Pitch:
When science and faith fail her terminally ill father, Victoria heads to New Orleans in search of vampire blood to save him. Armed with well-researched legends and desperation, she hunts down a boy who matches her vampire profile. But before he will grant Victoria and her father immortality, she must prove she’s passionate about life—and betraying her grief to do so is harder than she imagined.
Excerpt:
Be strong like Buffy. I repeat the mantra in my head as I glare into those bleak fluorescent lights they always put in doctor’s offices. But all I can think about is the episode where Buffy’s mom dies, and they keep showing the body, eyes wide and staring, and I imagine what Dad would look like. Eyes open or closed?
I bite the inside of my cheek. Be strong like Buffy.
Smile plastered in place, I look down at Dad, just in case he’s watching. He’s not. He slouches on the arm of an oversized wheelchair, the only one still available to borrow from the hospital lobby. He’s always been tall and thin, but now three of him could sit in the wide seat.
When he first got sick, the hospital offered an insurance-bought wheelchair for us to take home, but back then my dad shook his head and smiled. You can’t show cancer any bit of weakness, he said, winking at me so we both laughed. Mom tried to take it, but we overruled her.
No one mentions it now.
The paper covering the exam table crinkles as I squirm to get comfortable. My left leg’s gone dead. Numb, I mean. Not dead.
I’d love the chance to read this full manuscript. You can send to me at jmccarthy@dystel.com. Thanks so much.
Happy Pitch Wars!
Jim
Congratulations on completing Pitch Wars! This sounds like a fresh take on vampire stories, so I’d love to see more. Please send your query in the body of an email, plus your full manuscript and a synopsis (attached). I look forward to reading!
Lauren Spieller
TriadaUS Literary Agency
lauren@triadaus.com
Hi! I’d love the read the full manuscript. Please send to slandis@sll.com. Can’t wait to read more!
Hi! I’d love to take a look. Please email the ms. as a double-spaced .doc to medwards@stonesong.com. Thank you!
This sounds wonderful – I would love an opportunity to consider! Can you please send the query letter and manuscript to queries@parkfine.com with “Pitch Wars submission – Pete Knapp” in the subject? Thank you! – Pete Knapp, Park & Fine Literary and Media
Hi there!
I’d love to take a look at this full manuscript. Can you please send it attached as a word document to: rena@thedeborahharrisagency.com
Thanks! I can’t wait to read!
Best,
Rena Rossner
The Deborah Harris Agency
Hi Margie,
I’d be happy to read more! Can you email me the first fifty pages as a Word doc attachment?
Thanks,
Elizabeth Bewley
ebewley@sll.com
Hi Margie!
I really love what you have here. Will you please send me the full manuscript as a word doc attachment to channigan@hsgagency.com ?
I can’t wait to keep reading.
Best wishes,
Carrie
Hi Margie,
This reads like a different sort of vampire novel and I’m intrigued by what that could mean. I’d love to read more. If you could upload your full manuscript to QueryMe.online/1067/PitchWars2019, I’d love to take a look.
Thank you!
Best,
Natascha Morris
BookEnds Literary
Hi, I would love to see this. Please send the full manuscript as an attachment (a PDF, RTF, or Word Document is fine) to my email address which is gc@cbltd.com . Please include “Pitchwars 2019 Request” in the subject line. Thank you very much.
Hello! I’d love to take a look at the full manuscript of VAMPIRES, HEARTS, AND OTHER DEAD THINGS. Please send it along as a word document to tara@emliterary.com at your convenience.
Thanks so much!
Tara Gonzalez
Associate Agent
Erin Murphy Literary Agency, Inc.
http://emliterary.com/
Hi Margie,
I would love to read this! Please send the full manuscript as a word document to hjacobson@icmpartners.com.
My best,
Hillary
Some interesting dynamics here. I’m very curious to read more. Can you please send me the first three chapters as an attachment and use “Requested PitchWars” in the subject line? Thank you! Kari – kari@bradfordlit.com
Oh wow, this book would break my heart, and I would love it. If you’ll send the full to Rebecca@reesagency.com, I’d very much like to read!