tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post2082688501071175874..comments2023-10-26T06:14:48.554-04:00Comments on Down Under Wonderings: Get Your #PitchOn Submission Window 1SM Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03546994863993080465noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-19817045149041338982012-10-18T11:33:34.739-04:002012-10-18T11:33:34.739-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Cassidy Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16566578017080388252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-68260618735497358402012-10-17T18:15:14.573-04:002012-10-17T18:15:14.573-04:00Name: Jackie Hook
Email: jackhook57@gmail.com
Coun...Name: Jackie Hook<br />Email: jackhook57@gmail.com<br />Country of Residence: United States<br />Title: BEAUTIFUL ILLUSIONS<br />Genre: YA Fantasy <br />Word Count: 85,741<br />Pitch: 2032, Belilusión, Cuba. Sixteen-year-old Brisa is strong, graceful, charming. She is a Balancer: Spy, distraction, Illusion. Assassin. But she’s finally accepted that. What she cannot accept is her mother vanishing at the hands of the unhinged Cuban Mob Boss. But before her mother can be rescued, old wounds will be ripped opened, news ones will be laid raw, and the truth will have the last dance.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14949432753398681807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-32138058410560089502012-10-16T18:05:17.748-04:002012-10-16T18:05:17.748-04:00Name: Anne Marie
Email: annemariwerites [@] gmail ...Name: Anne Marie<br />Email: annemariwerites [@] gmail [dot] com<br />Country of residence: USA<br />Title: THE SERPENT'S CONVENANT<br />Genre: Urban Fantasy<br />Word-count: 80,000<br />Pitch: Based on American Indian folklore, my YA Urban Fantasy 'The Serpent's Covenant' is about Cori, a cursed girl who hears disembodied voices. When the Winter Chief kidnaps Cori's brother instead of her, a mysterious stranger materializes and leads her inside a concealed Denver where Cori must battle cannibal dwarves and a giant winged serpent to save her brother's life. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-77513355750720181562012-10-16T05:53:41.972-04:002012-10-16T05:53:41.972-04:00Name: Stacey Nash
Email: contact[at]staceynash.com...Name: Stacey Nash<br />Email: contact[at]staceynash.com<br />Country of residence: Australia<br />Title: FORGET-ME-NOT<br />Genre: YA Science Fiction<br />Word Count: 77,000<br /><br />Pitch: Seventeen-year-old Anamae has little to remember her missing mother by. When she finds her mother’s pendant, she puts it on. But it’s actually a piece of technology that makes the wearer invisible. Triggering the pendant’s true purpose attracts the attention of The Collective, a secret society sworn to suppress technology so advanced it could be straight from a science fiction movie. Now she’s at the top of their hit list. Stacey Nashhttp://www.staceynash.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-87682558336829167802012-10-16T00:13:52.306-04:002012-10-16T00:13:52.306-04:00Name: Samantha Combs
Email: samanthacombswrites@gm...Name: Samantha Combs<br />Email: samanthacombswrites@gmail.com<br />Country of Residence: USA<br />Title: THE DEADLIES<br />Genre: YA dark paranormal<br />Word Count: 54,000<br />Pitch: When Calliope Flood catches the unwanted attention of the prettiest and most privileged girls at her new school, she learns they are possessed of more than just good ole’ Southern charm; they are also possessed by the demons of the Seven Deadly Sins. <br />When people start dying, Calliope enlists her eccentric Aunt, her new friends, and a quietly disarming Southern boy to free the girls, and the town, from the demons that have taken over their lives. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17783063839921214559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-561362322995426982012-10-15T23:18:47.186-04:002012-10-15T23:18:47.186-04:00Name: Amanda Catalano
Email: mandarr17@gmail.com
C...Name: Amanda Catalano<br />Email: mandarr17@gmail.com<br />Country of residence: USA<br />Title: COVER ME AGAIN<br />Genre: Contemporary Young Adult<br />Word-count: 54,000<br />Pitch: Seventeen-year-old River Parrish is a rapist. He didn't even have to rape anyone to earn that title. All it took was one girl using the wrong words to ruin River's life. With everyone out for his blood, why shouldn't he give it to them? But he's not about to let her get away with this. She needs to feel the consequences of her words. So River sits, and he writes. Amanda Catalanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11960703731847160590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-40795812124332199872012-10-15T17:26:02.331-04:002012-10-15T17:26:02.331-04:00Name: Lisa Cresswell
Email: lcresswe@juno.com
