Hello authors out there with a completed, unpublished and edited manuscript…
June 9th, along with September 8th and December 1st 2016 are days when you can tweet 3 pitches about your book to agents, using the hashtag #PitMad. They can be different pitches or the same ones, and can be about more than one book. However, you are only allowed to tweet 3 pitches on each day about a manuscript that has not yet been published.
As well as the hashtag #PitMad, the tweet must also include the age category and/or genre if you can fit them all in. Here is a list of hashtags to use to separate your pitch from the main #PitMad feed:
Age Categories:
#PB = Picture Book, #C= Children’s, #CB = Chapter Book, #CL=Children’s Lit, #MG = Middle Grade, #YA = Young Adult, #NA =New Adult, #A =Adult
Genres:
#AA= African American, #AD=Adventure, #CF= Christian Fiction, #CON=Contemporary, #CR=Contemporary Romance, #DV=Diversity, #E=Erotica, #ER=Erotic Romance, #ES=Erotica Suspense, #F=Fantasy, #H=Horror, #HA =Humor, #HF=Historical Fiction, #HR=Historical Romance, #INSP =Inspirational, #IRMC = Interracial/Multicultural, #MR=Magical Realism, #M=Mystery, #Mem= Memoir, #LGBT, #LF=Literary Fiction, #NF=Non Fiction, #R=Romance, #P=Paranormal, #PR=Paranormal Romance, #RS=Romantic Suspense, #S=Suspense, #SF=SciFi, #SPF=Speculative Fiction, #T=Thriller, #UF=Urban Fantasy, #W=Western, and #WF= Women’s Fiction.
If you are lucky enough to have an agent favourite your tweet, follow their submission preferences and send them their request as soon as you can. They would have tweeted what they want you to send, so check their twitter page for that information or check guidelines on their websites. Put ‘PitMad Request: TITLE’ in the subject line of your email when sending your request.
Here’s a little list of things not to do…
Do not tweet agents and publishers directly unless they tweet you first.
Do not favourite friends’ tweets – please leave it to the agents and publishers.
Do not retweet friends’ tweets to show your support.
Oh, and one last thing…
GOOD LUCK!!
Mysticalwriter said:
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Get yourself known, here is a chance for that to happen. check out Stevie’s blog! It goes into detail about to do just that!!
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Stevie Turner said:
Thanks for the re-blog!
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ladieswholunchreviews said:
Thanks, Stevie, I blogged at my site. What a wonderful opportunity!
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Stevie Turner said:
I fear there may be thousands of tweets, but hey, unless we try we will never know….?
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ladieswholunchreviews said:
I’m sure, but nothing to lose, right?
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Stevie Turner said:
Absolutely, and it’s free!
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ladieswholunchreviews said:
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Here’s a fabulous opportunity on June 9 for authors with unpublished, completed manuscripts! You must check this out!!
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Stevie Turner said:
Thank you for the re-blog.
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ladieswholunchreviews said:
You’re welcome
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ladieswholunchreviews said:
May I reblog? This is so interesting!
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Stevie Turner said:
Of course! Thanks in advance!
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