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.
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63 comments:
Saving his friend cost Prok his future. Saving the world may cost him his friend.
When 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.
Sonja blackmails long-term friend who knows this time she MUST kill Sonja. Problem: their co-dependency!
A twelve-year-old finds the cure for a sick dragon while outsmarting a dragon hunter.
Aydin reopens the portal, but his expected saviors prefer to watch his planet die.
An undercover’s troubled son vanishes. Russian mobsters, confidential informants, an ex-husband. Wrong choices are deadly.
Security expert's covert evaluation turns nightmarish, complicated by her inscrutable client, his dragon, and magic.
Perfect 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.
Zarah uses an alter-ego to cope with PTSD, but then she meets Greg.
Brendan McCabe must decipher a mysterious theater production to solve a young girl’s disappearance.
Unwelcome lovers, family, and murderers stalk a reclusive reporter. She thwarts two out of three.
An imposter posing as an Economics professor coerces college students into his escort service.
DIVA IN TROUSERS: Swashbuckling soprano in 1899 New York solves mystery, charms wicked Duke.
After years a homeless man, Michel learns the truth about his best friend's betrayal.
Miles should investigate, or be blamed for murders, executed with power only he can wield.
Extraterrestrial 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.
Hollywood agent is tasked by God to save the world. Love thy neighbor or else.
Swampy island. Runaway slave. Questionably sane princess. Dragons.
1642. Besieged and bereaved, Rebecca finds a friend in her enemy, and faces her ghosts.
Evelyn is a survivor. Think Ruth Madoff waiting tables and having to share her tips.
Banishing her sister was necessary but hard. Now her sister is coming for revenge
Kip, thirteen, discovers the tragic reason her father hates horses. Repercussions reveal they're her destiny.
An accidental stowaway from OZ reluctantly learns adaptation from starkly non-magical residents of dustbowl Kansas.
Gender-bent classic monsters compete for a panacea. The only thing in their way— each other.
A fairy, a reluctant pirate and a terrified girl free Neverland from Pan's tyrannical grip.
Branca escapes the samurai's destruction of her village. The samurai will not escape her vengeance.
Enchanted prince.
Betrayed.
By her.
Now she’ll rescue him, whether he wants saving or not.
Cecily's
15 word pitch;
Presumed dead by suicide, Carys' father resurfaces decades later only to break her heart.
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In the 1920s South, Phoebe idolized her father. Then she befriended her aunt’s new servant.
A deposed god saved a slave from suicide. Now he must save her from oblivion.
Most yaks don’t dream of opera stardom. But most yaks are not…ARLETTE!
Pampered Southern belle turns Civil War blockade runner to save her family's shipping business.
George Lucas battles his brother who, for 25 years, has barricaded himself inside their home.
Wow - 15 words is tough! Here goes nothing:
Frank 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.
Miguel suspects psychologist Emily committed a perfect murder.
Emily 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.
Media 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.
Twelve-year-old must overcome fear of Elvi (plural) to save family’s struggling Vegas pawn shop
Black Panther + Stormlight. Kisaro can avenge his father’s murder or accept his mother’s legacy.
Little House on the Prairie meets Gone Girl: coming-of-age on the Texas frontier.
Surgery, pieces of suicide bomber removed from your thorax, just another day at work...
Witch breaks a deadly curse and vows revenge. If only she knew who to kill.
Did Graham’s daughter commit suicide? His wife and a global genetics conspiracy know the truth.
Ten years after 9/11, Ellen’s world is whole again--until she realizes her husband survived.
A cowardly nebbish kills several superheroes and becomes a world-class supervillain - by accident!
Immature Max draws a monster to life and must learn responsibility to save his family.
Rachel joins a medical trial to become indestructible. Side effects: murdering others against her will.
Interdimensional monsters.
Kay'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.
Abandonment fears lead Daria to unsavory friends. Kidnapped, twice, her only road home is self-belief.
The tamed wormhole should be a game changer, but it’s unveiling is a President late.
A girl gets mistaken for an alien. And accused of violating the Statute of Secrecy.
Underachieving girl discovers fairyland and must prevent a trickster gang from destroying her new home.
Post-Dystopian
Altered 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.
A scavenger hunt on a luxury cruise ship. Motivation? Money, revenge, and a killer buffet.
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