Less than 24 hours ago, I didn't know what a Twitter pitch was - today, I've already tweeted once, with a second on deck for lunch time.
So, if you are like me, I'll give you what (little) I now know about Twitter Pitches. These are scheduled events, happening in a very short amount of time - frequently less than 12 hours. Authors use a selected hashtag to indicate participation (#CarinaPitch in this case) and frequently other tags like genre, age category, format, etc. During that time, people following that event's hashtags look for works that interest them - particularly agents and editors. In this case, CarinaPitch is being run by the Carina arm of Harlequin books. If an editor likes your tweet, you can message them for information on submitting a full query. Most Twitter pitches are looking for unpublished but completed manuscripts; Carina, this year, was looking for concept forward so it was very timely for me. In true me fashion, after I found out about this, I went out and did a ton of research into other twitter pitch events, created a spreadsheet to track details, etc. All of the others I found require completed, ready for print, manuscripts, so it will be a while before I go there, but I'll definitely be following the hashtags as the events roll around. First, shout out to Gwynne Jackson from All the Kissing Facebook page for making me aware of the event in the first place. Second, BIG thank you to Marcie McEachern, also from ATK, for coaching so many of us last night on crafting a good pitch tweet. So what did I learn (or think I learned) from this. First, this shit is hard!! 90k is way easier than 280 characters!! But for the real stuff -
So what did I finally end up with? Check them out here: https://twitter.com/KikiDVil/status/1260560163800518657 https://twitter.com/KikiDVil/status/1260617682518454272 Not expecting anything to come of this, but beyond publishing the work they are pitching, some people have found agents through these, and within the first few minutes, I had a retweet and a new follower, so that's fun. Of course, now, I have to keep tweeting, so there is that as a downside too! Want to know more about all the Twitter Pitch events I found? #CarinaPitch #PitMad #SFFPitch (for Sci-Fi & Fantasy) #DVPitch (focusing on diversity in both author and character)
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