• Pitch your book to Laurie McLean of Larsen Pomada Literary Agency

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    Jus Accardo
    Published: July 16th, 2012 01:00 PM
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    Trying to catch the eye of an agent? Well, now's your chance! Laurie McLean of Larsen Pomada Literary Agency will be reading one line pitches today.

    SUBMISSIONS REQUESTED: Laurie handles romance, fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, suspense, thriller and "new" western novels. She also represents children's young adult (YA) and middle grade fiction. (YA is for high school readers and middle grade is for middle school readers.)

    Until midnight EST July 16th, members will have an opportunity to post their one line pitch (one short sentence) as a comment to this post. Results will be posted within the next two weeks. Check back to see if you've scored a request!

    Who can enter?
    Contest is open to all registered members of Savvy Authors. Not a member? JOIN TODAY! Basic membership is FREE! All entries must be from registered members. Entries posted anonymously (by non-members) will be removed. If anyone has any questions, please contact our resident pitch wrangler, Jus. JusAccardo@savvyauthors.com

    The rules are simple:
    1. Post your one line pitch in the comments section of this article after logging into the website, include at the top the Title, Genre, & Word Count.
    2. Make sure your manuscript falls within the genres Laurie listed above!
    3. Only post if your manuscript is ready now!
    4. Check back to see who Laurie picked. Results posted within the next two weeks. (Minimum of one, no maximum!)
    5. Limit two pitches per member.
    6. Be sure to include your name, title and word count of your manuscript, and genre.


    Please note, all pitches that do not follow the directions chance being removed without notice. This includes posting more than two pitches and pitches that are longer than one sentence.

    Laurie McLean joined the two agency founders in 2005 following a 20-year stint as the CEO of a successful Silicon Valley public relations agency. Laurie was able to switch gears in 2002 to immerse herself in writing. She has penned three manuscripts to date, and if that wasn't enough, she decided that the life of a literary agent would be the perfect complement to her duties as a writer of genre fiction.
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    Comments 92 Comments
    1. Angela Quarles's Avatar
      Title: MUST LOVE BREECHES
      Genre: Time travel romance
      Word count: 99,000

      Pitch: When a modern American girl working at the British Museum finds herself stranded in pre-Victorian London, she must find a way home while resisting her growing attraction for a hunky lord and ultimately having to decide when her true home lies.

      Thank you! Love Philipa Ballantine's Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences books!
      Reply
    1. AirickaPhoenix's Avatar
      Name: Airicka Phoenix
      Title: Blood Oath
      Genre: Young Adult Paranormal Romance
      Word Count: 100,000

      Pitch: As a Seeker, Clara should have had his blood on her blade, not his promise warm on her lips and his dagger at her throat.

      Thank you!
      Reply
    1. mmstewart8's Avatar
      Name: Mary Stewart
      Title: AMELIA AND THE OTHER WORLDS
      Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy
      Word count: 60,000

      Pitch: 12 year old Amelia travels between parallel worlds and befriends a boy she soon suspects is behind the destruction of several of the alternate realities.

      Thank you.
      Reply
    1. Shelley Munro's Avatar
      Title: Mistress of Merrivale
      Genre: Historical romance
      Word Count: 86,000

      Jocelyn Townsend’s marriage of convenience to Leo Sherbourne solves her financial and family problems, but a murder, local gossip and Leo’s strange behavior raise her suspicions, and suddenly her marriage doesn’t seem so convenient after all.

      Thank you.
      Reply
    1. Ingrid Seymour's Avatar
      Name: Ingrid Seymour
      Title: Ignite
      Genre: YA Urban Fantasy
      Word Count: 85,000


      In a world where dark specters hack into the human brain, sixteen-year-old Marci -- one of the few humans who can resist them -- becomes Earth's only hope.
      Reply
    1. Ingrid Seymour's Avatar
      Name: Ingrid Seymour
      Title: One Wish Away
      Genre: YA Paranormal Romance
      Word Count: 83,000



      When seventeen-year-old Marielle Iris's bloody tears seep into an ancient stone tablet, she's caught in the middle of a vendetta between a sexy genie who will try to seduce her and an evil one who will try to kill her.
      Reply
    1. Katrina Latham's Avatar
      Title: ALL THINGS EASY
      Author: Kat Latham
      Genre: Contemporary single-title romance
      Words: 92,000


      Thirteen years after fleeing a violent attack, Dr. Johanna Watterman returns to her California hometown to buy the house of her nightmares and turn it into a safe haven for women - but the boy whose heart she broke when she left wants the house too, and he's willing to do whatever it takes to get it.
      Reply
    1. Katrina Latham's Avatar
      Title: FIRST AID FOR A BROKEN HEART
      Author: Kat Latham
      Genre: Contemporary single-title romance
      Words: 88,000


      After seeing her parents' marriage disintegrate into tragedy, aid worker Caitlyn Sweeney believes falling in love would be a disaster....until she meets a smokin' hot British rugby player who shows her that a little trust can go a long way to healing a broken heart.
      Reply
    1. Joyce Tremel's Avatar
      Title: IN SPITE OF MURDER
      Genre: Mystery
      Word count: 73,000

      Pitch: When the Chief drops dead in her office and the mayor puts the kibosh on the investigation, a small town police secretary attempts to solve the murder while dealing with her mama (who's run out on husband number five), her ex-husband--the new police chief, and denying she's interested in the hunky Irishman renovating the local hotel.