Coun...Name: Lisa Cresswell<br />Email: lcresswe@juno.com<br />Country of residence: USA<br />Title: HUSH PUPPY<br />Genre: contemporary YA romance<br />Word count: 49,000<br />Pitch: A shared love of literature brings Corrine, a black girl, and Jamie, a white boy, together. A romance blossoms between them in the steamy North Carolina woods. When Jamie is involved in the accidental death of another girl, Corrine takes the blame to protect him, with dire consequences for herself and her dreams of the future. Her life in danger, Corrine’s left wondering if Jamie ever cared about her at all.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-30534400821950843382012-10-15T17:17:29.811-04:002012-10-15T17:17:29.811-04:00Name: Ash McKenna
Email: ashsmash[at]hotmail.co.uk...Name: Ash McKenna<br />Email: ashsmash[at]hotmail.co.uk<br />Country of residence: UK<br />Title: A Mistake Undone<br />Genre: YA Contemporary<br />Word Count: 82’000<br />Pitch: Nash thought she loved him. Rex is a famous rockstar who gives her everything she wants and respects everything she is. While the world around her is finding ways to fall in love, she’s finding ways to fall out of it. When Ceri, a fourteen-year-old fan, tries to break them up, Nash can’t deal with the consequences. That is until someone saves her, and changes her life. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117519047954714058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-73355351079262683282012-10-15T17:09:21.942-04:002012-10-15T17:09:21.942-04:00Name: Lauren McKellar
Email: laurenmckellar [at] g...Name: Lauren McKellar<br />Email: laurenmckellar [at] gmail.com<br />Country of residence: Australia<br />Title: LOSING IT<br />Genre: YA Contemporary<br />Word count: 58,000<br />Pitch: When 17 year-old Amy’s mother dies from an overdose, she’s sent to live in a seaside town with her Aunt. Unable to cope with her grief and the local bullying, Amy goes into self-destruct mode: drinking, partying and giving everything she has to the wrong guy. It’s time for Amy to snap out of it; she needs to stop her boozing and face her problems before it’s too late.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-24516397618927298052012-10-15T17:01:49.356-04:002012-10-15T17:01:49.356-04:00Name: Benjamin Chiles
Email: storymultiverse [at] ...Name: Benjamin Chiles<br />Email: storymultiverse [at] g mail . com<br />Country of residence: United States<br />Title: TIMES NONE<br />Genre: YA fantasy<br />Word-count: 86,000<br />Pitch: Amanda Leonard has a clock inside her head counting down to the end of the world. No one else knows, not even the four uncles that raised her after her mom died. She feels powerless until she learns that she has the ability to change the future, to avert doomsday-- but to do so she will have to sacrifice either her life, or the only family she has ever known. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-7555555218319793562012-10-15T16:51:56.126-04:002012-10-15T16:51:56.126-04:00Name: Larissa Hardesty
Email: lchardesty at yahoo...Name: Larissa Hardesty<br /><br />Email: lchardesty at yahoo dot com<br /><br />Country of residence: USA<br /><br />Title: THAT SUCCS<br /><br />Genre: Urban Fantasy<br /><br />Word-count: 50,000<br /><br />Pitch: When Emmy Duivel puts her first date in the hospital—with a kiss—her mother tells her the devastating truth: she’s a succubus and she must take one human life a month for the rest of her life. Refusing to accept her role as a killer, she puts her trust in classmate (and crush) Paul. They’ll either find a way to get her out of killing, or be killed trying.<br />Larissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08874147599272424056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-37188051589268905942012-10-15T14:39:34.177-04:002012-10-15T14:39:34.177-04:00Name: Randi Hacker
Email: randi.hacker1[at] gmail....Name: Randi Hacker<br />Email: randi.hacker1[at] gmail.com<br />Country of residence: USA<br />Title: Close Call<br />Word count: 49.123<br />Pitch: Welcome to New Thankston, city of gratitude, where computers are forbidden, where protective gear must be worn even to sleep, where survival is legislated and death is outlawed and where 18-year-old Jerejef Dankuwel is determined to get his risk on no matter what the cost.randi.hacker1https://www.blogger.com/profile/08121111419641454843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-16006697825466291692012-10-15T13:12:05.787-04:002012-10-15T13:12:05.787-04:00Name: Kathleen Bullock ...Name: Kathleen Bullock Email: kmbullock@mind.net<br />Country of residence: USA Title: DreamHoppers Genre: Fantasy Fiction<br />Word-count: 61,500<br />Pitch: Loner Alex suddenly finds himself sharing the same dream night after night with four teens he's never met before. After harrowing encounters with mysterious assassins who are ruthlessly pursuing the youngest of them, a mere boy—beautiful Leila admits that Alex has a rare gift—the ability to step into another person’s dream, and change it. A Dreamhopper. <br />But Alex struggles; is this real, or all in his head?<br />kathleen Bullockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03424778595760131296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-72305350535245633112012-10-15T12:14:20.863-04:002012-10-15T12:14:20.863-04:00Name: Kevin Winn
