by MK England | Aug 13, 2018 | Pitch Wars
We are YA co-mentors M.K. England and Jamie Pacton! We were part of the Pitch Wars class of 2015 and have been mentoring together since 2016. What’s Pitch Wars, you ask? Check out the Pitch Wars website and learn all about it. The submission window is...
by MK England | Jul 25, 2018 | Pitch Wars, Publishing, Queries & Synopses, Querying, The Disasters
Pitch Wars mentors and past mentees are sharing the successful queries that got them into Pitch Wars/got them their agent today, so here’s mine! This query letter got me an R&R from my amazing agent, Barbara Poelle of Irene Goodman Literary, back in 2015. I...
by MK England | Jul 20, 2018 | Pitch Wars
🎉 It’s that time of year again! 🎉 I’m thrilled to announce that my dearest Jamie Pacton and I are returning for our third year as Pitch Wars co-mentors! We were both mentees ourselves in 2015, and mentoring is our way of giving back to a...
by MK England | Jul 18, 2017 | Pitch Wars
We are YA co-mentors M.K. England and Jamie Pacton. We’re Pitch Wars 2015 mentees turned mentors, and we’re here for your YA submissions! What’s Pitch Wars, you ask? Check out the shiny new Pitch Wars website and learn all about it. (Make sure you visit Jamie’s...
by MK England | 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...
by MK England | 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...
