was about to do. <br />
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The sign was not a threat—it was a promise. <br />
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The bustling city did nothing to calm her nerves like it usually did.
Cars zipped by as young adults waved and shouted from the windows.
People laughed and children played marbles on the sidewalks. Smoke
rose from chimneys, belching hazy waste skyward. White-gloved women
strolled through the city, gossiping and pointing at every person
trimming plants in front of the marketplace. Ever since Lacey was a
child, she knew not to go to the other side of town—it was beat into
her by her Klansman father. Today, however, she was breaking that
rule. <br />
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“Miss?” <br />
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Lacey turned around slowly. <br />
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“I am sorry, Miss, but you shouldn’t be out here… you know, this
far from Main,” a deep voice informed her. “And don’t worry
about the dummy. It isn’t going to hurt anybody… it’s from that
film, you know?”<br />
<br />
Her eyebrows shot up. <br />
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“What film?”<br />
<br />
“Why, *The Birth of a Nation*, ma’am. What are you doing out here
alone?”<b> </b></span></div>
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must find out why she was left with the memories, and voice, of a
serial killer in her head.</span></span><br />
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to die.<br />
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After endless months of paralyzing headaches, occasional memory loss,
and countless doctors prescribing useless migraine prescriptions, I
was certain I was at the conclusion of my life’s story. My father,
who wasn’t ready to read my final chapter just yet, took me to see a
renowned neurosurgeon at Saint Stephen’s Hospital. A few moments
through the pulsating tunnel of a M.R.I. illuminated what he was in
search of and allowed him to diagnose my troubles with two little
words:<br />
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Brain tumor.<br />
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My father’s horror-stricken face mirrored my own internal struggle
with the news. My selfish, younger sister snatched a box of cheap
tissues from the doctor’s desk and dabbed away the crocodile tears
that streaked her flawlessly made-up face. I tried to remember how to
breathe when I looked into the patient face of the man who claimed he
could rescue me.<br />
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And somewhere far away from where I sat, I pictured my mother smiling
at the imaginary butterflies that often flitted around her wild red
hair within the mental facility she had been living for nearly two
years.<br />
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In spite of everyone’s dread about my test results, Dr. Taylor had
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distinguish between reality and the creations of his mind before he
loses the life he’s fought so hard to recover.</span></span><br />
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street. A quick glance at the owl alarm clock confirmed the time: 3:00
PM.<br />
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Right on schedule, Mrs. Channer emerged in her <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1632566588" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Monday</span></span> outfit, a white
tennis skirt and matching tank that revealed skin flaccid with age.
She strolled toward her letterbox and retrieved the day’s mail,
shuffling it through her hands like a deck of playing cards. Feigning
nonchalance, Mrs. Channer shaded her eyes against the intense
afternoon sun and turned toward Liam and scanned his house. She knew
he was watching.<br />
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Liam eased the curtains closed and shrank to the floor. The unwritten
rules of engagement between Mrs. Channer and him required discreet
surveillance and he wouldn’t be the first to break protocol.<br />
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Even between enemies, it’s best to avoid awkward situations.<br />
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He lifted up a small mirror and watched Mrs. Channer’s reflection
retreat indoors. A stubborn old bitty, she insisted on living nearby
despite the fact that he’d killed her one hundred times.<br />
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Problem was, the pesky woman kept replicating. Protecting his family
from her wasn’t an easy job, but Liam didn’t mind hard work;
neither did Joshua.<br />
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“You’re gonna have to kill her again,” Joshua said, sprawling
across Tasha’s bed, his uniform of black jeans and leather jacket a
shadow against the pink comforter. Shreds of afternoon light filtered
through the curtains and settled on his pockmarked face. He yawned and
laced his hands behind his head.<br />
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she’s chosen to direct the school play. Balancing boys, besties, and
bake sales is hard enough, but with a nemesis set on dramatic
sabotage, how will MC save the show?</span><b> </b></span><br />
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it sounds. While I was hobbling around trying to find all my classes
after an “unfortunate accident” during field hockey tryouts,
everyone else found all their friends and where they fit in. By the
time I was back on my own two feet, I was pretty much invisible
(except to Angie, who’d been my BFF since, well, forever). And
it’s not like I hadn’t been trying things. For four months I had
been trying things. I just hadn’t found the right thing. But today,
that would finally change. I could feel it.<br />
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I took another look at the picture of the expertly frosted Best
Chocolate Cake our home ec teacher, Mrs. Collins, had projected on the
screen in the front of the classroom, and my mouth watered.<br />
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*Baking is the perfect answer to my New Year’s resolution to find
something I’m good at. I mean, who doesn’t love chocolate cake?
