tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post2592052761159238681..comments2024-03-28T11:13:36.211+01:00Comments on We Do Write: The Three Two One Pitch Contest!Dorothy Dreyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359417869474783409noreply@blogger.comBlogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-4382823023313911022012-06-09T04:52:51.555+02:002012-06-09T04:52:51.555+02:00Margo Rowder
margorowder@gmail.com
THIRTY DECIBEL...Margo Rowder<br />margorowder@gmail.com<br /><br />THIRTY DECIBELS<br /><br />Futuristic YA Thriller<br />70,000 words<br /><br />According to the Whisper Rules, the candle on Ava’s fifteenth birthday cake should decide whether she’s a Whisperer or a Leader – but she won’t let some fairytale tradition control her future. Even though the Rules have kept the world peaceful and low-tech since the Great Scream killed half the world, Ava decides to choose her own fate. But when her mother’s high-powered politico boss plans to punish the meek in unspeakable new ways, she realizes her true Leadership and takes a stand in front of thousands – perhaps even the world.Margo Rowderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13894653672801960682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-23544543369895810982012-06-09T02:10:14.153+02:002012-06-09T02:10:14.153+02:00Brinda Berry
Brinda [at]brindaberry [dot]com
Titl...Brinda Berry <br />Brinda [at]brindaberry [dot]com<br />Title: Lucky<br />Line: Teen/New Adult<br />Word Count: approx. 55,000 words <br /><br />Blurb:<br />When Abby survives 9/11 as a child, she doesn't realize that she's been given a gift that allows her to sacrifice her own life to prevent death for those around her. Newly hired bodyguard Ace joins Abby in uncovering a prophesy and finds himself with the almost impossible task of keeping Abby alive. Mysterious nested boxes imprinted with a code lead to events that prove Abby's safety will only get people killed.Brindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09809660700359597836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-81413916841254380912012-06-09T00:28:22.537+02:002012-06-09T00:28:22.537+02:00Barbara Josselsohn
barbara.josselsohn@gmail.com
SE...Barbara Josselsohn<br />barbara.josselsohn@gmail.com<br />SEVEN WORDS<br />MG<br />45,000 words<br /><br />With her parents splitting up, her father moving away, and her best friends heading off to camp, Cara <br />is facing the worst summer ever. The only bright spot in her miserable life is her 92-year-old great-aunt Cookie, a former movie star who left home when she just sixteen to follow her dreams. Cara loves hearing Cookie's stories about running away to Hollywood and becoming Fred Astaire's first dancing partner -- but when Cookie falls ill, Cara quickly realizes that it's her turn to comb the past for answers.Barbara Josselsohnhttp://justanotherworkingwriter.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-84428698879333146102012-06-09T00:14:11.097+02:002012-06-09T00:14:11.097+02:00Name: Talynn Lynn
email:inkinthebook@gmail.com
Tit...Name: Talynn Lynn<br />email:inkinthebook@gmail.com<br />Title: The Right of Redemption<br />Genre: Historical Fiction<br />Word Count: 80,000<br /><br />He killed her husband right in front of her eyes, but somehow Alura still fell in love with him.<br /><br />Terious knows he will pay a steep price for rescuing Alura and sparing her life, yet he can't resist the desire to be near her touch.<br /><br />Now, he must save her from the brothel ship before she is gone forever.Ink in the Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03117718811407968345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-57889793600094923032012-06-08T22:30:29.196+02:002012-06-08T22:30:29.196+02:00Heather Hawke
hawke AT sonic DOT net
RAVEN'S W...Heather Hawke<br />hawke AT sonic DOT net<br />RAVEN'S WING<br />YA fantasy w/ SF elements<br />105,000 words<br /><br />Raven and her two sisters are born to a life of privilege, but when a corrupt king finds out her family harbors a forbidden autistic son, he strips them of power and tries to force the sisters to secretly bear his heirs. Raven manages to escape with her brother, joins the rebels and learns to pilot a glider to spy out her enemy’s plans. Only when she is shot down and eludes the king’s clutches once again does Raven discover how to stage a coup in the heart of the king’s temple, but to succeed she must sacrifice the one person she vowed to protect.Heather Hawkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16098673743504191567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-82948999998844480442012-06-08T22:24:51.308+02:002012-06-08T22:24:51.308+02:00M.L. Riggins
