tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post33563037443967486..comments2024-03-28T11:13:36.211+01:00Comments on We Do Write: Official Entry Post for the Three Two One Pitch ContestDorothy Dreyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07359417869474783409noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-15093454866375919012012-11-17T06:28:16.357+01:002012-11-17T06:28:16.357+01:00Keely Dunn
keely at me dot com
The Only One
YA Con...Keely Dunn<br />keely at me dot com<br />The Only One<br />YA Contemporary<br />100,000 words<br /><br />Fourteen-year-old Shae Mackenna loses her mother, her school, her friends and her ice hockey team in one summer. When Shae moves to a small town to live with her distant father and struggles to fit in and make new friends, she seeks out the one thing that has always given her solace -- hockey. But Shae discovers her only chance to play is on an all-boys' team and must decide whether she will give in to the pressure to blend in to the crowd or take on all the doubters and fight for a place in the game she loves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-64969750929602699202012-11-17T05:53:27.281+01:002012-11-17T05:53:27.281+01:00Tif Johnson
Tif.johnson (@) gmail (.) com
STITCHES...Tif Johnson<br />Tif.johnson (@) gmail (.) com<br />STITCHES OF TRUTH<br />YA Contemporary Romance<br />67,000 words<br /><br />Seventeen-year-old Dena Krester is living three separate lives, though she didn't mean for it to get so complicated. But after her sixth move, she finds herself being doted upon by her best friend, crushing on a sculptor from art camp, and dating the big man on campus at her newest school. Fearing loneliness, she doesn't want to chose, but when the boys find out, she is left with just scraps of these relationships she must somehow mend. Tif Johnsonhttp://halu-halo.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-89384760974167806622012-11-17T01:24:12.397+01:002012-11-17T01:24:12.397+01:00Elizabeth Fisher
tbfisherATknologyDOTnet
CURSE ME ...Elizabeth Fisher<br />tbfisherATknologyDOTnet<br />CURSE ME NOT<br />Woman's Lit with paranomal slant<br />98,800 words<br /><br />Southern unsophisticate Elzetta Swan was recently gifted – along with premature menopause! – the rare but lucrative ability to clean revenge curses from people’s auras. She loves the trendy new lifestyle that has come with the gift, but when a routine cleansing takes an ominous turn, she finds herself facing more than she bargained for: a rich bitch’s serial hunger for revenge and, hell’s bells, a hallelujah hankering for the unlikeliest of urban white knights. Together the challenges could leave Elzetta with a vengeful rage all her own.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-86400916833483075212012-11-16T23:05:55.968+01:002012-11-16T23:05:55.968+01:00Elodie Nowodazkij
commutinggirl AT gmail DOT com
O...Elodie Nowodazkij<br />commutinggirl AT gmail DOT com<br />ONE TWO THREE<br />YA contemporary<br />75,000 words<br /><br />Wrecked with guilt over her dad´s suicide and desperate after an injury shatters her dream of becoming a prima ballerina, seventeen-year-old Natalja Pushkaya´s refuses to let anyone get close to her. But hiding her tears from infuriating soccer player Antonio is harder than mastering a proper arabesque, and when Natalja discovers her dad´s death was more complicated than she thought, she needs to turn to Antonio for support…instead of tequila. If she can´t, she might destroy more than just a dream—she might destroy herself.Elodiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10617288449988402123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-19755353700714890412012-11-16T21:25:18.827+01:002012-11-16T21:25:18.827+01:00Elizabeth Ender
ender052@d.umn.edu
Hope Sprang Up
...Elizabeth Ender<br />ender052@d.umn.edu<br />Hope Sprang Up<br />YA<br />70,000<br /><br />The Enchantress was raised by Kestral's mortal enemy, and now she’s here to destroy both him and his kingdom. But then he becomes the first person to ever look past her eyes, and what he sees will haunt him forever. No one else believes it possible, but can Kestral save his people... by saving the Enchantress - from herself?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-68438287665282925342012-11-16T21:01:07.246+01:002012-11-16T21:01:07.246+01:00Name: Racheal McGillivary
E-mail: rachealmcgilliva...Name: Racheal McGillivary<br />E-mail: rachealmcgillivary@gmail.com<br />Title: JUST FOR KICKS<br />Genre: YA/ MG Superhero<br />Word Count: 65,000<br /><br />When fourteen-year-old Meri is pulled into the world of superheroes, she discovers her destiny is to save the world, but the snarky orphan isn’t exactly the hero-type. With help from her fellow superheroes, she must figure out how her power to see spirits, will help her defeat a man who plans to suck out the souls of the living. However, there are secrets that have been hidden from her that will turn everything around and make her question: just who is the real villain?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941080655758421408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-92170173124670508562012-11-16T15:40:46.268+01:002012-11-16T15:40:46.268+01:00Lindsey Duga
