tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post1226689826934959198..comments2024-03-28T11:13:36.211+01:00Comments on We Do Write: Three Two One Pitch Contest Official Entry PostDorothy Dreyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359417869474783409noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-53367694208755058442013-07-27T04:32:29.001+02:002013-07-27T04:32:29.001+02:00Joan He
joanart6 (at) gmail (dot) com
YA light sci...Joan He<br />joanart6 (at) gmail (dot) com<br />YA light scifi: INGENICIDE<br />65k<br /><br />In the year 2089, education has been reinvented; prodigies run rampant in every imaginable work field. Before the "Genocide," a violent movement designed by Normals to topple the meritocracy, sparked in the US, 16 year old Sibyl Kenschild only wanted to be a Space Manipulator and design rooms that evoked the deepest stirrings of human emotion. But when the the bullets go off at the post-graduation dance, she realizes that it'll take not a Space Manipulator, nor a prodigy, but a traitor to survive.Joan Hehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14241547000296152599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-39604506980043970602013-07-27T03:25:28.729+02:002013-07-27T03:25:28.729+02:00Kim Beck
kimbeck1(at)gmail(dot)com
THE INTERPRETER...Kim Beck<br />kimbeck1(at)gmail(dot)com<br />THE INTERPRETERS<br />YA Thriller<br />85K<br /><br />Fifteen-year-old Lily can't read minds like the Interpreters, nor can she keep them from probing into her head like the Blockers. So why would convicted murderer Sergio ask Lily to help him escape? Because she knows the best hiding spots in New York City, especially the ones that are off-limits.Kim Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00057503847109173026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-30916871716137708102013-07-27T03:08:55.051+02:002013-07-27T03:08:55.051+02:00Rosie Pova
rosie.pova(at)yahoo(dot)com
HOLLY HART ...Rosie Pova<br />rosie.pova(at)yahoo(dot)com<br />HOLLY HART AND HER MISCHIEVOUS PAL FROM OUTER SPACE<br />MG sci-fi<br />43,000<br /><br />Fourth-grader Holly Hart is a prankster on the brink of losing her birthday party, because her parents do not respond appropriately to her cries for attention and misinterpret her fun-loving nature as being irresponsible. Holly feels misunderstood and alienated until a mischievous alien moves in with her, living secretly in her closet. With two pranksters under one roof the mess is bigger than ever, but is it too late for Holly to save her birthday and her friendship, especially when it turns out she’s not the only one holding a secret?Rosie J. Povahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07836166248380038188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-81381037143051293952013-07-27T02:42:45.176+02:002013-07-27T02:42:45.176+02:00Ammy Hall
writer (dot) designer (dot) 2 (at) gmail...Ammy Hall<br />writer (dot) designer (dot) 2 (at) gmail (dot) com<br />DEAD PEOPLE CAN'T SING<br />YA Paranormal<br />64,000<br /><br />Newcomers aren’t allowed to participate in the music program but AmyLyn isn’t the average newcomer. A star in life, an outcast in death, now living in an abandoned mortuary, she’s determined to end the prejudice. Lindsay McKennan stands in her way, yet AmyLyn has one secret advantage: connections with a rock star from by-gone years willing to kill for center stage, in this YA Nashville, a la the underworld. <br />ammynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-4748585528546873502013-07-26T23:41:17.528+02:002013-07-26T23:41:17.528+02:00Linda Coy-Elmore
lcoyelmore (at) gmail (dot) com
T...Linda Coy-Elmore<br />lcoyelmore (at) gmail (dot) com<br />THE UNDEAD<br />YA Paranormal<br />84,000<br /><br /><br />Sixteen-year-old Lyla Grimm can’t ditch her freak label at Martin High thanks to her family’s funeral business, but she’s too busy dodging reanimated corpses to worry about her reputation. Her newfound ability to raise the dead does more than wreck havoc on her friends and family, it draws the interest of the Grim Reaper, whose dark eyes and drop-dead looks threaten more than her safety.<br />When he offers to free her from the burden of the undead, Lyla must choose between life and death… catch is, it’s not her own.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03078828848160308047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-46904586893377652652013-07-26T22:54:09.910+02:002013-07-26T22:54:09.910+02:00Wendy Parris
parris@ameritech.net
GHOST FARM
