Oh goodness. Is it really that time? Can it already be Monday, July 16?
That’s right, the PNWA conference will be starting in just a few more days. Come Thursday I’ll be volunteering at the sign-up desk with my writer-buddy J. If you’re attending the conference, stand in our line 😉
So I’ve been working on my pitch for my latest manuscript. I’m also still waffling on the title.
Can we pause for a second? I love that word. Waffling. To waffle. Waffle. Say it again. Waffle.
Anyway, I really still love the title Fallen. I’m spending inordinate amounts of time on what the title should be, when in reality it doesn’t really matter. Oh well. Here’s my new pitch. I warned you there would be a few! Keep in mind that the pitch has to be a minute or less. You only get three minutes with each agent, and it’s timed!
Foster kid Kendra doesn’t know what it’s like to be held by her mother. All she has is a faded picture the social worker gave her at the hospital two years ago, after an accident killed her parents and bleached her memory. Strange dreams begin to haunt her about a boy who supposedly never existed. She can’t shake him, even as popular guy Liam starts to fall for her and everything in her world finally begins to go right. Kendra can’t let her paranoia go and asks too many questions – sending her past screaming into her present in the form of lethal secret agents, bent on killing her to stop her from discovering her true identity – as a born and bred asset for The Agency, a secret group with a world-wide grip. Kendra narrowly escapes a bullet in the back, running to the boy from her dreams, leaving love with Liam behind. After all, the boy is the only one who can help keep her alive – and maybe explain just who she was before she was Kendra. But will the agency find her, before she can find him? Kendra isn’t about to sit back and wait for an answer.
Fallen is a 63,000 word novel for Young Adults.
What do you think? Better? Worse? I’d love your opinions. How do you feel about the title Fallen versus The Fall? I’m also aware the pitch isn’t grammatically correct, but when read aloud, I think it sounds better this way.
You already know my vote, but I’ll reiterate, I like Fallen. Good luck at the conference, you will do great!
Thanks, Brianne!
You’re such a good writer Dennis. 🙂 I’d read the book for sure! Go with “Fallen” since I think it strikes more dramatic. Totally reminds me of the movie Salt with the secret agents and sleeper cell type stuff (though i know you’re not going all communist on me I do love the suspense is what I’m getting at).
Hi Anne! Thank you for stopping by. I do love the move Salt, too. I’ve heard people compare Fallen to the Alias series as well. I’ve never seen the series, but it sounds interesting 🙂
I like Fallen the best. Naming books is one of my favorite parts of the writing process. Yay! The conference is tomorrow already!