Pitcharama Entry

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Hey! This post is for a contest I heard about via my writers’ group. Pitching my main manuscript:

Title: Sketchy Moments

Author: Me. Alexa S. Winters

Genre: Contemporary Young Adult

Word count: 53,000

Synopsis: After the most humiliating incident of his life, Elliot “Andreas” Sharpe moves to another foster home armed only with three scars, a locket, and the determination not to like his new family. All Elliot wants is a break: some time off from being the butt of every joke and a few weeks where he doesn’t have to hear the words “Home Kid” even once. Then the Blanchards are welcome to send him along to the next placement, and they can all go about their merry way.

But then it seems as if the family actually cares about him – and Elliot finds himself liking them in return. And when tragedy strikes, bringing him painfully close to losing the girl he loves like a sister, Elliot must choose: run for the hills before things get ugly or risk being hurt worse than ever before.

4 comments:

Rebecca ClarkJune 23, 2014 at 10:27 PM
This is the second or third time I've seen this and I really want to know what the tragedy is and what the scars are from!! Please, please show it to me sometime. =3
AnonymousJune 24, 2014 at 8:50 AM
Hey Alexa!

Congrats, you're part of Team Emily for Pitcharama :) If you could email me ASAP about your pitch, that would be fantastic. I just have a few things I'd like to mention to you before the editor round.

Email: emily (dot) mead3 (at) live (dot) com (dot) au
Rachel KeenerJune 26, 2014 at 5:41 PM
I just wanted to let you know I've nominated you for the Liebster Awards! If you haven't heard of them, I explained them in my post! Here's a link: http://nerdywriting.blogspot.com/2014/06/liebster-awards.html
In the post you'll find everything you need to know!