MG My...Wendy Parris<br />parris@ameritech.net<br />GHOST FARM<br />MG Mystery<br />34,000 words<br /><br />When twelve-year-old Rebecca ends up at her relatives' Iowa farm instead of at summer camp with her friends, she's sure she's in for a boring vacation. That is, until a one-eyed cat appears under her bed, her nightmares about a freaky storm intensify, and a shadowy figure starts stalking her every move. Determined to find out what's going on, Rebecca follows ghostly whispers into her uncle's off-limits attic and discovers a stash of mysterious letters—which she uses to uncover a tragic family secret.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12738105796551420639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-82542561707251964992013-07-26T21:47:46.522+02:002013-07-26T21:47:46.522+02:00Linda Jackson, jackson35015@bellsouth.net
FROM STA...Linda Jackson, jackson35015@bellsouth.net<br />FROM STACEY WITH LOVE<br />Contemporary Middle Grade<br />47,000<br /><br />When her beloved granny suddenly drops dead, thirteen-year-old Stacey Graham doesn't have time for grief. With her mother locked away in the state mental institution, Stacey is more concerned about who will take in her and her two younger siblings. Much to Stacey's disappointment, her uncle Percy, who lives in a funeral home, is the only family member willing to take them in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-69308435138751589362013-07-26T21:08:15.960+02:002013-07-26T21:08:15.960+02:00Joanna Ahleen
ahleen (dot) joanna (at) yahoo (dot)...Joanna Ahleen<br />ahleen (dot) joanna (at) yahoo (dot) com<br />SHADOWS<br />YA Paranormal Romance<br />78,000 words<br /><br />Samantha Bell is falling hard for her best friend Mark, but he’s in love with a ghost who has been dead over a century. Sam’s budding feelings for Mark are tested immediately as she is literally haunted by ghost girl-Kate who, according to a stupid prophesy, thinks Mark is destined to die and join her spirit-state very soon. To make matters worse, when Sam learns Kate isn’t the only ghost keeping an eye on her, Sam’s world shifts into something she isn’t sure she wants to be a part of: a world where ghosts aren’t merely harmless specters who slam doors and throw dishes. <br />Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00043208080484317737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-34721327212650593692013-07-26T20:39:06.461+02:002013-07-26T20:39:06.461+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.Liz Penneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13616005136130181910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-15407293167802030252013-07-26T19:31:46.791+02:002013-07-26T19:31:46.791+02:00Name: Mark McNulty
Email: mmcnulty (at) gmail (dot...Name: Mark McNulty<br />Email: mmcnulty (at) gmail (dot) com<br />Title: DYLAN BYRNES & THE SECRETS OF SALDANHA<br />Genre: MG Science Fiction / Fantasy<br />Word Count: 74,000<br /><br />In spite of a relentlessly protective mother, the unforgiving sea has come to claim the life of precocious Dylan Byrnes, just as it claimed his father and grandfather before him. This tragedy only reveals an unbelievable family legacy in the undersea Kingdom of Saldanha, however. In his struggle to accept his destiny and protect this new world, Dylan will learn that many forces lurk beneath the ocean’s waves… magic, mystery, love, and absolute evil.Mark McNultyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09010390151047945786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-46745448839091429502013-07-26T19:24:54.399+02:002013-07-26T19:24:54.399+02:00Name: Sarie B. Korf II
Email: sariekorfii (at) gma...Name: Sarie B. Korf II<br />Email: sariekorfii (at) gmail (dot) com<br />Title: HEROIC HEARTS <br />Genre: Upper MG Fantasy<br />Word Count: 88,000<br /><br />Pitch:<br /><br />Crown Prince Jarron is only thirteen, and the weight of his future position already burdens him. To save his kingdom from a threat his parents won't fully explain, Jarron agrees to marry a princess from an influential monarchy. But when terrorists storm the capital city right after his engagement, the new alliance is threatened and Jarron must defend his life, his kingdom, and his integrity.Sariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027919041922234289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-36172260134625756472013-07-26T19:21:26.555+02:002013-07-26T19:21:26.555+02:00Ella Schwartz
ella(at)ellaschwartz(dot)net