People are going to ask me to bake them things all the time! Maybe I
can even get extra credit for it. I’ll have to find out what our
history teacher likes before midterms…*<br />
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I read through the instructions one more time: grease and flour the
pan, mix everything in a bowl, and pour the batter into the pan to
bake. *This is going to be awesome.*<br />
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“Do you want to grease the pan, or should I?” I asked my partner,
Kate Nichols, who was the second worst person in the room Mrs. Collins
could have paired me with.</span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></div>
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bike championship, but her life becomes more dangerous than the
downhills she craves, when she falls for an heiress, who hides deadly
deceit behind her beauty and lies.</span><b> </b></span></span></div>
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flicked her fingers, pushing a higher gear to increase her sprint.
Focused on winning <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1632566589" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">tomorrow’s</span></span> New York Mountain Bike championship,
nothing could break her concentration. With head down and feet
pounding the pedals, she rounded the bend—a quick downhill shot to
town. <br />
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Not many seventeen-year-old girls were as dedicated to the sport. She
needed to win that race for her dad, and to prove to herself she was
an exceptional cyclist, not just using one passion to hide another. In
her small town, biking was the easier choice. <br />
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Jules glanced up. The valley lights below caught her attention, but
her head wrenched back at a shadow in the road. Too late! A muffled
thud stopped the front wheel, flipping the rear of the bike in the
air—and Jules over the handlebars. <br />
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Asphalt and pine trees blurred. She slammed into the pavement. Peeling
herself off the blacktop, pain ripped across her shoulder. Blood
flowed from her forearm, where gravel shredded her skin. "Shit!"<br />
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She pulled off her helmet and ran scraped fingers through her hair, so
wet and dark it didn't look blonde anymore. Jaw clenched, she shuffled
back to the twisted heap of metal straddled across the obscure object.
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“What the hell is that?”<br />
<br />
Jules lifted her mangled bike and a limp hand fell out of the jumbled
mess, palm up on the road. She jerked back and switched on her helmet
light. <br />
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“Oh… my… God!” <br />
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It was a body.<b> </b></span></span></div>
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confront the very thing he wants to forget: his role in the death of a
comrade killed in an IED attack.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Excerpt:</b> </span><span style="font-size: large;">The siren’s wail fell silent as the ambulance pulled up.<br />
<br />
Jennifer Fitzgerald stood in front of the Emergency Room doors and
watched as the paramedics yanked the gurney out of the ambulance,
letting its wheels hit the ground harder than they normally would. The
patient squawked at the impact and began complaining in low, slurred
tones, but didn’t move, having one arm splinted and the other
handcuffed to the gurney. <br />
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Normally she should have been angry with them, treating a patient
roughly like that. Had she seen them treating one of her patients that
way, she would have laid into them right there. But this time, with
this patient, she simply stood in bitter silence, her jaw tightening
with anger as they wheeled him into the ER. <br />
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It hadn’t always been this way. He hadn’t always been this bad.
For months she’d told herself it was a temporary thing, a phase he
was going through. That he’d pull himself together somehow, the way
he’d always done before. It would get better. But as the weeks
turned to months and the long spring of his convalescence turned to
summer, it didn’t get better. <br />
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It had been four months since her husband returned from Afghanistan,
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sophomore Jane into a deflowering game—pawn or participant, she
can’t tell. Another girl’s rape forces a decision: reveal her part
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Excerpt:</b> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Being invisible was an art I perfected.<br />
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"It was more than being a wallflower," I said. "More than being picked
last in gym class. More than shrinking like a violet. And for what
it's worth, violets don't actually shrink. They are hiding in the
leaves." Their petals so inconspicuous and dainty they almost
disappear. That was me; quiet, small, and hidden in the crowd. Like I
wasn't there at all. Just waiting to be seen.<br />
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Detective Hereford dragged a handkerchief across his sweaty forehead
and banged it on the table between us. Coffee spilled over the side of
his roll-up-the-brim to win cup from Tim Horton's. His eyebrows
pinched together to form one big unibrow. He mopped up the spilled
coffee with his hankie and set the cup down gently. The brim had been
unrolled. The look on his face told me he hadn't won.<br />
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His partner, Detective Bryant, was a good foot shorter than him and
didn't have any hair on top of his head, just two inches of wild grey
curls circling around the back from ear to ear. They reminded me of
Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street. I half wondered if they'd count
paperclips and announce the letter of the day. *Today's police
investigation was brought to you by the letters J and C and the number
8.*<br />
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There were eight of us still left in the game at the end. The rest
went quietly to their graves. Metaphorically, of course. No one
actually died. It just felt like it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Pitch: </b></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Twelve year old Gordon Cohen's world crashes when he
discovers his Dad had another kid while serving in World War II. He
runs away to find his brother and the truth about his family.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Excerpt: </span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1151759169" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Saturday</span></span>. February 8, 1964<br />
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I stared at my reflection in the window.. The one and only Gordon
Cohen. Twelve –year-old Devil Dog lovin’, comic book junkie,
Beatles fan. And now – a runaway kid.<br />
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If I had half a brain I’d jump off the train faster than a speeding
bullet, but then I’d never find out the truth about Dad’s secret.
