Tag: novel pitch

Short Story Collection Ford County

Ford County, by John Grisham:   Hill country folk have their own way of dealing with life, death, and disaster in literary short story collection FORD […]

Fantasy Anansi Boys

Anansi Boys, by Neil Gaiman: Fat Charlie, who is not fat, is a great singer too afraid to sing till after his heretofore-unknown-to-him brother, Spider, […]

Get Your Game Face On

Fiction Query Pitch When you sit down to write the query pitch for your novel or other fiction, you may feel intimidated by the word […]

Crime Novel The Promise

The Promise, by Robert Crais:   When chemist Amy Breslyn goes missing after making contact with presumed Al Qaeda operatives, Los Angeles PI Elvis Cole takes […]

Family Life Novel Daddy

Daddy, by Danielle Steel:   New York advertising exec Oliver Watson has it all until, fourteen years and three children into their marriage, his wife leaves […]

Cozy Mystery The Body in the Fjord

The Body in the Fjord, by Katherine Hall Page:   When tragedy strikes their Norwegian friend, Bostonians Pix Miller and her mother, Ursula, join a tour […]

Family Life Novel When I’m Gone

When I’m Gone, by Emily Bleeker:   Letters from the dead? Luke Richardson has just returned from his wife’s funeral with their children when a letter […]

Mystery Suitable for Framing

Suitable for Framing, by Edna Buchanan:   Witnessing a crime may be a crime reporter’s dream, but watching a four-year-old get run over by car thieves […]

Action Thriller Killing Floor

Killing Floor, by Lee Child:   Have toothbrush will travel. In this action thriller series debut, KILLING FLOOR introduces thirty-something retired army major Jack Reacher, […]