Your Hopes Don't Rest on a Contest (or suggested reading for #PitchWars hopefuls)

Okay y'all, it's time for my requisite Pitch Wars day post--the one where I remind everyone that Pitch Wars is just ONE path to publication, and even it requires engaging with some of the others to see success. First, the stats: I was selected for the 2015 Pitch Wars class with The Outs, a mind-bending YA sci-fi thriller with comics references, an amazing heroine, and a Jekyll/Hyde relationship that gives me the creeps. I loved that story. I still love that story. That book received exactly z...