Asking him was not an option. I had been snooping when I found the
document. He’d punish me for life for messing with his stuff.<br />
<br />
As usual, he'd sigh, like all the other times I'd gotten into trouble.
“You can do better, Gordon." "What were you thinking, Gordon?"
"Haven’t I told you a million times, Gordon!” I did stuff without
thinking. it was part of my personality, like losing my new math
review book, If I hadn't lost it I wouldn't have looked for change in
dad's dresser and I wouldn’t have found the information that got me
on this train in the first place. <br />
So even though my insides felt like worms at a wrestling match, I kept
my butt in my seat.<br />
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The train moved. There was no turning back. <br />
Outside, puffs of steam rose up from the tracks like a sci-fi movie.
I’d never ridden a real train before, only the subway. It smelled
like old cigarettes and my grandmother's fancy perfume. I rubbed my
hand on the soft red seat cushion and hoped I wasn’t making the
biggest mistake of my life. </span></span></div>
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up. Years later, back at the lake, she learns the truth, which is way
more horrifying than what she’s been led to believe.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Excerpt:</b> The air hung steamy and thick as we pulled up the drive to
the lake house. Over the past four years our old summer retreat
existed only in my memories. Ones I’d tried hard to forget. <br />
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The house hadn’t weathered well since our last summer. The paint was
peeling and the foliage was so overgrown, it looked like the trees and
bushes were devouring the place. The smell of mold and wet moss wafted
in the air as I climbed out of the car onto the stone drive. I looked
around and shuddered. From where I was standing, I could see my best
friend Sara’s old house as well as the path to the lake where her
dead body had been floating after I killed her.<br />
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My mother handed me my bag and sighed. I knew she wasn’t any happier
about being here than I was, but I wasn’t sure if her sigh was one
of nostalgia or regret. Maybe a little of both.<br />
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“Well, honey, ready to take the plunge?” she said. “See what
we’re dealing with inside?”<br />
<br />
“If it’s anything like the outside, I think we should cut our
losses and go home.”<br />
My mother shot me a wan smile as she brushed my cheek. “I know you
don’t want to be here, Mia, but we need to finally sell this place,
especially now that your dad’s gone. Besides, Dr. Hershel thinks it
will be good for you to come back. You know, for closure.” <br />
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“Psychiatrists love to throw around terms like closure.</span></span></div>
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wants to play. Her mom wants to make gaming the next battleground for
women’s rights. Now, online trolls want them both dead.</span></div>
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bow on top, to thank for everything. Until Mum and I left Australia
for California, my house was the only one I knew that had a genuine
original Ms. Pac-Man arcade cabinet right there in the lounge
room—*or living room, I s’pose you’d call it*. In Silicon Valley
there are probably heaps of them, but I’m pretty sure, to the
owners, Ms. Pac-Man is nothing more than a kitschy relic of a time
when girls were given one tiny foothold in the world of video games.
Still, a foothold was all my mum needed. To her, that yellow
biscuit—*or cookie, if you like*—was the starting point, the thing
that kicked off her whole future and, consequently, decided mine.<br />
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On the plane from Sydney, Mum told me I should feel at least a little
bit at home in Veracruz. After all, California’s one of the few
places outside Australia where eucalyptus trees grow in profusion. I
pressed my nose against the window and looked down at the lumpy green
landscape below. Home? Yeah, right.<br />
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Mum’s new car was waiting for us at the airport, and she actually
managed to drive to our rented house without killing us—amazing,
really, when you consider the number of times she veered onto the
wrong side of the road. All the way she chattered about her new job,
my new school, and how exciting our new life was going to be.</span></div>
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a plot to resurrect the Ojibwe God of Darkness. He must learn to use
his spirit magic and reconcile his heritage to stop this menace.</span></span><br />
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beasts clawed at his soul.<br />
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The road was still kilometers away and the river was his only option.
The waheela were toying with him, chasing him through the forest,
taking turns attacking, and wearing him down. He would have been
impressed by their tactics had they not been hunting him.<br />
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The river was the first glimmer of hope Ashigan had since they started
chasing him from Misajidamoo's hunting camp. Misajidamoo had left an
abrupt phone message claiming a pack of these wolf-bear hybrids were
stalking him. But Ashigan knew the waheela never ventured south of the
Northwest Territories. <br />
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Ashigan had dropped by the camp to check in on his fellow Medicine Man
and found the waheela waiting for him. He managed to escape, but they
followed him. He had spent many fall days with Misajidamoo in these
woods hunting deer and bear. Never would he have thought he'd be
hunted in these same woods. <br />
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Stopping at the edge of the forest, Ashigan leaned against a tall
birch tree that overlooked the river. His shallow breaths stung his
lungs. Twenty years ago, this pursuit wouldn't have winded him. Now in
its sixties, his body conspired against his efforts to flee.<br />
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The tree's spirit radiated out through its skeletal limbs that
stretched high into the sky. Ashigan touched each of the white birch's
thirty-seven winters and felt its deep root system. The tree
acknowledged his presence and passed along a portion of its
vitality.</span> </span><br />
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now everything sucks. Back home for winter break, she must balance one
former best friend, one surprising crush and one giant secret.