lscribe14(at)gmail(dot)com
Scribe of ...Lindsey Duga<br />lscribe14(at)gmail(dot)com<br />Scribe of the Stars<br />MG Urban Fantasy<br />78,000 words<br /><br />Constellations are running rampant. The exiled Zodiac sign returns with a vengeance. And one thirteen-year-old girl is the key to saving the heavens and earth from complete pandemonium. Lindsey Dugahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04760692433172826865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-17116027045563910482012-11-16T15:09:19.101+01:002012-11-16T15:09:19.101+01:00Jessica Harvey
harveyjek (at) my (dot) ccsu (dot) ...Jessica Harvey<br />harveyjek (at) my (dot) ccsu (dot) edu<br />CHRISTINE VENOM<br />YA Urban Fantasy<br />51,000 Words<br /><br />Wracked with survivor’s guilt after a demon murders her entire demon-hunting team, all seventeen-year-old Christine can focus on is graduating high school. And then Veynix, the demon, returns, leaving a new trail of innocents poisoned with his trademark platypus venom along the way. But when his next target is once again too close to home—another friend—Christine must face down Veynix once and for all, or die trying.Jessica Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03561565320575810160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-21963283756317305242012-11-16T08:12:45.868+01:002012-11-16T08:12:45.868+01:00Beth Pond
bethpond90(at)aol(dot)com
PODIUM FINISH
...Beth Pond<br />bethpond90(at)aol(dot)com<br />PODIUM FINISH<br />YA Contemporary<br />70,000 words<br /><br />Best friends and Olympic hopefuls Harper Kavanaugh and Alex Abrams are living the life they've always dreamed of: residing at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, well on their way to making the Olympic team. However, after Harper suffers a devastating knee injury at hockey practice and Alex's skating partner continues to keep secrets about his past, the two girls need each other more than ever if they want to make the podium.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09517611291652872898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-66315069387841087862012-11-15T20:56:49.961+01:002012-11-15T20:56:49.961+01:00Stacy Stokes
stacyastokes(at)gmail(dot)com
WHERE T...Stacy Stokes<br />stacyastokes(at)gmail(dot)com<br />WHERE THE STAIRCASE ENDS<br />Ya Supernatural Mystery<br />62,000<br /><br />After an accident, high school student Taylor Anderson must climb a seemingly endless staircase into the sky. Her journey unravels the mystery behind her best friend's betrayal and the life she thought she wanted to leave behind. What she learns changes her forever. SStokeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03607391693287377280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-25824288128446450022012-11-15T20:47:23.475+01:002012-11-15T20:47:23.475+01:00Donea Lee Weaver
The Graves
MG: Paranormal Mystery...Donea Lee Weaver<br />The Graves<br />MG: Paranormal Mystery<br />60K<br /><br />Three sentence pitch: 12-year-old, Charlie Graves, stumbles across a dead girl while playing hide and seek with his best friend in the cemetery behind his house. He’s surprised when her ghost appears to him and asks his help in finding her killer – not so surprised when he finds out that his grave-robbing father is the prime suspect. When his dad is convicted of the crime, but the ghost still lingers, Charlie races against time to find the real killer or risks becoming the next victim.Donea Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15393184831994368021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-68835608575060153192012-11-15T20:42:54.089+01:002012-11-15T20:42:54.089+01:00Donea Lee Weaver
The Glass Prince
YA: Contemporary...Donea Lee Weaver<br />The Glass Prince<br />YA: Contemporary Fantasy <br />72K<br /><br />Three-sentence pitch: 17-year-old Clara’s attempt to escape social suck-fest at home lands her in the middle of a 500-year-old family curse, with the Ice Queen (aka “Grandma”) and an obnoxious Prince as her guides. A glass prince figurine is one key to breaking the curse, allowing her to transport to the past to see how it all started. But, an unexpected enemy stands in her way and failure means she’ll suffer the same fate that killed her father when Clara was only one. <br />Donea Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15393184831994368021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-49311355135490717122012-11-15T20:37:36.454+01:002012-11-15T20:37:36.454+01:00Valia Lind
