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Pitch Wars LIVE: Middle Grade Mentor Chat | 9.16.21, 7-9 PM EST

All your Middle Grade Pitch Wars questions: answered! Come hang out with me and my fellow MG Pitch Wars Mentors live today (September 16) at 4PM PT/ 7PM EST. Want to learn about Pitch Wars and don’t know where to start? Pop in and ask your questions or just say hi! We’d love to “see”Continue reading “Pitch Wars LIVE: Middle Grade Mentor Chat | 9.16.21, 7-9 PM EST”

Pitch Wars MG Wish List (2021) – Julie Artz

I’m thrilled to be back for a fifth year as a Pitch Wars MG mentor! *Pitch Wars is a mentoring program where published/agented authors, editors, or industry interns choose one writer each to spend three months revising their manuscript. It ends in February with an Agent Showcase, where agents can read a pitch/first page andContinue reading “Pitch Wars MG Wish List (2021) – Julie Artz”

It’s Official! I’m a 2021 Pitch Wars Mentor

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, youContinue reading “It’s Official! I’m a 2021 Pitch Wars Mentor”

How to Get Accepted by a Writing Mentorship Program

This post on writing mentorship programs originally appeared as a guest post on janefriedman.com. As college tuition, including MFA programs, skyrockets and author income remains low enough that it rarely allows an author to leave their day job, more and more writers are looking for low-cost and no-cost ways to learn about the publishing industryContinue reading “How to Get Accepted by a Writing Mentorship Program”

FREE Character Clinic October 8

On Tuesday, October 8 at 11am PST, I’m teaming up with Author Accelerator and One Stop for Writers for a live writing coach session with one lucky writer. Don’t miss this character assessment via webinar. This is not only a great opportunity to learn more about One Stop for Writers’ new Character Builder tool, butContinue reading “FREE Character Clinic October 8”

Recent Client Successes

The only thing better than holding my own book in my hands is holding one of my clients’. And I’m going to get to do that TWICE very soon because of some recently announced books from two hard-working and talented authors. The first is my amazing Pitch Wars 2017 mentee, Reese Eschmann. The second IContinue reading “Recent Client Successes”

Pitch Wars Mentor Blog-Hop: Team Unicorn Mojo

Hello and welcome to the Pitch Wars 2017 Mentor Blog Hop! We are so glad you stopped by. We’re Team Unicorn Mojo and we are here to sprinkle magical unicorn dust all over your middle grade manuscript! In this post, we’ll take turns introducing ourselves and give you the inside scoop about what we’re lookingContinue reading “Pitch Wars Mentor Blog-Hop: Team Unicorn Mojo”

I’m a Mentor Twice Over!

I’ve been lucky to have many mentors–teachers, friends, other writers–guide me on my writing journey. So I’m always delighted when I can give back to the writing community in some way. That’s why I’m so excited to announce that I will be a mentor for both TeenPit and Pitch Wars this year. I’m particularly thrilled about TeenPit becauseContinue reading “I’m a Mentor Twice Over!”