Unreliable narrator.</span></span></div>
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I’d left just months before, but when I cracked open the door I felt
like I should have been wearing a leather jacket and a fedora. My
overstuffed armchair was loaded down with clothes that hadn’t made
the final cut. My stuffed giraffe was slumped into a place of honor on
my bed. A stack of graduation cards sat fanned across my desk like a
royal flush. <br />
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My eyes slid to a picture on my nightstand in an electric pink frame.
I picked it up, wiped away some accumulated dust and stared. It was a
group photo from the first day of high school. My hair, the color of
an apple slice that’s been left out on the counter, was gathered
into a perfect ballerina bun on top of my head. My arm was thrown
around a small Asian girl with perfect bangs, her mouth open so wide
in laughter that it looked like she was screaming. Four other girls
flanked us, all mugging in white Class of 2015 t-shirts like they were
our as-yet unearned caps and gowns. “My Squad!!” bragged bubble
script across the bottom.<br />
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I snickered. We thought we were so tough, but my mother took this
picture, and then she drove the six of us to school in her minivan
because there wasn’t a license among us. And yet look at the way our
hips jutted out.</span></div>
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the rest of their squad, Rob Loxely turns to crime to cope with his
PTSD. A retelling of Robin Hood.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Excerpt: </b></span><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Hot subway exhaust burst through the rusted ventilation
grates. Even though they ran as quickly as their long legs could pump,
Rob was hit by one of those steam explosions. He felt fiery air blast
up his legs, a burning beneath his dark, brown corduroys. For a
moment, Rob couldn’t breathe. The bandanna around his face was too
tight, felt too suffocating, but he couldn’t pull his hoodie back to
loosen it. Couldn’t risk getting his face caught on a surveillance
cam, or the long scar down his cheek.<br />
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Piercing through the wail of police sirens and honking taxi cabs was
the fierce barking of dogs. <br />
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Instinctively, Rob reached his hand out for Will--a simple brush,
fingertips against bicep--to make sure that Will was there. Really
there. That he wasn’t an illusion. That they were home and far away
from the bombs and corpses and burning Humvees in the bloody desert
sand. <br />
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They twisted their bodies, dodging through the travelers on their way
to Nottingham Central Station. Just north of the border was the best
place to pull the last job, they’d all agreed. No one looked, no one
really stopped to stare. <br />
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Will dipped in and out of Rob’s limited peripheral vision. Each
time Will was just out of his sight, Rob felt his chest tighten, felt
the sensation of asphyxiation again, but Rob had to trust him. Had to
trust that Will was there, and it was Nottingham, and they were here
and okay and alive. </span></div>
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suicide. Suffering from inexplicable visions, Em defends her mom’s
sanity when she isn’t even sure of her own. Paranormal VERONICA MARS
meets THE SKY IS EVERYWHERE</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Excerpt: </b></span><span style="font-size: large;">I am sitting in my truck. <br />
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Okay, so, that’s a lie. I’m *hiding in my truck. <br />
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And if hiding from my classmates was an Olympic sport, I’d have a
gold medal, because, at the moment, it doesn’t seem like anyone has
noticed me. I wonder how long it will last.<br />
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I take a deep breath. Then I feel what everyone keeps telling me is
anxiety. Call it what you want- it just feels like a bee buzzing
around in my ribcage, stinging the inside of my chest. Sucking down
air usually helps; I suffocate the bee with oxygen.<br />
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Glancing around, I try not to look like a total sketchball. I wonder
if anyone is paying attention to the nondescript blue truck in the
farthest corner of the student parking section. But as I look, I spot
a familiar blonde head, bobbing down the aisle of cars next to me.
Apparently, someone is paying attention.<br />
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I swallow the stupid ache in my throat, praying it disappears soon.
The irony of one person being my sole source of comfort and also
serving as a razor that rips open barely-healed scars...<br />
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'Stop it, Em'. I cut myself off. Melodramatic thinking is not going to
improve this demon hell-spawn of a day, or get the bee to disappear.
'So knock it off. '<br />
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Outside, my tiny blonde army-of-a-friend, barrels towards the truck
like a five foot one, ninety-eight-pound rhinoceros. She pulls open
the passenger door with zero effort and climbs into cab. <br />
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I take a breath, and wait for the inquisition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What is Pitch Madness? It’s a contest to win a request from one or more
of the participating agents. I will have an agent introduction post up soon.