valialind@gmail.com
Pieces of Revenge
Y...Valia Lind<br />valialind@gmail.com<br />Pieces of Revenge<br />YA Thriller/Adventure<br />71,000<br />Anastasia is a trained killer. Armed with combat skills and an eidetic memory, she’s come to bring revenge on those responsible for her parents death. Nothing will stand in her way, and as the stakes get higher, she realizes, it's not just her future on the line, it's the worlds'. Valia Lindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10072848260649496017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-17029060140307871312012-11-15T20:23:46.518+01:002012-11-15T20:23:46.518+01:00Your name: Anne Marie
Your email: annemariewrites ...Your name: Anne Marie<br />Your email: annemariewrites [at] gmail [dot] com<br />Title of your manuscript: The Serpent's Covenant <br />Genre: YA Urban Fantasy<br />Word count: 80,000<br />Three-sentence pitch: <br />Based on American Indian folklore, The Serpent's Covenant follows Cori Anders, 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 to a concealed side of Denver. She must battle cannibal dwarves and a giant winged serpent to save her brother's life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-33222333540248883882012-11-15T19:18:22.778+01:002012-11-15T19:18:22.778+01:00Your name: Ellie M
Your email: EllieMoreton at gma...Your name: Ellie M<br />Your email: EllieMoreton at gmail dot com<br />Title of your manuscript: Northern<br />Genre YA: Fantasy<br />Word count: 85K<br />Three-sentence pitch:<br />When Kochie is double crossed on a mission to capture Liko, he ends up the captive himself. Bound to each other by magic that isn’t suppose to exist anymore, Liko and Kochie set off on an adventure they’re not suppose to know about. But what starts off as a simple quest, turns into a dangerous game of hide and seek when Kochie’s old team mates try to hunt them down. <br /><br /> <br />Elliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17213406441675013527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-11164147547124011792012-11-15T18:23:46.494+01:002012-11-15T18:23:46.494+01:00Amanda Foody
akfoody@gmail.com
ACE OF SHADES
YA St...Amanda Foody<br />akfoody@gmail.com<br />ACE OF SHADES<br />YA Steampunk Fantasy<br />82,000 words<br /><br />Seventeen-year-old Enne Alfero goes to the shadow world searching for her lost mother and fleeing from the city's politicians who want her dead. Her only ally is Levi Glaisyer, a hot street lord and a card dealer at a casino. When Enne becomes embroiled in a plot to assassinate a mafia prince, both Enne and Levi must play the politicians in a deadly game for their lives. Amanda Foodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13041820771365552110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-34955992063613258292012-11-15T17:25:05.452+01:002012-11-15T17:25:05.452+01:00Jill Van Den Eng
fromthekeyboard@gmail.com
WHAT GO...Jill Van Den Eng<br />fromthekeyboard@gmail.com<br />WHAT GOES UP, MUST FALL DOWN<br />MG - contemporary<br />30,000 words<br /><br />Max Mavel, age 10, is used to life’s ups and downs living with a mother who has bipolar disorder. Then his problem gets literal, sending Max flying in the air or anchored the ground depending on his mother’s current mood swing. Max needs to find a way to come to grips with his anomaly and find stability before someone gets hurt. <br />Jill Van Den Enghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175421552868981859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-74247793106156728042012-11-15T17:21:09.653+01:002012-11-15T17:21:09.653+01:00Gail Nall
gailecn(at)gmail(dot)com
EX-DRAMA QUEEN
...Gail Nall<br />gailecn(at)gmail(dot)com<br />EX-DRAMA QUEEN<br />Upper MG Contemporary<br />51,000 words<br /><br />Rather than be doomed to a life of mediocrity when she loses the lead in the school musical to her best friend, thirteen-year-old Casey makes a list of ways to reinvent herself. Poker player, karate champion, figure skater, ...and accidental boyfriend stealer? So much for ex-drama queen.gailecnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004265486129312885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-18455515285320436322012-11-15T16:33:57.389+01:002012-11-15T16:33:57.389+01:00Samantha Farkas
sambfarkas@gmail.com