Email: kpwinn(at)gmail(dot)com
Co...Name: Kevin Winn<br />Email: kpwinn(at)gmail(dot)com<br />Country of residence: USA<br />Title: The Citadel<br />Genre: Dystopia<br />Word count: 74,000<br />Pitch: Quinn suspects that he is murdering the citizens of Sulta. But he isn't entirely sure. After all, he is just following orders from the Citadel. And the Citadel is flawless. When he is assigned to become a Citadel spy, Quinn's life becomes complicated. After he reports the dissidents of Sulta, they vanish. But where do they go? This question constantly haunts Quinn, and he is determined to find the answer.kpwinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18169958859730177190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-27661918971456626042012-10-15T12:05:26.949-04:002012-10-15T12:05:26.949-04:00Name: Kimberly Welchons
Email: Kim(dot)Welchons(at...Name: Kimberly Welchons<br />Email: Kim(dot)Welchons(at)mac(dot)com<br />Country of residence: USA<br />Title: TATTERED SEA<br />Genre: Paranormal Romance<br />Word-count: 61,000<br />Pitch: Cassie MacKinnon has given up hope of ever returning to the sea. Her magic coat that allows her to turn from human to seal was destroyed when she washed ashore seven years ago, and she's settled for a quiet life in the island town of Ladhar Da Dia working as a healer. Tucked away in her lighthouse, Cassie's only healthy visitors include her one friend on the island, Collins, and his younger brother. That is, until a stranger washes up, bloodied and bruised, wearing exactly what she needs to get back to the water: a silkie coat.<br />icountwordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03966778601382808750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-55606960585526621042012-10-15T12:00:04.071-04:002012-10-15T12:00:04.071-04:00Name: Ariel Miller
Email: arieljking(at)yahoo(dot)...Name: Ariel Miller<br />Email: arieljking(at)yahoo(dot)com<br />Country of Residence: USA<br />Title: MINDSIGHT<br />Genre: YA Thriller/Fantasy<br />Word Count: 95,000<br /><br />Pitch: Seventeen-year-old Shilah can see the future - only the future she sees is her own murder. In search for answers, she discovers she is the missing link to a formula responsible for creating her ability. In order to keep the formula from a powerful company, she must destroy it, even if it means facing her murderer<br />Millershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09621507760480706316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-74553705138628111632012-10-15T11:34:59.139-04:002012-10-15T11:34:59.139-04:00Name: Rucy Ban
Email: ruchibanerjee(at)gmail(dot)...Name: Rucy Ban<br /><br />Email: ruchibanerjee(at)gmail(dot)com<br /><br />Country of residence: Brazil<br /><br />Title: The Smartest Boy In The World<br /><br />Genre: YA Romantic Thriller<br /><br />Word-count: 58,000 words<br /><br />Pitch: <br />Much like every other 16-year-old pimple buster, Mayte was born with a bucketload of dreams but till now her life has centered around three hydra-headed buildings, an age-old tree and a whole lot of drudgery. Then Mayte gets a chance to accompany her mother for a covert research project into the Amazon. There she discovers a house full of wonders from the previous century and a tall, black-booted boy to whom they all belong. Dani shows her the plant whose enzyme could be mankind’s best discovery, the sweetness of a languorous kiss and a secret that will challenge everything Mayte has ever known. Ruchihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07112323874203743599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-82036306735148445322012-10-15T08:35:49.383-04:002012-10-15T08:35:49.383-04:00Name: Jessica Harvey
Email: harveyjek(at)my(dot)cc...Name: Jessica Harvey<br />Email: harveyjek(at)my(dot)ccsu(dot)edu<br />Country of residence: USA<br />Title: Never the Hero<br />Genre: YA Contemporary Fantasy<br />Word-count: 60,000 words<br />Pitch: For years, nineteen-year-old Krystin was told she'd team up with her true love, Shawn, to prevent Armageddon. Her actions, stemming from her disbelief of it, almost killed him. With allies and foes swapping masks to raise evil, Krystin now has no choice but to believe in her destiny. Unfortunately for her, that means forcing a reunion with Shawn and deciding what’s worth risking to keep war from obliterating their world.<br />Jessica Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03561565320575810160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-22261623424527224382012-10-15T08:20:41.922-04:002012-10-15T08:20:41.922-04:00Name: Christina Booth
Email: potatomusic(@)hotmail...Name: Christina Booth<br />Email: potatomusic(@)hotmail.com<br /><br />Country of residence: Australia<br /><br />Title: If You Catch A Tiger<br /><br />Genre: YA Adventure/Mystery<br /><br />Word Count: 55,480<br /><br />Pitch: The discovery of the Tasmanian tiger would open Pandora's Box. Do they exist? What if they were exposed? What conspiracies would it uncover? <br />Decisions have to be made by a teenager when he discovers life changing information about his family and the Loch Ness of the Australian bush. Should he reveal his findings or leave well enough alone? Is it true or is it fiction? Only you can decide.<br />Christina Boothhttp://www.christinabooth.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-7760355571088171242012-10-15T08:06:11.769-04:002012-10-15T08:06:11.769-04:00Name: Jenna Wallace