livefrom.mywriterscave@gmail.com
VERT...M.L. Riggins<br />livefrom.mywriterscave@gmail.com<br />VERTEUX<br />Science Fiction <br />92,000 words<br /><br />Ever since her days in pigtails and pink tennis shoes, Runner has been in love with the blue-eyed guy walking her dreams at night—her signal mate—but awake, she never finds him. <br /> <br />When the labs learn how to hunt down the signal mates during the privatized intelligence lab boom, having an astoundingly wired brain with synchronous abilities makes her a wanted specimen, so Runner does what she does best—she runs.<br /> <br />With a bullet in her shoulder, blood spilling down her sides, she wakes up in the arms of a police detective, one with familiar blue eyes, and a descent as otherworldly as her own.Mel Rigginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03027428196953393218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-57697290052808820432012-06-08T21:11:22.533+02:002012-06-08T21:11:22.533+02:00DiDi Hendley
contactdidi - gmailcom
Whirlwind Lo...DiDi Hendley <br />contactdidi - gmailcom<br /><b>Whirlwind Love</b><br />Upmarket Women’s Fiction<br />75K<br /><br />Libby's dream of photographing hot air balloons launched over the Grand Canyon is well on its way to becoming a reality, when an impulsive detour to a TBK concert threatens her plans. Just two years after Joe and Chuck King, The Brothers King, achieve a pinnacle of music success, Joe’s world crashes around him as bad management runs his band into the ground. An impulsive encounter ripples into a whirlwind love affair that ends in a tempest for Libby, Joe and Chuck.DiDihttp://www.whirlwindlove.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-58937164876458271052012-06-08T20:41:48.770+02:002012-06-08T20:41:48.770+02:00Name: Suzan Headley
Email: suzanheadley@gmail.c...Name: Suzan Headley<br />Email: suzanheadley@gmail.com<br />Title: Waiting For Someday<br />Genre: Women’s Fiction<br />Word count: 90K<br /><br />Thirty-eight-year-old Valene Del Monaco is determined never to revisit her troubled past, but everything changes when she receives a cryptic invitation from her former best friend, Allyson. <br /><br />Uncertain of Allyson’s motives after a 22-year estrangement, Valene returns to California in hopes of rekindling their friendship only to discover that Allyson is dying. <br /><br />WAITING FOR SOMEDAY intertwines the stories of two women whose friendship comes full circle, and even with the darkest cloud looming, Allyson hopes to prove to Valene that silver linings really do exist.Suzan Teall Headleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508182507802493532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-73908600646320340972012-06-08T20:37:51.724+02:002012-06-08T20:37:51.724+02:00Name: Talynn Lynn
email:inkinthebook@gmail.com
Tit...Name: Talynn Lynn<br />email:inkinthebook@gmail.com<br />Title: Only One Time<br />Genre: Ya Paranormal Suspense<br />Word Count: 55,000<br /><br />River Morgan’s petite, pink-haired and not quite twenty, but she has already mastered the art of how to erase a memory from those who are haunted by their past. <br /><br />Every Taker in the town of Ravyn craves this unexplored and little-known power, but River is dead set on protecting it. <br /><br />When River suddenly begins to loose her identity, she must risk connecting with the underground, playing fire with an ancient relic using her against her will and a lover who thinks she might be better off dead.Ink in the Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03117718811407968345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-48096290612540511642012-06-08T20:27:18.856+02:002012-06-08T20:27:18.856+02:00Stephen Spain, camspain@charter.net
The Gray Line
