Last year’s pitch session was so successful, Piper asked to
come back. So, Next Tuesday, pitch here!
45 brave souls stepped up to the mound and pitched (sorry,
baseball season looms).
A quick list of authors contracted through their pitches:
Laura
Lee Nutt, Kyra Jacobs, and Calisa Selfridge all contracted a book with
Lyrical Press.
- Jennifer Lowery, Jessica Day, and Mae Clair have contracted 2 books with Lyrical.
- Sara Walter Ellwood is in edits for her 3rd book with Lyrical Press…and she and Piper “found” each other here at Word Wranglers, a year ago.
So 7 authors contracted out of 45…not-so-shabby odds.
First, the good stuff. Rules for pitching:
- Please,
only completed romances. Must be romance, must be complete. Lyrical Press
publishes only romance, and contracts only finished books.
- Pitch
should be 1-3 lines.
- 1 pitch per person.
Now, some quick info about the person you’ll be pitching to:
Books have always been my thing. I've been a writer since I
could pick up a pencil, but not professionally until about 2005, when I wrote
three novels. Through a couple of critique groups and thousands of crits--both
given and received--I honed my craft quite a lot. After watching two of my
books go through the editing process at publishers, I got the wild idea (the
wild, incredibly overconfident idea, in retrospect), that I could do that.
After passing an editing test (yes, we have one, and no,
not everybody can pass it), I became an acquiring content editor at Lyrical
Press http://lyricalpress.com/ in 2008.
In 2010, Renee promoted me to Executive Editor, which means
I get to herd the other editors around, in addition to editing my roster
authors. I keep a “brag page” on my personal website, of the books I’ve edited:
http://www.piperdenna.com/bragpageeditedworks.htm
And I still write. (When I have time, and when I can
tranquilize that inner editor enough to shut her up so I can type.) My
characters must endure extensive suffering and conflict, and sometimes they do
things certain readers don't approve of, but they always get their happy
ending.
What kind of books do I prefer to edit? Deep conflict, relatable characters, believable plots, and a strong romantic element. Because romance makes the world go round. Right?
Piper Denna
Romance is sexy!
What kind of books do I prefer to edit? Deep conflict, relatable characters, believable plots, and a strong romantic element. Because romance makes the world go round. Right?
Piper Denna
Romance is sexy!
Twitter: @PiperDenna
http://www.piperdenna.com/
http://www.piperdenna.com/
Facebook: PiperDenna
This is such an awesome thing the two of you do. Kudos D'Ann and Piper.
ReplyDeleteI remember the pitch session last year and how successful it was. I've got a book I was getting ready to pitch to my editor, Mary Murray, at Lyrical. Should I stick with that plan, or pitch it to Piper? (Piper was one of my editors on Scandal.)
ReplyDeleteLove the idea of a brag page! I'm sure you're in for some great pitches!
ReplyDeleteWhat about YA romances?
ReplyDeleteHi Daryl...thanks. It's a lot of fun. I was blown away by the response last year. :)
ReplyDeleteJenna, stick with Mary. We try to keep our authors and editors together as teams as much as possible. Besides, you and I know how awesome Mary is...as long as you're on her roster, hang onto that!
ReplyDeleteShawn, I love updating the brag page, and looking at all the pretty covers from all the cool authors I've worked with. Makes me feel all proud and puffy. LOL
ReplyDeleteHi Kittyb78. Lyrical Press actually closed to YA this past month. We haven't seen the sales we'd hoped for, so rather than continue on and disappoint authors and editors, we decided to call it quits...at least for now. Sorry!
ReplyDeleteThat's okay, and thank you. :)
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