The submission window will be open from 12:01 AM EST on February 20
until 11:59PM EST on February 23. You should have plenty of time to get
your submissions in. There is no limit of how many entries will be
accepted. All entries sent before or after the allotted times will be
deleted. Make sure to perfect your entry. If you make an error, you may
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before published) fiction only, novel length (no novellas) completed and
polished manuscripts only. All genres (i.e. fantasy, contemporary,
sci-fi, and so on) are welcome to enter. This time around we will not
accept non-fiction. Only one entry per writer. </span><br />
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first readers who will check for formatting, grammar, and content and
put their top picks through to the hosts.
To meet the readers and the teams go to this post <a href="http://www.brenda-drake.com/2015/01/pitch-madness-2015-introducing-teams/" target="_blank">here</a>.
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Johnston’s blog</a></span></b></i>
All the twitter fun will happen on the hashtag
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The agents will be playing a game to win their top requests and have
some time alone with them before they’re sent to the other requesting
agents. To meet our agents go to this post <a href="http://www.brenda-drake.com/2015/02/pitch-madness-introducing-agents/" target="_blank">here</a>.
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<em>East Country upheld the laws. Mid destroyed them.</em><br />
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<em>In the year 2185 Earth is rebuilding after climate change created
a global eco-crisis. Countries maintain complete isolation so there is
no warfare over scarce resources. One Elected family is chosen to lead
each country for 100 years to ensure stability. Women aren’t allowed to
take office and must reproduce at all costs. Technology use of any kind
is banned to preserve what’s left of the environment.</em><br />
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<em>And yet, I’m my country’s Elected. I’ve just sanctioned
technology use to ready us for war. I’m about to cross the border to spy
on our neighbor. And…I’m a girl. </em><br />
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<em>Shhhh…</em><br />
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<b>A note from Rori Shay</b></div>
"A lot of you asked me to let you know when
the next book in The Elected Series came out. SUSPECTED, book 2,
opened for pre-release this week on kickstarter<u>.</u><u style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;"><span style="color: #386eff;"></span></u><br />
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<span><span><span style="color: black;">It releases in all major vendors (Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Smashwords, etc.) for real on Earth Day <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_416544488" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">April 22, 2015</span></span>.
The pre-release lasts just for a month and is fun because it allows the
publisher to supply limited edition items, signed copies, ability for
readers to get their names in the back of the book, stretch goals for free items, etc. There
are even tuckerizations available during the pre-sale, which won't be
available at any other time. A tuckerization is when the author writes
you into the book as one of the characters. Those are kind of
expensive, but they're really cool!"</span></span></span></div>
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<span><span><span style="color: black;">To check out the exciting pre-release on kickstarter, visit <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/103879051/ya-fiction-from-silence-in-the-library-four-sequel">here</a>! </span></span></span></div>
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It’s the year 2185, and in two weeks, Aloy will turn eighteen and take
her father’s place as president of the country. But to do so, she must
masquerade as a boy to avoid violating the Eco-Accords, four treaties
designed to bring the world back from the brink of environmental
extinction. Aloy hopes to govern like her father, but she is inheriting a
different country. The long concealed Technology Faction is stepping
out of the shadows, and as turmoil grows within her country, cryptic
threats also arrive from beyond their borders.
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woman, meanwhile battling feelings for the boy who knows her secret—the
boy who is somehow connected to her country’s recent upheaval. When
assassination attempts add to the turmoil, Aloy doesn’t know whom to
trust. She understood leadership required sacrifice. She just didn’t
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<span style="font-size: large;">The submission window for Pitch Madness
SORRY! Edition is this Friday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What is Pitch Madness? It's a contest to win a request from one or more
of the participating agents. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">I will have an agent introduction post up soon.
The submission window will be open from 12:01 AM EST on February 20
until 11:59PM EST on February 23. You should have plenty of time to get
your submissions in. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">There is no limit of how many entries will be
accepted. All entries sent before or after the allotted times will be
deleted. Make sure to perfect your entry. If you make an error, you may
not resend. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">There will be 60 finalists moving onto the agent round. Pitch Madness
will accept Middle Grade, Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult (never
before published) fiction only, novel length (no novellas) completed and
polished manuscripts only. </span><span style="font-size: large;">All genres (i.e. fantasy, contemporary,
sci-fi, and so on) are welcome to enter. This time around we will not
accept non-fiction. Only one entry per writer. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">What do you need to enter? A 35-word (max) pitch and the first 250 words
of your finished manuscript. If the 250th word falls in the middle of a
sentence, go to the end of the sentence. There will be a form on the
submission post on </span><a href="http://www.brenda-drake.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Brenda Drake's blog</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> for you to fill out and submit
your entry. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">Please enter only once. You will not get an email receipt.
