PITCH WARS IS HERE!! About me and what I’m looking for!

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PITCH WARS IS HERE!! About me and what I’m looking for!

It’s finally here! Today is the day Pitch Wars mentors post a little about ourselves and what we’re looking for, so without further ado, here’s mine!

About me: I grew up in South Florida in a boring suburban town that was founded all the way back in the 1970s! But despite that, I’ve always been drawn to two things: history and magic. I think I’d be just as content to live in Colonial Williamsburg as I would in Hogwarts. I was a practicing lawyer for several years before I was a writer, and I can’t seem to write books that take place in the present. Or that don’t have fantastical elements to them. My debut novel, THE EIGHTH GUARDIAN (May 6, 2014), is about a girl who joins a time-traveling government organization, so there are scenes from the 1770s to the 1990s and back again. I’m very lucky to be represented by Rubin Pfeffer of the East/West Literary Agency.

We might be a good fit if:

You write YA.
Specifically, you write fantasy. Or historical. Or historical fantasy!
As a bonus, you write fast-paced, dark, twisty stories with complicated plots—the kind of book that makes me stop and think but also the kind I simply can’t put down.
You adore books like Laini Taylor’s DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE trilogy and Leigh Bardugo’s GRISHA trilogy.
You like receiving notes with lots of exclamation marks!!! Or random CAPITALIZATION. Or exaggerated vooooooowels.

We might not be the best fit if:

You write MG or NA. Sorry, those aren’t my forte.
You write beautifully lyrical and voice-heavy contemporary. I really like reading those, but I’m kind of crap at writing them. :/
You don’t like honest feedback. Or working very hard.

But if you think we’re a good match, submit to me! You can find the full submission guidelines at www.brenda-drake.com. I’ve been so fortunate to have benefited from the guidance of other agented and published authors when I was starting out, and I’m so, so excited to have been given the opportunity to give back and get you connected with one of these amazing agents!

1. LouiseFury – Bent Agency

2. SuzieTownsend – New Leaf Literary

3. NicoleResciniti - The Seymour Agency

4. JohnM. Cusick – The Greenhouse Agency

5. SarahLaPolla – Bradford Literary Agency

6. VictoriaMarini - Gelfman Schneider Literary Agency

7. JessicaSinsheimer - Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency

8. Pamvan Hylckama Vlieg - Foreword Literary

9. QuinlanLee - Adams Literary

10. JenUdden – Donald Maass Literary Agency

11. EmilyKeyes – Foreward Literary

12. Brianne Johnson – Writers House