Saturday, April 2, 2011

Epic Follower Blogfest/Contest

Epic Follower Blogfest / Contest from Shelley Watters at her blog Is It Hot In Here Or Is It This Book?

To sum it up: Create a Twitter pitch - a 140 character (or less) summary of your book. The winner gets their full manuscript requested by Agent Suzie Townsend from Fine Print Literary Management. Use the above link for all the rules and regs.
 

Setting the Record Straight
Contemporary Romance
55,000

This aint your fathers sex, drugs & rock n roll, it is the book you’re mom warned you of & the 1 your girlfriends can’t stop talking about.


UPDATE: The comments were fair and in my best interest so I am trying again to propose a Twitter Pitch.

Riley’s given up on love. Colin didn’t know his life was empty. Can they make a relationship work when it seems everything is against them?

2nd UPDATE: This is the actual pitch that I posted today. When I checked later there were over 60 entries. I'm no longer holding my breath. Thanks again for all the feedback and good wishes. You guys really rock.

Riley’s given up on love. Colin didn’t know his life was empty. Making a relationshp work tests their resolve when everythings against them 


22 comments:

  1. Heather, is this your pitch? I think you need to stick to the actual book's premise: character, goal, conflict. ;)

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  2. I agree with Pk. As a pitch, it's intruguing, but could use some plot and character identification. If you add those elements, and keep the "feel" of this pitch, it will really pop. Best of luck!

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  3. I know. I know.
    I was hoping it was different enough to catch the eye.
    Thanks for the opinions.

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  4. I agree. Different isn't always better unless you want to stand out in a negative way ;). I don't get a sense of the book. I think you should rewrite it according to the formula. I'd be happy to read it again after. I just edited mine based on comments this morning. Please check it out!

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  5. It stands out, but the problem is that it doesn't tell us anything about what the book is about. This is more like an author blurb instead of a pitch. I'd love to know what the book is about though!

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  6. love the idea of this pitch and based solely on it's voice and attitude i know i'll dig it, but as stated above a little info about the book itself will go a long way...keep on writing!
    douglas esper

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  7. Heard and agree. Thanks guys. I will try to make the deadline with a reworked pitch.

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  8. Nice. Your pitch is like mine--more abstract. Maybe I should rewrite too.

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  9. Much better! I like it! I get the sense of your characters and the conflict. Good work with revising. Good luck!

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  10. Haleywhitehall - Thank you for taking the time. I know you guys all meant well. Best of luck to all of us.

    HMG

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  11. heather,
    cool rewrite though looking back it's hard to lose mentions of sex, drugs, and rock n roll :)

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  12. douglas - Thank you. I know. Especially since the book does have all three!

    Thanks for coming back to read it.

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  13. The first one sounds like an opening line, the second one is more of a description of what the book is about. You made the right choice putting in the second one. Good luck:)

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  14. fOIS - Thank you. I appreciate that. Thanks for coming by.

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  15. I like the second one much better. Might want to tweak the second part so you don't end with a rhetorical question. Just a thought.

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  16. I personally like both, though the first one gets my attention more. Something of being a rebel and going against my mother's wishes and reading the book she warned me not to read.

    All I am thinking is "Someone please sign this lady already!" I want a copy of that book on my bedside table. Seriously.

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  17. Yamile - Thank you. I'll take another look.

    Murees - From your lips to an agents ears!

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  18. I have to side with Pk on this one. Good luck to you. 140 characters ... that's not easy to summarize your book.

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  19. Good luck Heather! Keeping my fingers crossed for you. :)

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  20. Thank you guys. I rewrote it again. I will post it when I get home from IHOP. I'm drowning my fears in pancakes.

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  21. Probably too late now but I wanted to say I love the new pitch!

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  22. Lori - Thanks. I did change it because I was the only one who had a question mark in their pitch. I'll put it in the update.

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