Email: jennawallace1 (a) gmail...Name: Jenna Wallace<br />Email: jennawallace1 (a) gmail (dot) com<br />Country of residence: US<br />Title: SOMNILOQUY<br />Genre: Supernatural<br />Word-count: 67,000<br />Pitch: Soon after moving to Heraldsgreen House, Abby starts dictating a story in her sleep. Weirder still, she’s using language from 200 years ago. Abby must find out what the story is and why she is telling it. If she can’t prove that it is something in the house – and not in her head – causing her strange actions, they’re leaving Heraldsgreen and she’ll will lose both the house and the boy she loves.<br />Jenna Wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07692412455035738762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-20287022492314254622012-10-15T07:51:08.837-04:002012-10-15T07:51:08.837-04:00Name: Dee White
Email: Dee [@ ] deescribe.com.a...Name: Dee White<br /><br />Email: Dee [@ ] deescribe.com.au<br /><br />Country of residence: Australia<br /><br />Title: HATING RIC<br /><br />Genre: Realistic Verse<br /><br />Word Count: 35,000<br /><br />Pitch: 17-year-old musician, Ric is on a downward spiral after his brother Jason's death. Then he crashes Jason's car and injures gifted athlete Kate. <br />Ric ends up in juvie where the bully wants his scalp from day one. Music and Kate, the person who hates him most, are the only things that might help Ric face the past, survive juvie, and veer him off the path of self-destruction.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-36366405727112507452012-10-15T07:47:30.666-04:002012-10-15T07:47:30.666-04:00Name: Dee White
Email: Dee [@] deescribe.com.au...Name: Dee White<br /><br />Email: Dee [@] deescribe.com.au<br /><br />Country of residence: Australia<br /><br />Title: GAME ON<br /><br />Genre: Realistic Survival/Adventure<br /><br />Word Count: 55,000<br /><br />Pitch: 16-year-old Jack would rather be home playing video games than trekking through the Australian wilderness on some boring family holiday. Then a devastating camel accident leaves him and his sister alone, confronting the full force of nature.<br />Jack has conquered crocodiles, deadly snakes and starvation in his video game, Crocodile Run. But will "virtual" skills be enough to save Jack and his family from these adversaries in the real world?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-77221435129494727062012-10-15T06:16:39.244-04:002012-10-15T06:16:39.244-04:00Name: Bren MacDibble
Email: bren@macdibble.com
Cou...Name: Bren MacDibble<br />Email: bren@macdibble.com<br />Country of Residence: Australia<br />Title: All Aboard for Muumuuland<br />Genre: YA Paranormal Fiction<br />Word Count: 45,000<br /><br />Anthea feels isolated. As much as she loves her squalid trainwreck of a family of nine, she believes the evil within her will harm them. It doesn’t help that at just 15 she is the most responsible person in her family. When Anthea meets a psychic, the reading slides into disaster, and her family is threatened. Can she save them? Or is she the problem?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-67454334160310733042012-10-15T05:48:30.018-04:002012-10-15T05:48:30.018-04:00Name: C. Isabel Bandeira
Email: c(dot)isabel(dot)b...Name: C. Isabel Bandeira<br />Email: c(dot)isabel(dot)bandeira(at)gmail(dot)com<br />Country of residence: USA<br />Title: The Desired<br />Genre: Contemporary Fantasy<br />Word-count: 72,000<br />Pitch: There is a place beyond time where people, like Rip Van Winkle and King Arthur, have become trapped for hours, centuries, or millennia. When a lost king asks Sara to save him from this time prison, she has to choose between helping him or believing her best friend, Jer, who was born to guard our world against the imprisoned.<br />Issyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272961878872005524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4997511604626000850.post-90783948027073402112012-10-15T05:41:31.382-04:002012-10-15T05:41:31.382-04:00Name: Sally Heinrich
Email: sally@sallyheinrich.co...Name: Sally Heinrich<br />Email: sally@sallyheinrich.com<br />Country of residence: Australia<br />Title: The Red Thread<br />Genre: YA Fiction<br />Word-count: 77,500<br />Pitch: Forbidden lovers meet deep in a mineshaft. Xueyou is banished to a land of ghosts and red-haired devils searching for gold. Eithne crosses the ocean chasing dreams. A century later, Sophie leaves Singapore for Australia and her world falls apart. <br />The Old Man of the Moon binds hearts together, with invisible red thread, linking friend and foe across space and time.<br />Was this what drew them all to Pine Creek?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com