Look for the notice after you submit that says it was received.
Pitch Madness will be on four blogs and each blog host will have a
co-host helping them choose their top 15 entries. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">We’ll have a team of
first readers who will check for formatting, grammar, and content and
put their top picks through to the hosts.
To meet the readers and the teams go to this post </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.brenda-drake.com/2015/01/pitch-madness-2015-introducing-teams/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><span style="font-size: large;">
Here are the host blogs ...</span><br />
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<span id="inserted610"><span id="inserted5702" style="font-size: large;"><i><b><a href="http://www.brenda-drake.com/" target="_blank">Brenda Drake's blog</a></b></i></span></span><br />
<span id="inserted8583"><span id="inserted1378" style="font-size: large;"><i><b><a href="http://rebeccacoffindaffer.com/category/blog/" target="_blank">Rebecca Coffindaffer's blog</a></b></i></span></span><br />
<span id="inserted4452"><span id="inserted4650" style="font-size: large;"><i><b><a href="http://www.fizzygrrl.com/" target="_blank">Summer Heacock's blog</a></b></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span id="inserted1709"><a href="http://downunderwonderings.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sharon
Johnston's blog</a></span></b></i> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">All the twitter fun will happen on the hashtag
<strong>#PitchMadness</strong>!
The agents will be playing a game to win their top requests and have
some time alone with them before they're sent to the other requesting
agents. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-size: large;">To meet our agents go to this post <a href="http://www.brenda-drake.com/2015/02/pitch-madness-introducing-agents/" target="_blank">here</a>.
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong><span id="inserted8429">Here are the
rules of the SORRY! game the agents will play ...</span></strong>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>First Round</b> - March 2-3
(Midnight to Midnight EST)
Starting on March 2 just after Midnight EST and until the end of March 3
the agents will visit the host blogs, read the entries, and enter their
moves (requests) for the pitches they want. The comments will be on
moderate so that agents won't see what the other agents are requesting.
Highest move "request" wins. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are the moves (requests) that can be made for the first round:</span></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">To place a partial request: Agents move their "pawn" the number of
spaces they want to request. (Example: I move my pawn 1 space = 1
chapter). Agents can move their pawns up to 12 paces. Each partial will
include the query. The agents don't have any restrictions other than
they can't request more than 12 chapters or less than one chapter.*</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">To place a full request: Agents move their "pawn" home. (Example: I
move my pawn home = full request. Each full request will include the
query.)*</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Highest request wins the play and an entry into the drawing
referenced below.</span></li>
</ul>
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>*</b>Only one request per agent for each pitch during the first round.
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Second Round</b> - March 4 at
12PM (Noon) EST
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<span style="font-size: large;">If there are ties (same winning request),
then the competing agents go into the challenge round. Each player
(agent) will be asked to play a SORRY! card in the comments of the tying
entry's post. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The first to post "SORRY!" wins the full request.
We will announce all tying requests on the Twitter hashtag
#PitchMadness. When both agents announce on Twitter that they are
available for the challenge, we'll tweet for them to go to the entry's
post and play their SORRY! card in the comments of that post. There will
be three tweets counting down to "Go." First to post wins. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">If an agent
can't be there for the challenge round, they can appoint someone to make
their plays for them or we can find someone to do it. Just let us know
ahead of time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Wait. There's more! To show our appreciation, the agents aren't only
competing for requests, but for gift cards, too! We figured that it's a
lot of work playing a game, so we decided to reward the winners as an
extra incentive and bragging rights. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>The winning agent, grand ruler
of the slush pile will receive a $50 gift card from either Amazon or
Barnes & Noble (winners choice) with two runners-up receiving $25
gift cards.</b> There will be a drawing for the winners of the gift
cards. Just for participating the agents automatically get an entry into
the drawing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For each win, the agents get another entry into the drawing.
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Please note: </b>All
requests will be honored, just the winning agents get a head start and
an entry into the drawing.
On <b>March 11</b> from <b>8AM to 8PM EST</b> we're holding a Twitter
Pitch Party on #PitMad as a sort of consolation prize for those who
entered the contest and didn't make it in. It's open to all writers with
a completed manuscript.</span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">http://feeds.feedburner.com/DownUnderWonderings</div>SM Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03546994863993080465noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-44224852720802060942015-02-10T01:28:00.001-05:002015-02-10T01:28:31.486-05:00Meet #TeamDarkSide: Lauren McKellar<div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today I'm interviewing my great friend Lauren McKellar in the third of my Pitch Madness Meet Team Dark Side series. Lauren is an amazing writer and editor (look at my side bar for her editor services badge). Lauren and I are part of the Aussie Owned and Read blog team and this is her second year on my Pitch Madness team as a reader. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, here's a bit about Lauren! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;">What
do you write? </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;">I write young and new adult contemporary
romance fiction.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;">Where
do you get your inspiration from? </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;">Gosh, a better question might
be where I don’t! I get it from reading amazing books, getting lost in a
fabulous movie, from being outside, from being inside, from people, from
places, from news and current affairs, and often from my husband. Because he’s
my favourite love story. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;">What
are you currently reading? </span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;">Never
Never</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;"> by Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;">Describe
your perfect read? </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;">Something that makes me feel.
