Pitch Wars Homework Assignments

by | Aug 17, 2016 | Editing, Pitch Wars

Last year (2015) when I was waiting for Pitch Wars mentee selections to be announced, I was chomping at the bit, wanting so badly to get started on a new round of edits. Sure, I did some half-hearted planning for NaNoWriMo to distract myself, but what I really wanted...

Synopses Are Actually Awesome

by | Aug 11, 2016 | Pitch Wars, Queries & Synopses

I honestly never thought I’d say those words. It’s true, my attitude toward synopses has evolved over the years. At first, I utterly loathed them. Then, after my crit partner’s synopsis revealed a major plot issue I’d failed to spot while reading the actual...