The Lost Figu...Samantha Farkas<br />sambfarkas@gmail.com<br />The Lost Figurehead<br />Middle grade adventure<br />55,000 words<br /><br />Finn Rackham is tired of hearing that his hot temper is bound to land him behind bars, but when he falls in with a band of pirates, even he starts to think it won't be long before he's in juvie--or dead. After twelve years in the rough-and-tough slums of Brooklyn, Finn figures he knows how to deal with pirates, but the men and women who sail under Captain Kelsey Dash are not the sword-swinging, pistol-wielding, treasure-hunting rapscallions he expects. They're time travelers, and they just commandeered a ferry in New York Harbor.Sam F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04034367402431479011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-26382524185119664812012-11-15T16:31:07.768+01:002012-11-15T16:31:07.768+01:00Name: Athina Dakourou
Email: dathina@gmail.com
Tit...Name: Athina Dakourou<br />Email: dathina@gmail.com<br />Title: Dazed<br />Genre: mystery/crime<br />Word count: 101,000<br /><br />Natalie Hartt is just a simple student who was raised without knowing anything about her mother. When suddenly everything seems to fail her, Natalie decides to learn about her and her nightmare begins. What will she do when the story is out and she decides that…some things are better to stay hidden?Athinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11485560779521386981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-42676977156487444862012-11-15T16:22:08.060+01:002012-11-15T16:22:08.060+01:00Laurie Litwin
hagergirl@yahoo.com
Lilly Washingto...Laurie Litwin <br />hagergirl@yahoo.com<br />Lilly Washington’s Presidential Adventure<br />MG Contemporary<br />37,000<br /><br />When twelve-year-old Lilly Washington finds a mysterious diary with entries from the 1870s, she goes against the wishes of the school principal and embarks on a wild adventure to find an undiscovered time capsule mentioned within its pages. What she finds could uncover long lost secrets from the Civil War. That is, if she isn’t expelled first.<br />Laurie Litwinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-72072557305581421152012-11-15T16:21:07.562+01:002012-11-15T16:21:07.562+01:00Laurie Litwin
hagergirl@yahoo.com
GRIPPED
YA Cont...Laurie Litwin <br />hagergirl@yahoo.com<br />GRIPPED<br />YA Contemporary<br />60,000<br /><br />Seventeen-year old Taylor is supposed to be the homecoming queen, not the girl who shows up drunk at school and barfs on the vice principal. Drunk and pissed off, she gets behind the wheel of a car and slams into a tree – and the truth. She’s doesn’t know how to survive without alcohol and she'd rather die than give it up.<br />Laurie Litwinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-5648634479741676132012-11-15T16:17:16.109+01:002012-11-15T16:17:16.109+01:00Lori A. Goldstein
lorigold(at)hotmail(dot)com
Jump...Lori A. Goldstein<br />lorigold(at)hotmail(dot)com<br />Jumping Ants<br />Upmarket Commercial Fiction<br />100,000<br /><br />With a talent for self sabotage, the charming but aimless Max gets himself hired, fired, and evicted in quick succession. After the twenty-nine-year-old is carjacked at gunpoint at a fast-food drive-thru, he’s forced on a weekend-long journey with the peculiar stranger, an older, rounder, more desperate version of himself. Max walks away with a black eye, a crush on a feisty bartender, and the truth that the unfazed grin he’s been honing hasn’t been fooling anyone, least of all himself.Lori A. Goldstein (@_lagold)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-91438308523631841452012-11-15T16:07:59.408+01:002012-11-15T16:07:59.408+01:00Linda C. Wisniewski
lindawis@comcast.net
Memoirs o...Linda C. Wisniewski<br />lindawis@comcast.net<br />Memoirs of the Queen of Poland<br />Women's Fiction<br />83,000 words<br /><br />Regina, a nineteenth century Polish peasant woman accidentally time travels into the present day world of Kat, a lonely disillusioned feminist. With the help of a medieval queen posing as their translator, the two women attempt to bring Regina home. in the process, both must come to terms with the best and worst of their times and themselves. <br />Linda C. Wisniewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136770189581989046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6603374637711904147.post-44444066245767835402012-11-15T14:57:49.204+01:002012-11-15T14:57:49.204+01:00Tiffani Burnett-Velez
tburnettvelez@gmail.com
A Be...Tiffani Burnett-Velez<br />tburnettvelez@gmail.com<br />A Berlin Story<br />Women's Fiction (novella)<br />16,000 words<br /><br />Annalise must navigate the ravaged remains of 1945 Berlin to find her way back to the West and, ultimately, America before it is completely split in two and she is locked behind the walls of communism. She cannot shake the memory of the Soviet officer who helped her escape the brutality of his own soldiers after they held her captive for two weeks. The darkness of night allows her the only solace and chance for travel, but she gets lost in the Eastern Sector just as America seems almost close enough to touch.Tiffani Burnett-Velezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06899421391450066117noreply@blogger.com