Pitch wars #Pitmad is on

[Kitty]

01:00 am

 

[Lex Black]

Two tweets in and three likes already ...except - ah.... two from very dodgy looking 'publishers' and an agent with no sales record whatsoever!

Just for a moment there ....

Is it a newer agent, perhaps? Hopefully something like that, at least. I have 340 engagements for my first tweet--easily an all-time high for me--but absolutely zero interest so far.

Anyone having better luck?

 

[Katie-Ellen]

@Kirsten. There is an agent, David Rozansky. He avoids #PitMad...says it overwhelms his feed (and he is not the only agent who doesn't like it.)

Nil desperandum if one does not get a bite...it will come round again, it is crazy crowded. and there might only be a few agents who are even looking....

It is good for practising the pitch.

I had a bite before, and then a pass....they wanted it first person and it was third person at that time....fair enough. I did the extra work to find out how that would work, and I liked it, but they won't get a second chance. We're workers, not beggars.

This agent says he is open to pitches via twitter and he seems to like sci-fi.

David Rozansky (@DavidRozansky) | Twitter

 

[Kitty]

@Lex Black the agent is indeed new and seems to check out. She's only liked a dozen or so tweets so I'll probably give her a shot.

The publishers on the other hand!!! My oh my - they're liking loads of random stuff and looking at their websites doesn't fill me with confidence! I'll be giving them a wide berth

Off to give you a retweet!

 

[Nikky Lee]

@Kirsten there is a "latest" and "top" tab in Twitter's search results. One will order the results according to popularity, the other will order them in chronological order with the most recent tweets at the top. Hope that helps.

 

[Katie-Ellen]

Whoops, one of the organisers asking writers not to retweet as it clutters up the feed.

 

[Lex Black]

OK, so far I have exactly zero interest from anyone. Trying out the quote pitch now. Incoming!

Kaaaaa-TWEET!

 

[Nikky Lee]

Whoops, one of the organisers asking writers not to retweet as it clutters up the feed.

Think its a bit late in the game for them to change the rules. The dragons have already been unleashed. Ah well, we know for next time.

 

[Quillwitch]

Blimey, it might be time to get myself a smart phone and join the twitterati

you can access twitter through your computer too.

 

[Lex Black]

Think its a bit late in the game for them to change the rules. The dragons have already been unleashed. Ah well, we know for next time.

Oh, and we know what happens when you unleash dragons, don't we?

 

[Eva Ulian]

Nice of you @Rainbird - here's my twitter handle for the list EvaUlian (@EvaUlian) | Twitter In this hectic world of publishing we all need as much support as we can get. Thank you.

 

[Lex Black]

OK, so far my first pitch got one like, which was...then undone by the user in question. The second pitch has a like...anyone familiar with these guys?

Cuil Press (@CuilPress) | Twitter
Home | Cuil Press

They appear to be primarily about romance, which is...decidedly not my thing, but they're also about inclusive fantasy and sci-fi which is more my speed. Any thoughts?

 

[Eva Ulian]

@Nmlee I've just seen you on Twitter- and you are following me.... So nice to see you there. Here in Italy it is about 22.30, in England they are an hour behind. The pitmad Eastern Time in the US is 16.30. And in New Zealand where you are, it's already Friday 7th Dec 10.30 in the morning.... Well, they do say the world is round.

 

[Nikky Lee]

@Eva Ulian yep, it's quite the time difference!

@Lex Black I found this thread on Cuil Press. Cuil Press

Looking at their website, they're relatively new and have only published one book in Jan 2018. There are no reviews for it on Amazon after almost a year, which suggests they may not do any marketing for their author(s). If you approach, do so with eyes wide open.

 

[Lex Black]

@Eva Ulian yep, it's quite the time difference!

@Lex Black I found this thread on Cuil Press. Cuil Press

Looking at their website, they're relatively new and have only published one book in Jan 2018. There are no reviews for it on Amazon after almost a year, which suggests they may not do any marketing for their author(s). If you approach, do so with eyes wide open.

Drat. I knew it was too good to be true.

 

[David Weller]

I received a like from someone called Mandy Melanson at RhetAskew Publishing in the US. They look like a fairly recent start up. Anyone come across any red flags?

 

[Nikky Lee]

I received a like from someone called Mandy Melanson at RhetAskew Publishing in the US. They look like a fairly recent start up. Anyone come across any red flags?

RhetAskew Publishing

 

[Eva Ulian]

I'm not on twitter much but happy to retweet if I can have twitter handles (will we make a list?)

@Rainbird I found you on Twitter and you are RTing a lot of us like mad! I've RT them too.

 

[David Weller]

@Nmlee Thanks for the link, Nikky. Think I need to exercise caution with this one.

 

[Quillwitch]

@Rainbird what is your twitter handle?

 

[Leonora]

I tweeted a pitch earlier, and want to tweet the same one again, but it won't let me. What do I do? OK I changed one letter - and introduced a spelling mistake! Aargh!

 

[Lex Black]

Third and final effort incoming. Wish me luck, folks!

 

[Nikky Lee]

I tweeted a pitch earlier, and want to tweet the same one again, but it won't let me. What do I do?

Twitter won't let you tweet the same content within a 2-hour window. Wait until 2 hours has passed and you can tweet it again, or delete the original tweet and repost.

 

[Leonora]

I feel like a monkey with a typewriter on Twitter - no idea what I'm doing. If I press any wrong buttons I apologize! But good fun.

 

[Emily]

@Rainbird what is your twitter handle?

It's @rainsfordryan, but I'm not pitching, I'm just retweeting Let me know what your handle is, and I'll retweet.

Hoping to head to bed shortly so I'll get all my tweeting done before I do!

 

[Lex Black]

Well, I didn't get any good interest...but I picked up an astonishing number of actual writers as followers. That's pretty cool.

 

[Quillwitch]

It's @rainsfordryan, but I'm not pitching, I'm just retweeting Let me know what your handle is, and I'll retweet.

Hoping to head to bed shortly so I'll get all my tweeting done before I do!

Iḿ not pitching either, but i like to follow fellow litopias on twitter. im @badwolfgirl2768

 

[Quillwitch]

Well, I didn't get any good interest...but I picked up an astonishing number of actual writers as followers. That's pretty cool.

Your story is intriguing! I would read it! best of luck. I think you just haven found the right agent.

 

[Kitty]

Woke to the excitement of two new likes - only to be from publishers who have already rejected this particular project! Still - at least I know the pitch works - and people are still looking for thrillers - even if they are not necessarily the right kind of people for me

STEM and YA SF seem to be dead ducks!

 

[Katie-Ellen]

The second pitch got 1 like. An agent in NY. The useful thing for me is that she liked that one but the first one didn't get a bite. Beyond that it's just a targeted query opportunity.

A writer tweeted: Hello #PitMad friends! Gentle reminder to not despair if you don't get any requests. I always failed miserably at Twitter pitch contests but got multiple agent offers via good ol querying. DON'T GIVE UP.