#9-Before and After (YA Romance)
Cassidy Jordan knows she’ll die a few weeks after her eighteenth birthday, and she can’t wait. This is her second time here, and she knows what’s waiting for her in the life-after (the place most...
View Article#10-Alive (YA Sci-Fi)
Sixteen-year-old Alex Martin lives in a perpetual state of almost-dead. Frequent electromagnetic therapy from her scientist uncle is the only thing keeping her alive—until it stops working. Alex...
View Article#11-Asher Locke and the Knights of Arcadia (MG Fantasy)
Thirteen-year-old Asher would do anything to see his father just one more time, but he knows that won’t happen. His dad died three years ago and it’s been nothing but memories ever since. But when a...
View Article#12-The Evil Stepmother Club (YA contemporary)
Keely just wants senior year to go according to the Plan but when her stepmom spends her college savings, she’s forced to get a job taking care of a beastly old woman. Enter Bryce, an unlikely suitor...
View Article#13-Weird Travels Fast (YA Contemporary)
Fifteen-year old Talia Vogel is what you’d call “drama adverse.” But when her average day includes convincing her mom to wear a bra in public, acting as her older brother’s muscle at school, and...
View Article#14-Mad World (YA Historical Romance)
Sixteen-year-old Taylor Amare thinks she’s already living her happily-ever-after in 1960s Texas. So when her longtime boyfriend Lawrence Douglas starts hearing voices in his head, she’ll give anything...
View Article#15-Random Acts of Nudity (YA Contemporary)
Nobody ever died of embarrassment. So Viola has heard, but she’s certain she’ll be the first. Fifteen-year-old, size sixteen Vi is devastated after Ethan, her first love, dumps her for a skinny popular...
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Xmas in July 2 Officially Begins!
It’s happening! Below are fifteen of the thirty winning entries for the second annual Xmas in July Pitch Contest! (The other fifteen winners can be found over at Ruth Lauren Steven’s blog)....
View ArticlePost Xmas in July discussion: Why entries were rejected
As many of you may already know (because I won’t shut up about it already, seriously), this year’s Christmas in July pitch contest was a huge success. The 30 winning entries featured on our blogs,...
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A Xmas in July Success! Guest Post by Charlotte Huang
Exciting times, y’all–the Xmas in July Pitch contest has had another success! This time it’s Charlotte Huang, author of entry #13, WEIRD TRAVELS FAST. Charlotte is such a sweetheart and so so...
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