...Stephen Spain, camspain@charter.net<br />The Gray Line<br />Thriller/Dark Contemporary<br />118,000 words<br /><br />Trent Argent is in way over his head, and he is dragging Gayle Forris into the deep water with him. An Afghan nomad seeking the Islamic Messiah is plotting the destruction of Boston and has forged an alliance with members of a white supremacist group and a CIA official who believes that the biblical Rapture is imminent. Trent and Gayle must contend with allies who are as treacherous as their enemies as they race from a warlord’s prison in Kandahar to the streets around Fenway Park in an improbable quest to disrupt the Armageddon dreams of the nomad and the spymaster.Stephen Spainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-20065466631411632112012-06-08T18:39:32.463+02:002012-06-08T18:39:32.463+02:00Pen name: Carrie-Anne Brownian
E-mail: CarrieAnn...Pen name: Carrie-Anne Brownian<br />E-mail: CarrieAnne79 (at) yahoo (dot) com<br />Title: And Jakob Flew the Fiend Away<br />Genre: Upper YA historical fiction/Bildungsroman<br />Word count: 120,000<br /><br />Pitch: Jakob DeJonghe plots revenge and puts an iron wall around his heart when the Nazis coerce his father into suicide and his little sister mysteriously disappears. In spite of suffering a serious injury when he escapes from a death train, he remains determined to join the Dutch Resistance, find his father’s murderers, and free his homeland. But Jakob never expects to meet Rachel Roggenfelder, who slowly melts the wall around his heart and makes him re-examine his ideas about what the best revenge really is.Carrie-Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810154378449825641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-2507006067562339232012-06-08T18:35:48.465+02:002012-06-08T18:35:48.465+02:00Pen name: Carrie-Anne Brownian
E-mail: CarrieAnne...Pen name: Carrie-Anne Brownian<br />E-mail: CarrieAnne79 (at) yahoo (dot) com<br />Title: The Very First<br />Genre: Lower YA historical fiction/literary fiction<br />Word count: 60,000<br /><br />Pitch: When Katherine Brandt, newly nicknamed Sparky, comes to America in 1938, her dearest wish is to become a real American girl, a goal she hopes to achieve under the mentoring of her new best friend Cinnimin Filliard. Sparky will do almost anything, as she navigates her way through American life, to become a real American girl and stop giving herself away as a greenhorn—except compromise her Jewish faith. And as much as Cinni tries to tempt Sparky into doing things like wearing shorter skirts and not being so strict about kosher, Cinni comes to learn that there's more than one right way to be a real American.Carrie-Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810154378449825641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-859543407816401442012-06-08T18:31:44.675+02:002012-06-08T18:31:44.675+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.Carrie-Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810154378449825641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-37782309153523865622012-06-08T17:56:02.023+02:002012-06-08T17:56:02.023+02:00Tamalyn E Scott
tamalynscott@hotmail.com
Gracey
Hi...Tamalyn E Scott<br />tamalynscott@hotmail.com<br />Gracey<br />Historical Romance/Post Apocalyptic <br />250,000<br /><br />Five hundred years after 'The Great War of 2021', the world entered a new beginning with a new government and military, including a special number of men, whose identity is unknown and protected, took an oath to give their lives to guard secrets from the past enforcing the instant judgment of death upon anyone trying to gain any of the information used to nearly annihilate the world's population.<br />From 'chasing chickens' in the dusty dry Territory of Texas, to a beautiful plush city of the north, through Gracey's eyes, you will see that Gracey's life would never be the same after receiving an invitation to visit her lifelong friend Emily, whom five years earlier, had been whisked away after she married Vincent Stanford.<br />Upon arriving in the big city of Wellington, Gracey's world changes from the very moment she enters the Grand Hotel 'bumping' into the very large and handsome Ethan Manning towering over her and gazing down at her with the strangest eyes she had ever seen, who's smile instantly made her thoughts scatter…as yours will when you experience along with Gracey, the journey of feeling all she feels and find out that what you see, isn't always what you think you see and that fairytales of Lords and Knights are only a legend…or are they?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08218482762638901788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-65481354449553375262012-06-08T17:55:14.830+02:002012-06-08T17:55:14.830+02:00Tamalyn E Scott
