Hi guys! I’m entering Pitch Wars next month, which – for those of you who don’t know – is a competition where you submit your polished manuscript to up to four potential mentors, and if you’re chosen you get to work with a mentor for two months to perfect your manuscript and pitch for the agent round in November.
I’ve also entered #MenteesHelpingMentees, which is a pre-Pitch Wars raffle to win a query and first 10 pages edit by a past mentee. Wish me luck! (Update: I got picked!! The fabulous Kristen Clouthier read my query and first ten pages and gave me some amazing feedback, thank you so much Kristen!)
As part of the whole Pitch Wars event, Lana Pattinson has created the #pimpmybio blog hop, where participants share their bio and a brief summary of their WIP and both mentors and potential mentees can hop around and get to know everyone. From what I’ve seen, the biggest benefit of Pitch Wars is the community and the friendships that are formed, so I wanted to take part and hopefully make some new writer friends!
About my WIP
Seventeen year old Aria Colling is a changeling. She’s the daughter of a king from the Fair Realm who hid her in the Human Realm as a baby to protect her from the wrath of her uncle, the evil Celeste King.
Weeks before her eighteenth birthday, she’s kidnapped by a group of Fair soldiers and taken on a long and perilous journey to the kingdom of her birth, where she must take the throne when her ailing father dies.
Along the way, she discovers the poverty and war the Fair have suffered for over a century, and soon realises that she may be the only one with the power to defeat her uncle and his army of dark creatures. If she isn’t betrayed by those she has come to think of as friends first.
THE FAIR QUEEN is a YA portal fantasy for fans of THE QUEEN OF THE TEARLING and THE REMNANT CHRONICLES.
I completed the first draft in January and it’s been through several rounds of edits and beta reads to make it the best it can be! It’s my first novel so I’m looking for a mentor who can teach me everything they know about editing and getting my MS and pitch ready to query. I love NaNoWriMo and work best with strict timelines and targets. Most of all I’m really excited to learn and improve my manuscript any way possible!
About me
I studied Modern Languages at uni, including European Literature, and I’ve been working in marketing for the last five years.
Aged ten, I wrote a poem inspired by Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhymes about Red Riding Hood, which the Ofsted inspector loved and took a copy to show round other local primary schools, so I’ve always been a creative writer.
I love having a project on the go at all times and I’ve had lots of different hobbies. I used to have an Etsy store where I sold my vintage teacup candles and Scrabble art, I also taught myself paper cutting and make presents for my friends and family.
I live in Lincolnshire, England with my military husband and our pointer puppy, Bailey, and when I’m not marketing, writing or reading I like to craft, cook and binge watch the latest Netflix craze.
I’m a huge YA fantasy fan, some of my favourite authors are Maggie Stiefvater, Leigh Bardugo, Cassandra Clare and Sarah J. Maas. I’m also an enormous Harry Potter fan, and can’t believe I have tickets to the Cursed Child play in December!
OK, that’s enough about me. If you’re taking part in Pitch Wars give me a wave in the comments and I’ll catch you on Twitter!
Lyndsey
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Lyndsey Hall | Author 
Yay! another faery story !!! I’m submitting a faery story (nothing like yours though) Good luck 🙂
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Ooh yay best of luck!! Faeries are my favourite 😃
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Ahhh! I’d love to see The Cursed Child! So exciting! #Ravenclaw4lyfe
I’m a project manager but I’ve been wanting to get more into communications, PR, and marketing. What’s your favorite and least favorite part of your job?
Your novel sounds so exciting! I love a good fairy world story! Good luck!
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Oof well I hate networking lol, I’m an introvert so stick me in front of a computer any day. My favourite is writing the blog (surprise, surprise!) and working on the website and presentations, stuff I can make look good and feel proud of 😊 it’s amazing when customers say “we find you online and checked out your website and blog and chose you” 😆 especially as it’s an accounting firm so trust is really important. Good luck with Pitch Wars!! ☺️
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Best of luck with Pitch Wars. All the possibilities in the English bookcommunity are amazing. I wish we had things like this in our much smaller Dutch community.
Do write a review of Cursed Child when you’ve seen it. I hope I can score some tickets in the future, even though I didn’t particularly love the script.
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Do you mean Dutch language, because anyone can enter from anywhere in the world, but I guess it has to be written in English.. I’ll definitely write a review, I got the script book as soon as it came out and I actually loved it so I’m really excited!! 😄
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Yes, I mean Dutch language. I couldn’t write a novel in English. Well maybe not in Dutch either, but my chances will be higher at least 🙂
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Oh bless you 😂 I think your English is fantastic! And I’m sure there’s proof readers and editors specifically for tidying up English as a second language type stuff. Either way, I’d love to read your novel when you eventually write it, even an English translation 😊
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You’re too sweet. Let’s hope both our books end up in bookstores 🙂
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🤝
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Good luck!
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Thanks Eva! 😄
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🙂
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Someone else in marketing! And it’s cool to see another portal Fantasy out there too. This definitely sounds very Sarah J Maas esque! Good luck with entering!
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Thank you, you too! 😄
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I write about the fey too! Are you doing the Instagram #pwsummersplash? That’s a lot of fun too. Good luck!!
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Yes I am! I missed the first couple of days unfortunately, but I’m really enjoying seeing everyone’s posts and getting to know the mentors and fellow hopefuls 😃
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I write about the fey too! Are you doing the Instagram #pwsummersplash? That’s a lot of fun too. Good luck!!
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I know everyone else has mentioned how excited they are for you to watch The Cursed Child, and here I am saying the same 😂 That’s really awesome! I hope you enjoy it. Best of luck with Pitch Wars!
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Best luck to you!! 😊
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Thanks!! 😄
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Your ms/WIP/story sounds amazing!! Good luck to you, and tell us all about The Cursed Child!! And hope to talk more in the future 🙂
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Thanks! I’ll definitely post a review when we’ve been to see it 😀
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ooooohhh I’m getting serious Queen of The Tearling vibes from your MS, which I love! Good luck with PW.
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Thanks! I loved Queen of the Tearling 😍
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Pictures of pointer puppy or it didn’t happen. 😛 (Just kidding, I just love *squeeing* over dogs.) Good luck!!
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Updated just for you 😉
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❤ ❤ ❤
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SOUNDS AMAZING!! Good luck fellow #Pitchwars hopeful ❤
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Thanks Dannielle!! 😄
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