TEMPLE ...Ella Schwartz<br />ella(at)ellaschwartz(dot)net<br />TEMPLE FALLS<br />MG Fantasy<br />50,000 words<br /><br />An ousted princess. <br />A crippled commoner. <br />Together they must decipher why the gods are angry, stop the gods’ plagues, and save the kingdom that abandoned them—before they both lose their only remaining family.Ella Schwartzhttp://www.ellaschwartz.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-76862094102897465692013-07-26T18:44:33.521+02:002013-07-26T18:44:33.521+02:00Name: Kristin Van Risseghem
Email: kristinvanrisse...Name: Kristin Van Risseghem<br />Email: kristinvanrisseghem(at)msn(dot)com<br />Title: THE GUARDIAN<br />Category and Genre: YA Paranormal Romance<br />Word Count: 78,000<br /><br /><br />Evil has been allowed to run wild and unchecked on earth.<br /><br />Hidden for seventeen years, demon knights have chased Zoe and Kieran, her Guardian Angel, into a warehouse where they try to kill them to stop her from fulfilling The Prophesy, but Zoe is rescued by a mystery guy dressed in black, who turns out to have a special connection with her; meaning she could have found her soul mate, or so she thinks and hopes. With the help of Kieran, Shay, the cute mystery guy who turns out to be a nephilim, and her own ‘special powers’ they send the demons back to Hell…for now.Kristin Van Risseghemhttp://www.kristinvanrisseghem.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-13807949622674681812013-07-26T17:39:58.100+02:002013-07-26T17:39:58.100+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.Sariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027919041922234289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-37204864505144134102013-07-26T17:21:48.498+02:002013-07-26T17:21:48.498+02:00Miriam Caldwell
miriam (dot) caldwell (at) gmail (...Miriam Caldwell<br />miriam (dot) caldwell (at) gmail (dot) com<br />NIGHTFALLEN<br />YA Fantasy<br />72,000 words<br /><br />Lexy’s not the type of girl to stand by and watch a fight—after all she’s been training all of her life to fight the infected. In her world there are two simple rules: 1. Zombies are bad and 2. Werewolves are worse. But Lexy has to choose between following what her family has taught her or following Kaden, a werewolf, for a chance to save Jason the boy—I mean zombie of her dreams.<br />Mimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08685941102691667990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-33328281725199797242013-07-26T13:47:32.742+02:002013-07-26T13:47:32.742+02:00Erika David
e-jdavid(at)rogers(dot)com
THE BARRENS...Erika David<br />e-jdavid(at)rogers(dot)com<br />THE BARRENS<br />YA Sci-fi/Romance<br />97,000 words<br /><br />Niko Molozov takes pride in her work, tending to crops of cancer-busting blueberries in The Barrens, the subterranean bio-mine run by her father, but still, she can’t help wishing that saving lives didn’t have to cost her a life of her own. Then scientist Alec Perdue arrives with an unexpected addition--two teenage sons--and Niko thinks maybe her luck has changed. But the Perdues are hiding a sinister agenda, and if Niko doesn’t unravel the truth, it’ll be her own life she has to save.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-76204884638885390562013-07-26T05:22:54.285+02:002013-07-26T05:22:54.285+02:00Name: Dawn Allen
Email: dawnallen20(at)att(dot)n...Name: Dawn Allen <br />Email: dawnallen20(at)att(dot)net<br />THE GAP PROJECT<br />Sci-Fi<br />79,417 Words<br /><br />Ginny Carrera is seventeen when she gets the 411 that she’s genetically engineered to survive a nuclear aftermath. A U.S. senator – into trafficking “Genetically Altered Persons” – wants to sell her for parts, the government wants to ‘shut her down’, and a foreign dignitary is trying to recover his purchased property: her. With the lives of all the GAPs at risk, and with the help of friends, Toad and Mayo, she sets out to take down the senator and his crew of human engineers. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-8440851649451315152013-07-26T04:26:29.665+02:002013-07-26T04:26:29.665+02:00Name: Karyn Riddle
Email: karynriddle3(at)yahoo(do...Name: Karyn Riddle<br />Email: karynriddle3(at)yahoo(dot)com<br />Title: WHERE HEATHER WAS HIDING<br />Genre: YA Contemporary<br />Word Count: 80,000<br /><br /><br />After moving to California, sixteen-year-old Shayna finds herself playing the role of “that weird new girl.” What her classmates don’t know, however, is that she’s hiding a huge secret: her neighbor and new friend is actress Heather La Mére, only the most famous teenager on the planet. All Shayna has to do is tell NOBODY, which becomes increasingly difficult as she longs to impress a cute boy with gray eyes.<br />Karynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-82052453524845025572013-07-26T03:13:19.236+02:002013-07-26T03:13:19.236+02:00L. L. McKinney