I want to care for your well-crafted character—I want to be so invested that I
feel their pain and rejoice in their highs. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;">What
are you waiting for someone to write that hasn't been written yet? </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;">I
don’t know that I could say something hasn’t been written before. I mean, if
dinosaur porn really exists, is any specific type of story as yet untouched? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;">Pitch
Madness is all about connecting writers with agents by finding gems in the
slush - what stories are you hoping to see? </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;">I’m
hoping to see some strong writing, some fresh ideas and some stories that show
growth through pain. I’d love to see something in suspense, too, or a mystery
in the YA/NA genre that had real depth behind it. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;">If
you could have dinner with three authors, who would they be? </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;">John
Marsden, because he was the first author who just made me fall in love with
words, Jane Austen, because of everything, and Colleen Hoover, as I’d like to
hug her face off. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;">What
book do you wish you had written? </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;">I don’t know that I wish I had
written one specific book; I think it’s nice to just hope everything I do write
gets better and better. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;">What's
your favourite movie adaption of a book? </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;">I’ve
really enjoyed <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Hunger Games</i> book
two adaptation. For me, I almost found it more riveting than the read itself.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rapid Fire Questions:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;">Yellow,
Purple, Green?</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;"> Yellow<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;">Kombi,
Porsche, Bike?</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;"> Bike<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;">Marshmallow,
Liquorice, Cupcake?</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #10131a;"> Cupcake<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Pitch Madness submission window will be open for 72 hours starting on February 20!
Pitch Madness is a contest to win a request from one or more of the participating agents.
The submission window will be open from 12:01 AM EST on February 20 until 11:59PM EST on February 23. You should have plenty of time to get your submissions in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There is no limit of how many entries will be accepted. All entries sent before or after the allotted times will be deleted. Make sure to perfect your entry. If you make an error, you may not resend. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There will be 60 finalists moving onto the agent round. Pitch Madness will accept Middle Grade, Young Adult, New Adult, and Adult (never before published) fiction only, novel length (no novellas) completed and polished manuscripts only. All genres (i.e. fantasy, contemporary, sci-fi, and so on) are welcome to enter. This time around we will not accept non-fiction. Only one entry per writer. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What do you need to enter? A 35-word (max) pitch and the first 250 words of your finished manuscript. If the 250th word falls in the middle of a sentence, go to the end of the sentence. I will post formatting instructions and where to send when the submission window opens. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pitch Madness will be on four blogs and each blog host will have a co-host helping them choose their top 15 entries. We’ll have a team of first readers who will check for formatting, grammar, and content and put their top picks through to the hosts. To meet the reader and the teams go to this post </span><a href="http://www.brenda-drake.com/2015/01/pitch-madness-2015-introducing-teams/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">here</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sara represents middle grade, young adult, new adult, romance, erotica, science fiction and fantasy. She is also LGBTQ and Diversity friendly. Sara is an avid romance reader and a rabid fan girl of super sexy and intelligent stories.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Louise represents young adult, middle grade, new adult, commercial fiction including romance, and select nonfiction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Pete is actively looking for middle grade and young adult fiction, as well as suspense and thrillers for all ages. He will consider select adult fiction, including psychological suspense and mysteries, and plot-driven literary fiction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jessica is most excited about finding literary, women’s, and middle grade, young adult, and new adult fiction, and—on the nonfiction side—psychology, parenting, self-help, cookbooks, memoirs, and works that speak to life in the 21st century.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Patricia represents adult and young adult fiction. On the adult side, she is interested in literary fiction and commercial fiction in the New Adult, women’s fiction, and romance genres. For YA, she is looking for contemporary/realistic fiction as well YA mystery/thriller, horror, magical realism, science fiction and fantasy. She is also interested in finding exciting multicultural and LGBTQ fiction, both YA and adult.
