tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post4809983327053054432..comments2023-08-12T02:33:29.988-05:00Comments on 2 B Read: The PitchSylvia Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06489243230694413409noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-36652255902691216522007-03-13T08:22:00.000-05:002007-03-13T08:22:00.000-05:00Nancy, I used this tactic only once, for an online...Nancy, I used this tactic only once, for an online class exercise, but I don't like it -- at least not for my own writing. I felt awfully hifalutin comparing myself to Dickens and a classic movie. Plus, I kinda felt like I was holding up a sign that said: "Hey! I'm derivative!"<BR/><BR/>However, JoAnn's example doubles my desire to pick up NO SAFE PLACE. Not bad for a woman on drugs!<BR/><BRSierra Donovanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00550535744012603427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-33985897915812389052007-03-13T07:04:00.000-05:002007-03-13T07:04:00.000-05:00LOL, Nancy!I pitched movie-style for the first tim...LOL, Nancy!<BR/><BR/>I pitched movie-style for the first time for HEAD ON, my July release, which I think of as PEYTON PLACE meets THE LAST PICTURE SHOW.Colleen Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18398127184158098008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-473258905711542102007-03-12T16:20:00.000-05:002007-03-12T16:20:00.000-05:00Oooo, JoAnn, two of my favorite movies. But then, ...Oooo, JoAnn, two of my favorite movies. But then, I love Russel Crowe in anything. <BR/><BR/>As for the oral surgery, I have one word for that...Vicadin!Nancy Morsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12947358450252385401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-36718952141709418462007-03-12T15:29:00.000-05:002007-03-12T15:29:00.000-05:00LOL about the examples. I probably shouldn't answ...LOL about the examples. <BR/><BR/>I probably shouldn't answer while still on oral surgery twilight sleep drugs -- JoAnn! Back Away From the Computer Now!! -- but I pitched<B><I> No Safe Place </B></I>as <I>The Big Easy </I>meets<I> L.A. Confidential.</I>JoAnn Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17519723604779079058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-17911544260578739862007-03-12T10:39:00.000-05:002007-03-12T10:39:00.000-05:00I used "Bridget Jones meets Harry Potter" when pit...I used "Bridget Jones meets Harry Potter" when pitching the series I'm writing now. And it worked.<BR/><BR/>First, I mentioned it to an editor at a party, and she immediately handed me her card. That was when I decided there might be a market for this wacky idea, after all, and I went about writing it. Then I used it in the cover letter to the agent who then asked to see it. It's also the best Shanna Swendsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558317020951521656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17229339.post-66806784335713277082007-03-12T09:44:00.000-05:002007-03-12T09:44:00.000-05:00Nancy,You gave me a laugh. I've never sold a book...Nancy,<BR/><BR/>You gave me a laugh. <BR/><BR/>I've never sold a book on a pitch, but I've gotten several request via a pitch. Once, several years ago, I had an editor tell me I did it very well. I just wished I knew what I said.<BR/><BR/>CCChristie Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13838947086349600665noreply@blogger.com