Tangynt(at)ymail(dot)com
COVETED
YA...L. L. McKinney<br />Tangynt(at)ymail(dot)com<br />COVETED<br />YA Urban Fantasy<br />93,000<br /><br />When World War III breaks out dungeons and dragons style in downtown Kansas City, buildings crumble, black fire spreads, and gun-toting wizards rain down a shitstorm of bullet-riddled magic and mayhem. The wicked part, they’re fighting over seventeen-year-old Caleb Dunnelly, because they believe he can raise the dead. He can’t even keep a houseplant alive, and they expect him to grow <i>people</i>?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-13842951329457768462013-07-26T03:07:16.078+02:002013-07-26T03:07:16.078+02:00Scott B Robinson
info@ScottBRobinson.net
THE YOUN...Scott B Robinson<br />info@ScottBRobinson.net<br /><br />THE YOUNG FATE<br />YA literary speculative<br />39,000<br /><br />In this study of how we derive profoundest meaning from precisely that which is irrational in our ties with others, Yan, a preadolescent boy living in modern Bangkok, wakes to a world wherein his best friend has vanished from existence. While Yan at once contends with and indulges this and other recent surrealities, Mr. Torpong, who seems to merely float through life, gains and loses everything over the course of many years. Their mysteriously echoed lives intersect at the point when the man has almost nothing left to give, and the child stands at the threshold of becoming something wholly new.Scott B Robinsonhttp://scottbrobinson.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-59927523071240553512013-07-26T02:53:07.158+02:002013-07-26T02:53:07.158+02:00Jennie Booth
jennieb.writes (at) gmail (dot) com
...Jennie Booth<br />jennieb.writes (at) gmail (dot) com<br /><br />THE FIRST DROP<br />Contemporary Young Adult<br />57,500<br /><br />18-year old travel-obsessed Olive plans to spend the first slice of her summer working alongside her best friend, Vi, at the local amusement park. The long hours under the roasting sun at Lakeside Adventures will fund their dream-turned-reality trip to Spain in August. When Vi abruptly ditches their Spain plans for a prestigious art program, Olive’s thrown for a loop bigger than any of the roller coasters at Lakeside.Jennie Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08779467659853057354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-55219224543231869542013-07-26T00:26:51.400+02:002013-07-26T00:26:51.400+02:00Pete Catalano
billypayne@aol.com
BARELY IMAGINED ...Pete Catalano<br />billypayne@aol.com<br /><br />BARELY IMAGINED CREATURES<br />MG Urban Fantasy<br />46,000<br /><br />One night while chasing a hideous, well-muscled demon through the narrow, cobblestone snickelways, Rum accidentally discovers a monster killing ordinary children with extraordinary power and stealing their magic. After barely surviving his first encounter, Rum enlists the aid of H.G. Wells and his arsenal of mechanical wonders and steam-powered weapons to be better prepared the next time. Researching reports of monsters and missing children, Wells finds similar crimes have occurred every twenty years for the last century and together they must kill it before it disappears.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-54019853027456581492013-07-25T23:11:59.307+02:002013-07-25T23:11:59.307+02:00Pete Catalano
billypayne@aol.com
UNLIMITED WISHES...Pete Catalano<br />billypayne@aol.com<br /><br />UNLIMITED WISHES<br />MG magical realism<br />41,000<br /><br />Thirteen-year old Luke's new cell phone can grant wishes. But with autocorrect, even the simplest wish can have catastrophic consequences. Wishes . . . I thought you said Witches!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-25869196078486192902013-07-25T22:42:18.150+02:002013-07-25T22:42:18.150+02:00Mia K Rose
miakrose@gmail.com
DARKWEAVE
YA Fantas...Mia K Rose<br />miakrose@gmail.com<br /><br />DARKWEAVE<br />YA Fantasy<br />70,000<br /><br />With the Empire out to strip her magic, a seventeen-year-old dark witch must choose between saving her mother's life or her own.Mia K Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10559392161390047500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-55099017171623687282013-07-25T22:41:43.652+02:002013-07-25T22:41:43.652+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.Mia K Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10559392161390047500noreply@blogger.com