tamalynscott@hotmail.com
Gracey
Hi...Tamalyn E Scott<br />tamalynscott@hotmail.com<br />Gracey<br />Historical Romance/Post Apocalyptic <br />250,000<br /><br />Five hundred years after 'The Great War of 2021', the world entered a new beginning with a new government and military, including a special number of men, whose identity is unknown and protected, took an oath to give their lives to guard secrets from the past enforcing the instant judgment of death upon anyone trying to gain any of the information used to nearly annihilate the world's population.<br />From 'chasing chickens' in the dusty dry Territory of Texas, to a beautiful plush city of the north, through Gracey's eyes, you will see that Gracey's life would never be the same after receiving an invitation to visit her lifelong friend Emily, whom five years earlier, had been whisked away after she married Vincent Stanford.<br />Upon arriving in the big city of Wellington, Gracey's world changes from the very moment she enters the Grand Hotel 'bumping' into the very large and handsome Ethan Manning towering over her and gazing down at her with the strangest eyes she had ever seen, who's smile instantly made her thoughts scatter…as yours will when you experience along with Gracey, the journey of feeling all she feels and find out that what you see, isn't always what you think you see and that fairytales of Lords and Knights are only a legend…or are they?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08218482762638901788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-46989541221145374152012-06-08T14:57:16.471+02:002012-06-08T14:57:16.471+02:00Lisa Medaglia (pseudonym: Eden Dalia)
eden.dalia@g...Lisa Medaglia (pseudonym: Eden Dalia)<br />eden.dalia@gmail.com<br />CANDYFLIP<br />Contemporary Fiction with romantic elements<br />75, 000 words<br /><br />The rules of exclusivity obscure when Lilly and her bisexual roommate Robbie venture into a relationship where both seek relief from past tragedies. Drawn to the surreal euphoria of the mid-nineties rave scene, drugs prove a deficient remedy until a night of the usual debauchery turns deadly for Robbie’s sister Jen and forces him to reveal their family’s horrible secret. Robbie worshipper Brandon supports the grieving couple and after their threesome convinces Lilly it is possible to love more than one person, problem is they both love Robbie more which wreaks havoc on the chemistry that fuels their defective lives.Eden Daliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13018035548246869234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-42703804318474204002012-06-08T12:15:03.898+02:002012-06-08T12:15:03.898+02:00Sophia Chang
sophiathewriter at gmail dot com
YEST...Sophia Chang<br />sophiathewriter at gmail dot com<br />YESTERSEER<br />YA Multicultural Fantasy<br />82,000 words<br /><br />17-year-old Serebat is her family's shame: caught with her sister’s husband. But she wasn't having an affair - much worse. Serebat is a Yesterseer who can see memories, including the truth about the Conqueror that rules her land.Sophia Changhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946233873722107937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-26843311311277797572012-06-08T12:04:25.291+02:002012-06-08T12:04:25.291+02:00Name: Bethany Smith
Email: bethsmith (AT) live (DO...Name: Bethany Smith<br />Email: bethsmith (AT) live (DOT) com (DOT) au <br />Title: RESTLESS<br />Genre: YA ghost story<br />Word count: 89,000<br /><br />When Reuben Hall was eleven he killed a girl, and he’s been haunted ever since. Now eighteen, Reuben is tired of being a surrogate father to the little ghost girl, and he has one last plan to make her rest in peace. But when his sister, Imogen, is targeted by a vengeful spirit, Reuben realizes his ghost may be the only thing standing between Imogen and eternal sleep.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15193922965031219401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-20708520023290762732012-06-08T08:23:19.834+02:002012-06-08T08:23:19.834+02:00Name:Chessny Silth
Email:Chessny@gmail.com
