Here's how to do this:
Write out your pitch ahead of time (as in don't type it directly in the comment column first!)
Let it sit for a bit.
Go back and review/revise.
Do this till you have something you like.
THEN POST your entry in the comment column of this blog post.
ONE entry per person (sorry 2Ns, it's a time management thing)
NO DO OVERS.
(that is, you cannot erase your entry and start over)
This means it's essential to draft in a place that is NOT the comment you intend to post.
Fifteen words max. Fewer are fine.
Be prepared for me to discuss your work here on this blog if you enter.
If you do NOT want me to do that, DO NOT ENTER.
Comments for this will open tomorrow at 7am.
Closed at 10:56am with 64 comments. That's about all I can look at in a day.
My comments will be posted no earlier than Monday cause I'm traveling on Sunday.
Questions? Tweet to me @Janet_Reid
Saving his friend cost Prok his future. Saving the world may cost him his friend.
ReplyDeleteWhen King Phillip IV unjustly executes her husband, Jeanne turns pirate to get revenge.
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Thanks for doing this, Janet! So interested to see your takes on the pitches.
Hero unknowingly befriends conquering wizard he's supposed to kill. Also dragons. And a manipulative sword.
ReplyDeleteSonja blackmails long-term friend who knows this time she MUST kill Sonja. Problem: their co-dependency!
ReplyDeleteA twelve-year-old finds the cure for a sick dragon while outsmarting a dragon hunter.
ReplyDeleteAydin reopens the portal, but his expected saviors prefer to watch his planet die.
ReplyDeleteAn undercover’s troubled son vanishes. Russian mobsters, confidential informants, an ex-husband. Wrong choices are deadly.
ReplyDeleteSecurity expert's covert evaluation turns nightmarish, complicated by her inscrutable client, his dragon, and magic.
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ReplyDeletePerfect fall-guy?
Careful.
He’s after them, now.
Hard.
Enter a stunning Judge, because convictions matter.
This epic fantasy begins with exorcism. From the demonic protagonist’s point of view.
ReplyDeleteZarah uses an alter-ego to cope with PTSD, but then she meets Greg.
ReplyDeleteBrendan McCabe must decipher a mysterious theater production to solve a young girl’s disappearance.
ReplyDeleteUnwelcome lovers, family, and murderers stalk a reclusive reporter. She thwarts two out of three.
ReplyDeleteAn imposter posing as an Economics professor coerces college students into his escort service.
ReplyDeleteDIVA IN TROUSERS: Swashbuckling soprano in 1899 New York solves mystery, charms wicked Duke.
ReplyDeleteAfter years a homeless man, Michel learns the truth about his best friend's betrayal.
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ReplyDeleteMiles should investigate, or be blamed for murders, executed with power only he can wield.
ReplyDeleteExtraterrestrial girl avoids discovery, rescues boy in foster care from monster wave and bullies.
Hunted by a corrupt leader, four teens with special abilities hide in a Georgia town.
ReplyDeleteHollywood agent is tasked by God to save the world. Love thy neighbor or else.
ReplyDeleteSwampy island. Runaway slave. Questionably sane princess. Dragons.
ReplyDelete1642. Besieged and bereaved, Rebecca finds a friend in her enemy, and faces her ghosts.
ReplyDeleteEvelyn is a survivor. Think Ruth Madoff waiting tables and having to share her tips.
ReplyDeleteBanishing her sister was necessary but hard. Now her sister is coming for revenge
ReplyDeleteKip, thirteen, discovers the tragic reason her father hates horses. Repercussions reveal they're her destiny.
ReplyDeleteAn accidental stowaway from OZ reluctantly learns adaptation from starkly non-magical residents of dustbowl Kansas.
ReplyDeleteGender-bent classic monsters compete for a panacea. The only thing in their way— each other.
ReplyDeleteA fairy, a reluctant pirate and a terrified girl free Neverland from Pan's tyrannical grip.
ReplyDeleteBranca escapes the samurai's destruction of her village. The samurai will not escape her vengeance.
ReplyDeleteEnchanted prince.
ReplyDeleteBetrayed.
By her.
Now she’ll rescue him, whether he wants saving or not.
Cecily's
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Presumed dead by suicide, Carys' father resurfaces decades later only to break her heart.
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ReplyDeleteIn the 1920s South, Phoebe idolized her father. Then she befriended her aunt’s new servant.
ReplyDeleteA deposed god saved a slave from suicide. Now he must save her from oblivion.
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ReplyDeleteMost yaks don’t dream of opera stardom. But most yaks are not…ARLETTE!
ReplyDeletePampered Southern belle turns Civil War blockade runner to save her family's shipping business.
ReplyDeleteGeorge Lucas battles his brother who, for 25 years, has barricaded himself inside their home.
ReplyDeleteWow - 15 words is tough! Here goes nothing:
ReplyDeleteFrank hides from the mob by joining Superheroes, Inc. which molds wannabes into true heroes.
Carefree Rob loves his freedom. Until nine-year-old Penny interrupts. Now Rob must save Penny’s mom.
ReplyDeleteMiguel suspects psychologist Emily committed a perfect murder.
ReplyDeleteEmily believes she conducted a perfect experiment.
When war comes calling, Lorena has to make a decision . . . sometimes spies wear crinolines.
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(I'm not sure why it's counting the the elipsis as separate words, but it's fourteen words, not seventeen.)
Close-knit millennialists.
ReplyDeleteMedia silenced attack.
East Prussian survivor.
A winsome Russian's necklace.
Rock. That. Boat.
Domestic suspense with a wilderness twist: a teenager held captive by his father.
ReplyDeleteTwelve-year-old must overcome fear of Elvi (plural) to save family’s struggling Vegas pawn shop
ReplyDeleteBlack Panther + Stormlight. Kisaro can avenge his father’s murder or accept his mother’s legacy.
ReplyDeleteLittle House on the Prairie meets Gone Girl: coming-of-age on the Texas frontier.
ReplyDeleteSurgery, pieces of suicide bomber removed from your thorax, just another day at work...
ReplyDeleteWitch breaks a deadly curse and vows revenge. If only she knew who to kill.
ReplyDeleteDid Graham’s daughter commit suicide? His wife and a global genetics conspiracy know the truth.
ReplyDeleteTen years after 9/11, Ellen’s world is whole again--until she realizes her husband survived.
ReplyDeleteA cowardly nebbish kills several superheroes and becomes a world-class supervillain - by accident!
ReplyDeleteImmature Max draws a monster to life and must learn responsibility to save his family.
ReplyDeleteRachel joins a medical trial to become indestructible. Side effects: murdering others against her will.
ReplyDeleteInterdimensional monsters.
ReplyDeleteKay's normal response to trouble? Run.
Not this time, monsters.
She's fighting back.
Urban fantasy Silence of the Lambs. He's a magician. She's a curious student. Too curious.
ReplyDeleteAbandonment fears lead Daria to unsavory friends. Kidnapped, twice, her only road home is self-belief.
ReplyDeleteThe tamed wormhole should be a game changer, but it’s unveiling is a President late.
ReplyDeleteA girl gets mistaken for an alien. And accused of violating the Statute of Secrecy.
ReplyDeleteUnderachieving girl discovers fairyland and must prevent a trickster gang from destroying her new home.
ReplyDeletePost-Dystopian
ReplyDeleteAltered Universe
Time travel
Love story
Paranormal clones
Hero+anti-hero=mc2
Dystopian future who's protagonist only wants to get the girl, not save the world.
ReplyDeleteA scavenger hunt on a luxury cruise ship. Motivation? Money, revenge, and a killer buffet.
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