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Carly</span> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">is actively looking for Literary, Upmarket and Commercial Fiction, World Literature, smart Women's Fiction and Book Club books, Literary Thrillers, LGBT, select Young Adult, and nonfiction in the Health, Wellness, Cookbook, Narrative, Lifestyle, Memoir, Humour, Pop Science, Pop Psychology and Business categories.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Melissa is currently seeking projects in the following areas: Romance (contemporary, category, historical, inspirational), Young Adult, Middle Grade, Women’s Fiction and Mystery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">She represents picture books (something where we could see fabulous, memorable characters encounter a variety of new circumstances), middle grade (the whimsical, the imaginative, the dark/crass/wacky/hilarious), young adult (creepy/horror/suspense, historical, historical fantasy, and creative fantasy in general, as well as beautiful, literary works that explore the coming-of-age theme from a truly original angle and beg for multiple re-readings), and adult.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sara</span> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">is actively building her list with a focus on middle grade and young adult fiction; in particular, contemporary, historical, gothic/thriller/horror, sci-fi, mystery/suspense, fantasy and other speculative fiction. She’s also considering select adult nonfiction in the areas of craft, design, how-to, lifestyle, and pop culture. For children’s nonfiction, she’s open to a wider range of both narrative and prescriptive projects.</span><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lana is looking for a broad spectrum of Young Adult and Middle Grade projects, from contemporary realism to speculative fiction, fantasy, horror, and sci-fi. For the adult market, Lana is interested in literary thrillers, horror, fantasy, sophisticated erotica and romance, and select nonfiction.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Taylor is currently seeking young adult fiction, historical fiction, and historical romance. She is also looking for middle grade and young adult of all genres, women’s fiction, and romance—contemporary, historical, and new adult.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jessica is most interested in all genres of romance. She greatly enjoys romance novels with strong characters that jump right off the page and a plot that stays with the reader long after the book has finished. She is also interested in select women's fiction and young adult fiction.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Agent Introduction on February 4</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Rules of the Game on February 13</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Submission window opens February 20 and will be open for 72 hours</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The top 60 picks for the agent round will go up on the blogs on March 2 at 12:01AM EST (NY time)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">March 4 at 12PM EDT (Noon) the agents requests are revealed, and right afterward is the tying agents challenge round</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There will be a #PitMad Twitter Pitch Party on March 11 from 8AM to 8PM EST. Check <strong><a href="http://www.brenda-drake.com/pitmad/" target="_blank">here</a></strong> for rules of the Twitter Pitch Contest.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm so happy to be part of Pitch Madness again this year. Over the next week I'll be introducing you to my team so you can find out a bit more about us!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">First is my co-host Jeyn Roberts. Jeyn has been an amazing friend to me for several years. We met on a writing site called Inkpop (that was bought out by Figment). We clicked, stayed in touch - despite living on opposite sides of the world. Her stories, Dark Inside and Rage within scared the beejeebus out of me, in a good way. And now I get to read her work before it hits the bookstore shelves (or the eBook website). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So here's Jeyn!</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;">Tell the Pitch Madness hopefuls a bit about yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I’m Jeyn Roberts. I’m the author of the Dark
Inside series and The Bodies We Wear. I’m signed by the Greenhouse Literary
Agency. The lovely Sarah Davies is my agent. When I’m not writing, I’m usually
travelling. I spend a lot of time hiking with my puppy, Livy, or chilling on
the couch with my cat, Hera. </b><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;">What do you write? </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I write YA horror and mystery. I’m also
working on my first adult horror and a screenplay. </b><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;">Where do you get your inspiration from? </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Everywhere. I spend
a lot of time just thinking about stuff. My favorite ‘thought’ places include
the couch, hiking in the woods and long drives. </b><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;">What are you currently reading? </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Revival by Stephen King.
Joss Whedon’s autobiography. Full Tilt by Neal Shusterman. And I just finished
The Falconer by Elizabeth May. </b><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;">Describe your perfect read? </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Exciting. Scary. Characters
that make me melt. If I can find a book that can make me laugh out loud or
break down crying, I know I’ve found a good one. </b><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;">What are you waiting for someone to write that hasn't been
written yet? </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>A book that scares me to the point I have to put it down. </b><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;">Pitch Madness is all about connecting writers with agents
by finding gems in the slush - what stories are you hoping to see? </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Anything
horror. Western with a female protagonist. Street kids and runaways. A good old
fashioned Nancy Drew type mystery. Survival story that’s not dystopian (think
plane crash or lost in the woods). Ghost stories that are based in mythology. Subculture
stories (think Skateboarding, punks, goth, etc)</b><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;">If you could have dinner with three authors, who would they
be? </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Stephen King. J K Rowling. Douglas Coupland. </b><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;">What book do you wish you had written? </span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The Stand by Stephen
King. </b><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;">What's your favourite movie adaption of a book? </span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span>
<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>What’s
Eating Gilbert Grape. </b><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;">What 2015 release are you anticipating the most? </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>We All
Looked Up by Tommy Wallach</b><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Rapid Fire Questions:</i><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="font-size: large;">Yellow, Purple, Green? <b>Green</b><br />
Kombi, Porsche, Bike? <b>Porsche</b><br />
Marshmallow, Liquorice, Cupcake? <b>Marshmallow</b><br />
Unicorn, Gremlin or Cat? <b>Aren’t all cats, gremlins? But are all gremlins, cats?
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