Title:T...Name:Chessny Silth<br />Email:Chessny@gmail.com<br />Title:THE LOST ELEMENTAL LORDS<br />Genre:YA fantasy<br />Word Count:81,000 <br /><br />The Pitch:<br />Cayla, an inmate at a mental institution, suddenly finds herself in the fantasy world she claimed she belonged to. Four Elemental Lords make up the foundation of this dimension, called the in-between, and under the cover of a massive killing spree - they are stolen. Cayla is told she is their last and only hope, as she is a Finder, and together with her sworn protector; they set out into the unknown world to track them, before it’s too late.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-6423455898711271022012-06-08T07:40:08.576+02:002012-06-08T07:40:08.576+02:00Emily Cushing
emcush(at)hotmail(dot)com
RACE TO BU...Emily Cushing<br />emcush(at)hotmail(dot)com<br />RACE TO BUTCH CASSIDY'S GOLD<br />MG Mystery<br />41,500 words<br /><br />Twelve-year-old Maggie McCoy wants to be brave, but she’s not. Now she and her fearless cousin Jake have stumbled upon century-old clues leading to gold coins hidden by Butch Cassidy—farm boy turned infamous bank robber of the Wild West. The clock is ticking as the young sleuths, along with their quirky Grandpa Jim, race across Utah in a beat-up motor home to outsmart a dangerous thief and save a ranch for troubled youth from closing its doors forever.Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12668397125356949829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-90344311197234063912012-06-08T06:06:01.242+02:002012-06-08T06:06:01.242+02:00Ashley Bazer
ashley.bazer@aol.com
Outlaw
Science-f...Ashley Bazer<br />ashley.bazer@aol.com<br />Outlaw<br />Science-fiction<br />88,901 words<br /><br />Britt Lockhart is an ill-reputed scoundrel; Cole and Laney Rose are wards of the Progressive Legacy. Frightening events cause their worlds to collide and lifelong friendships are formed. Together, they infiltrate the highest echelons of the Legacy, hurting the organization from deep within, but when a mission goes wrong and leaves Laney with a life-altering complication, Britt is forced to rethink their options.The Duchesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350629644025950003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-54754768608204979332012-06-08T05:57:56.058+02:002012-06-08T05:57:56.058+02:00Ashley Bazer
ashley.bazer@aol.com
Asylum
Science-f...Ashley Bazer<br />ashley.bazer@aol.com<br />Asylum<br />Science-fiction<br />92,115 words<br /><br />Newly-wedded Chase Leighton is a captain in the ranks of the Ghosts, a small band of people working toward freedom from the iron-handed Progressive Legacy, the ruling faction of the Circeae System. When his wife Trista goes missing, Chase and his men follow a trail that leads to imprisonment onboard a space facility for the criminally insane. Several months of intensive, brutal therapy trigger Chase to revolt against the doctors and take control of the ship, leading him to encounter a very different Trista – who now calls herself Krissa.The Duchesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350629644025950003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-25616866082626559412012-06-08T05:56:21.322+02:002012-06-08T05:56:21.322+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.The Duchesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350629644025950003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-21648183749855873922012-06-08T05:53:43.231+02:002012-06-08T05:53:43.231+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.The Duchesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350629644025950003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-46937959593817192602012-06-08T05:44:38.602+02:002012-06-08T05:44:38.602+02:00Rene Mullen
rene.mullen@gmail.com
The Unpeople
Dar...Rene Mullen<br />rene.mullen@gmail.com<br />The Unpeople<br />Darker Contemporary Fiction<br />70,000 words<br /><br />With a background in Sign Language, Dr. Helen Collins becomes the voice for those no longer able to speak for themselves. However, when authorities conclude Collins is among the infected undead, she is hunted down while she fights for the simple right to exist. Collins searches for humanity in a world rejecting hers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11757938238313247657noreply@blogger.com