Pitmad Musings (08/01/14)
Pitmad is an event where authors pitch their novels via twitter so agents and editors can make requests. It's today from 8 am to 8 pm EST.
Turning a whole novel into a 140-character tweet is harder than it looks! I came up with half a dozen different ones but settled on the three I felt were strongest. I'm curious to see which one will gather agent/editor requests, if any.
1. After years of pretending to be his dead sister, gender-confused K goes to war to become a man. Instead, K befriends the enemy. YA/F #pitmad
2. K thought war would teach him to be a man. Instead, he learns befriending the enemy is easy, but finding a mythical dragon isn't. YA #pitmad
3. Gender-confused K goes to war to learn to be a man and instead learns to befriend the enemy. LGBT YA Japanese steampunk #pitmad
I also came up with a pitch for my newest project. I won't tweet this one because the manuscript still needs work, but it was an interesting exercise.
Nat's life: a homesick girlfriend, a hostile demon sealed under her skin, and a guardian fox spirit who hates the neighbor's dog. UF #pitmad
Turning a whole novel into a 140-character tweet is harder than it looks! I came up with half a dozen different ones but settled on the three I felt were strongest. I'm curious to see which one will gather agent/editor requests, if any.
1. After years of pretending to be his dead sister, gender-confused K goes to war to become a man. Instead, K befriends the enemy. YA/F #pitmad
2. K thought war would teach him to be a man. Instead, he learns befriending the enemy is easy, but finding a mythical dragon isn't. YA #pitmad
3. Gender-confused K goes to war to learn to be a man and instead learns to befriend the enemy. LGBT YA Japanese steampunk #pitmad
I also came up with a pitch for my newest project. I won't tweet this one because the manuscript still needs work, but it was an interesting exercise.
Nat's life: a homesick girlfriend, a hostile demon sealed under her skin, and a guardian fox spirit who hates the neighbor's dog. UF #pitmad
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