      Thanks!
      Reply
    1. Jess Lawson's Avatar
      Name: Jess Lawson
      Title: THE ACTUAL & TRUTHFUL ADVENTURES OF BECKY THATCHER
      Genre: MG Retelling (of The Adventures of Tom Saywer)
      Word Count: 50,000

      With a plan as daring as the Mississippi is long, 11-year-old Becky Thatcher is about to take on a town bet, outsmart dangerous outlaws, and fulfill a promise she made to her recently deceased brother…if she can get that tattle-telling Tom Sawyer to quit following her around.
      Reply
    1. Becky Lower's Avatar
      Name: Becky Lower
      Title: Blame It On The Brontės
      Genre: Contemporary Baby-Boomer Romance
      Word Count: 70,000

      According to the directives of their mother's will, three sisters, who have had little to do with each other, must live together in the family home for one year before collecting their mother's substantial fortune, forcing them to resolve past conflicts among themselves and the men they left behind, if they are to have a future.
      Reply
    1. Tracy Meyer's Avatar
      Title: Anhelina, The Last Avenging Angel
      Author: Tracy Hewitt Meyer
      Genre: Young Adult Paranormal Romance
      Word Count: 68,000

      When high school junior, Anhelina Sheehan, is catapulted from WV into Medieval England, she discovers her destiny lies not in the upcoming track meet but as God’s last avenging angel.

      Thank you! Tracy
      Reply
    1. Ellie Heller's Avatar
      Title: WARDER
      Author: Ellie Heller
      Genre: Paranormal/Contemporary Fantasy Romance
      Word Count: 105k



      With her mentor incommunicado and Weres spelled to shift or die trying Mona shoulders the task of tracking down the culprit, discovering a tie to her teacher's past as well as the isolating burden she'll bear in the future.
      Reply
    1. meredith spies's Avatar
      Title: Poison by Degrees
      Author: Meredith Spies
      Genre: Romantic Suspense
      Word Count: 80,000

      All Iphigenia Bellocq wants to do is build automata and gadgets, but when prostitutes begin disappearing and she is the best suspect, she turns to Lord Alastor North and his secret investigation agency for help finding the murderer who is using her designs in gruesome tableaux.
      Reply
    1. Sonali Mayadev Thatte's Avatar
      Name: Sonali Dev
      Title: The Bollywood Bride
      Genre: Multicultural Single Title Contemporary Romance
      Word Count: 92,000 words

      Bollywood star, Ria Parkar returns home to Chicago after ten years to escape a scandal in Mumbai and comes face-to-face with Vic Jathar, the man she betrayed for stardom.

      Thanks for the opportunity to pitch!
      Sonali
      Reply
    1. meredith spies's Avatar
      Title: Unseelie
      Author: Meredith Spies
      Genre: Fantasy Romance/Contemporary
      Word Count: 100,000 +

      Finding a naked man in her rose bush was the least of Alfhild's worries, especially after she discovered he is the prince of the Unseelie Horde and means to take her back to Sidhe with him!
      Reply
    1. Becky Lower's Avatar
      Name: Becky Lower
      Title: Banking on Temperance
      Genre: Historical Romance
      Word Count: 75,000

      In 1856, handsome and debonair bank owner Basil Fitzpatrick thinks he has life by the horns until Temperance Jones and her family roll into St. Louis and into his heart, upsetting his carefully ordered existence and making him question if his life was as fulfilling as he thought it was.
      Reply
    1. Jerry Fogarty's Avatar
      Title: Nick West Adventures: The Quest for Atlantis
      Author: Jerry Fogarty
      Genre: Sci-fi/Fantasy/Action/Adventure
      Word Count: 108,000


      Hang on tight for Nick West's second adventure as he travels the globe searching for the mythical city of Atlantis, unlocking clues, conquering death-defying traps, fending off the evil Fell Knights of Tudor along the way, and saving the girl.
      Reply
    1. Orly Konig-Lopez's Avatar
      Title: IT'S NOT ME, IT'S YOU
      Genre: Contemporary Women's Fiction
      Word count: 93,000

      32 year-old Nicole is fresh off a handed-your-underwear-in-a-bag breakup, she's fighting to save her career and her oldest friend is proving to be anything but an ally, and in the midst of the chaos she must learn to stand up to her harshest critic—-herself.

      Many thanks!
      Reply
    1. Sandy James's Avatar
      Name: Sandy James
      Title: Seeker: Aiodhan (Book 1 in The Seekers series)
      Genre: Sci-Fi/Futuristic Romance
      Word Count: 90K

      Kara Michaels has spent months eluding the Vymalns—aliens who have conquered Earth and enslaved humanity—but her heart is captured by Aiodhan Reil—an elite Seeker from the planet Tirios—who has a dangerous covert mission to complete during his short time on Earth.


      Thank you for the opportunity!
      Sandy James
      Reply
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