I’m absolutely thrilled to be mentoring middle grade in Pitch Wars for the fifth year running! This community has meant everything to me over the past seven years and I can’t wait to meet the next members of our Pitch Wars family (shout out to #teamunicornmojo–I love you!). If you’ve followed me for a while, you already know about my book coaching and editing services, but mentorship is also something very near and dear to my heart.
Don’t know what Pitch Wars is all about? Pitch Wars is a volunteer-run mentoring program where published/agented authors, editors, or industry interns choose one writer each to mentor. Mentors read the entire manuscript and offer suggestions on how to make the manuscript shine for the agent showcase. The mentor also helps edit their mentee’s pitch for the contest and their query letter for submitting to agents. Mentors can participate solo or pair up and co-mentor.
During the agent showcase, each mentee is featured on a post that includes their pitch and the first page of their manuscript. Last year, we had 175 agents participate in the showcase. Participating agents view the posts and make requests.
Over the past nine years, Pitch Wars has changed many lives. Countless authors have been matched with agents and even gone on to book deals and successful careers. We’re over 500 successes as of 2020!! But most importantly, Pitch Wars has grown the writing community to connect author with author, creating an atmosphere of camaraderie as we go through all stages of revision and publishing.
All of my mentees have gone on to find agents, and several have book deals on the way. But more importantly, they had the opportunity to learn about the craft of writing, connect with a welcoming community, and make writing friends that will last a lifetime. I couldn’t be more excited to be part of it all once again!
Learn more at pitchwars.org, check out my book coaching and editing services, or ask me your burning questions in the comments!
