Guys!! It's going to be Pitch Wars Time!! Again!! =D

Get your manuscripts ready,  because Pitch Wars #2 is right around the corner!! You don't know what Pitch Wars is? Well, it's an AMAZING contest! With agents and mentors and fun and a little agony too! :)

More deets (from Brenda Drake's Blog): Pitch Wars is a contest where 46 published/agented authors, editors, or interns choose one writer each, read their manuscript, and offer suggestions to shine it up for agents. The mentors also critique the writer's pitch to get it ready for the agent round. Mentors will pick two alternates each in case their writer drops out of the contest. We'll hold a special alternate showcase on some of the mentors' blogs and the mentors will critique the alternates' pitches. 

I'm SO super duper excited about being a mentor this year! Last year, the lovely girl I mentored not only got an offer of rep, but TWO offers just from the agents participating in the contest. And that made me more than HAPPY! She's an amazing girl. Anyway. Pitch Wars! Here's the schedule:

• 11/20 Mentor's post bios and wishlists
• 12/2: Submission Window
• 12/3 -12/10: Mentors read their applications 
• 12/11: Mentor's announce their picks 
• 12/11 -1/17: Mentors work with their writers 
• 1/22-1/23 Agent Round

I'm SO looking forward to reading your YA submissions in December!
<3
Mónica

SCBWI-LA 2013! My First Conference Ever!

I'd been dying to go to a conference for years. And it was really difficult for me since--some of you already know--I'm living in Chile. But I finally saved up money and WENT! :) It was really awesome because I could finally meet most of my critique partners there. Also, it was the first time I'd ever been in LA!

I'm posting some pics for those of you who couldn't make it--because when I couldn't go to one of these, I was always looking for pics to live vicariously. :) Hope you enjoy!

 

With my CP Stacey Lee and Leslie Rose having lunch at the mall. And then with Beth Hull and Evelyn Ehrlich and Nicole Castroman and Tracy Wymer too!

Then again with my CP Stacey Lee and the lovely Krista Marino from Delacorte. And the next pic is with the awesome editor Ari Lewin! :) The last pic is with the amazing Claudia Gabel at KT/HarperCollins.

 

With my other amazing CP, Holly Cagney at the airport!  

 With the lovely Julie Musil! And the next pic is with Stacey and Brodi Ashton and Cynthia Hand. And then there's the conference room--when the conference was just about to start and I was so excited! :)

 The first pic there is with Gretchen McNeil--I was so excited to meet her because she was in my very first critique group. :) And then it's Debra Driza and me and Stacey. Debra was my very first CP!! Like a zillion years ago! That's at the Saturday pool party at the hotel.

 I also met some amazing authors, like Matt de la Peña (the first pic--and also my very good friend Leslie Rose is in that pic). Then it's Bruce Degen and me, and finally it's the amazing Veronica Rossi and Leslie and me. Veronica said she'd been to Chile and she loved it! I was so proud, haha! :)

<3
Mónica

The Apollo Academy's Cover Reveal and Giveaway!

The lovely Kimberly P. Chase is revealing the cover of her book, The Apollo Academy today!! Isn't it GORGEOUS?? Also, there's a giveaway now... exciting, eh? =D

Cover Art by Cliff Nielsen

The Apollo Academy by Kimberly P. Chase

releases 08/06/2013 in Paperback and eBook.

As the heiress to Titon Technologies, eighteen-year-old Aurora Titon can have whatever she wants—clothes, expensive gadgets, anything money can buy. All she really wants is to escape her pampered, paparazzi-prone life for the stars. Becoming the first female pilot to train as an astronaut for the Apollo Academy is exactly the chance for which she has been waiting. Everything would be perfect if it weren't for her unreciprocated crush on a fellow student, the sexy astronaut bent on making her life hell, and the fact that someone keeps trying to kill her. 

The first in a four book new adult science fiction series, The Apollo Academy, is an action packed story of love, discovery, and survival.

Early praise for The Apollo Academy:

"I am obsessed with this book! Suspenseful, sexy, and just a great read!" 

-Cora Carmack, New York Times Bestselling author of LOSING IT. 

“Exquisite worldbuilding, thrilling suspense, and a sexy flight instructor! Chase’s exciting debut novel is one you don’t want to miss.” - K.A.Tucker, Author of Ten Tiny Breaths and One Tiny Lie

Add The Apollo Academy to Goodreads today!

About the author:

Kimberly P. Chase holds a Bachelor's Degree in Aeronautical Science from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, which basically means she's kind of a geek and loves flying airplanes. Naturally, her books tend to include aviation, hot flight instructors, aviator glasses, and—let's not forget—kissing! When Kimberly's not writing or reading, she's hanging out with her husband, four-year-old son, and two dogs.

Find Kimberly:

website: www.kimberlypchase.com

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KimberlyPChase

twitter: https://twitter.com/kpchase817

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