If You’re a Novelist, You Need To Learn Pitching

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Do pitches confound you? Do you hate the idea of stuffing your glorious 100-gallon novel into a teacup? Do you want to sell more books with an appealing pitch package? Excellent! You’re in the right place.

My name is Karin (pronounced “car-in” like “car in the garage) Gillespie and I’ve been a women’s fiction novelist for over 20 years. I was a trad author until 2016 and now I’m indie.

I love pitching so much I wrote a novel about it called “The Pitch Queen.”

I’m also former book reviewer who still gets thousands of pitches from publishers a year. In addition, I have experience writing about bookish matters. This article was shared by Elizabeth Gilbert and the late Anne Rice.

But I’m also a former college professor and I still have that urge to teach so this newsletter scratches that itch, and it makes me sad that a lot of writers will never see publication because of a poor pitch.

This newsletter is for you if…

1. You need to learn pitching,which includes not just the elevator pitch but the title, first pages, blurb and tagline. All are part of the pitch package. Examples and critques will come from that genre.

2. You want to read curated publishing news that will help you sell more novels whether you’re trad pubbed or indie.

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