Happy Wednesday Everybody!
I don’t know about you, but I’m finding it a wee bit hard to concentrate today!
I mean, bright and early tomorrow morning is the opening of the 6th Annual Halloweensie Writing Contest!
SO EXCITING!
Stories to read, enjoy and share! Talent to admire! Fellow writers to cheer on! Prizes to win!
It’s hard to sit still!
I think Something Chocolate would help! May I offer you some Chocolate Peanut Butter Grahams? (I mean, that’s basically health food, and definitely a breakfast item, given that it’s made out of graham crackers which are clearly an excellent source of whole grains!)
Recipe HERE on Shugary Sweets
A little coffee for dunking? Or milk, if you’re a real health nut who wants to round out your nutritious breakfast with a little protein and calcium as opposed to caffeine?! 🙂
Now then, onto today’s pitch which comes to us from Lisa. Lisa Riddiough is a Bay Area based writer whose projects include essays, picture books and fiction. She is a former sales executive, an avid squirrel watcher and a frequent baker of chocolate pound cake. She lives at home with her husband in their empty nest.
Find her on the web at:
Twitter – @lisariddiough
FB – Lisa Frenkel Riddiough
Website – www.closeddoorandopenwindow.wordpress.com
Here is her pitch:
Working Title: X Marks The Spot
Age/Genre: Picture Book (ages 4-8)
The Pitch: X is tired of his alphabet job. He wants to be a pirate! After getting hired to sail aboard The Zenith, X quickly finds that he doesn’t exactly fit in. For example, all the other pirates have squawking parrots and silver swords, but X only has his pet ox and a clumsy old axe. X is utterly excluded. When a band of scallywags try to steal The Zenith’s most valuable treasure, X discovers he has one expert move that can save the day. It’s an excellent ending!
So what do you think? Would You Read It? YES, MAYBE or NO?
If your answer is YES, please feel free to tell us what you particularly liked and why the pitch piqued your interest. If your answer is MAYBE or NO, please feel free to tell us what you think could be better in the spirit of helping Lisa improve her pitch. Helpful examples of possible alternate wordings are welcome. (However, I must ask that comments be constructive and respectful. I reserve the right not to publish comments that are mean because that is not what this is about.)
Please send YOUR pitches for the coming weeks! For rules and where to submit, click on this link Would You Read It or on Would You Read It in the dropdown under For Writers in the bar above. There are openings in January, so you have a little time to polish your pitch before putting it up for helpful feedback and have a chance to have it read by editor Erin Molta!
Lisa is looking forward to your thoughts on her pitch! I am looking forward to the Halloweensie Contest which, in case you’ve forgotten since the top of the post, opens TOMORROW!!!
Have a wonderful Wednesday everyone!!! 🙂 See you tomorrow!!!!!!!
Susanna Leonard Hill 
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