Alexa and Suzanne do Pitch Wars... again!

Hello, you beautiful Pitch Wars hopefuls! Welcome to our wishlist, we are so happy you're 

here! If you stumbled across this and are wondering what in the world Pitch Wars is,
just click here to find out! And so you know early on, we are mentoring in the 
Adult category!

First, a little bit about us! This is our second year mentoring together and we are so thrilled 

to be back! Our first mentee made her amazing manuscript sparkle and is now represented 

by Katie Shea Boutillier at the Donald Maass Literary Agency. We can't wait to help another aspiring  writer with their journey in this wild, but wonderful industry!

Alexa Martin is a writer and stay at home mom. Born and raised in Denver, Colorado, she 

recently made the move to Mexico with her husband and four kids. Besides the humidity, 

not much has changed. You can still find her telling her kids to put their shoes on… again, 

or catching up with her latest book boyfriend.

She was selected as a 2016 Pitch Wars mentor and is represented by Jessica Watterson at 

Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency. The Playbook series was inspired by the eight years she 

spent as an NFL wife and is published by Berkley Romance. Her debut, Intercepted, was 

optioned by Starz and G-Unit Films and Television. Unfiltered, her women's fiction debut,
will also be published with Berkley.

Suzanne Park is a Korean-American writer who was born and raised in Tennessee. In her former life as a comedienne, she was a finalist in the Oxygen Network's "Girls Behaving Badly" talent search, and was  also selected to appear on BET's "Coming to the Stage." She found 

this to be the funniest thing in her comedy career because, well, she is not black. Suzanne 

was also the winner of the Seattle Sierra Mist Comedy Competition, and was a semi-finalist 

in NBC's "Stand Up For Diversity" showcase in San Francisco. 

She was selected for PitchWars in 2016 and is represented by Brent Taylor of Triada US 

Literary Agency. Her debut YA romantic comedy novel THE PERFECT ESCAPE releases in April 2020,  followed by her Women’s Fiction rom-com LOATHE AT FIRST SIGHT in June 2020.

In her spare time, she procrastinates.

BOOKS/TV SHOWS/MOVIES WE LOVE (past and present)

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?- Mindy Kaling

The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl- Issa Rae

Not the Girl You Marry- Andie J. Christopher

The Royal We- Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan

The Wedding Date, The Proposal, and The Wedding Party  by Jasmine Guillory

A Princess in Theory- Alyssa Cole

Kiss Quotient and Bride Test - Helen Hoang

Bridget Jones’ Diary - Helen Fielding

Emergency Contact - Mary H.K. Choi

The Overnight Socialite - Bridie Clark

Where’d You Go, Bernadette? - Maria Semple

The Mindy Project

Superstore

Grey’s Anatomy

Nailed It

Blackish/Grownish (sidenote, an adult version of Grownish would be AMAZING!)

Real Housewives of any city

Four Weddings and a Funeral (Hulu version! Think diverse, fun, refreshing!)

Girls Trip

Bad Moms

Pitch Perfect 1-3

Long Shot

Ocean's 8

WHAT WE WANT

Adult (age 20s and older) contemporary, voicey books with a strong (ideally 
awkward) female main character. Think Mindy Kaling. Issa Rae. Jane the Virgin. We 
love ensembles, too! We will accept N/A.

Fun coming of age arcs/stories

“Chick lit”

Rom-coms

Humorous upmarket lit

HEA (Happily ever after)

DIVERSITY PLEASE! *grabby hands*

#OWNVOICES PLEASE! *grabby hands*

Escapism: lighthearted themes throughout

We will accept contemporary romance, but again, we are looking for something along the 
lines of a romantic comedy. If 50 Shades is your comp, we are not the mentors for you.

WHAT WE DO NOT WANT

Please...

No horror

No paranormal

No sci-fi

No fantasy

No historical

No literary

No erotica

Nothing categorized as YA or Romance (we like YA and Romance, but we are 
mentoring Adult, specifically Women’s Fiction)

MENTORING STYLE

Maybe it’s the moms in us...we offer a delightful combination of nurturing + tough love. As 

former mentees, we know the hard work you will put into your manuscript and we are here 

to cheer you on as well as make sure you come out with a not only a stronger manuscript, 

but a stronger understanding of your craft. Our strengths include dialogue, pacing, and 

characterization. We will send you an edit letter filled with what we love… and what needs 

love, but we promise, it won’t be 15 pages!

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR IN A MENTEE

A fun, yet hard-working, roll-up-your-sleeves type!

If this fits you and your manuscript, send it our way! We are looking forward to meeting you, our amazing, future mentee!

If you have questions, feel free to reach out to us on twitter! @AlexaMBooks and @SuzannePark

Pitch Wars 2019 Adult Mentors' Wish Lists

1. Paris Wynters
2. Kathleen Barber (Accepts NA)
3. Ian Barnes
4. Mary Ann Marlowe (Accepts NA)
5. Elizabeth Little
6. Hayley Stone and Erin A. Tidwell
7. Gwynne Jackson (Accepts NA)
8. Maxym M. Martineau (Accepts NA)
9. Katie Golding (Accepts NA)
10. Ava Reid and Rachel Morris (Accepts NA)
11. Carolyne Topdjian
12. Natalka Burian
13. Tim Akers
14. Alex Segura
15. Michelle Hauck and Carrie Callaghan (Accepts NA)
16. Laura Brown (Accepts NA)
17. Mia P. Manansala and Kellye Garrett (Accepts NA)
18. Kerbie Addis and Ren Hutchings (Accepts NA)
19. Susan Bishop Crispell (Accepts NA)
20. Kelly Siskind and Heather Van Fleet (Accepts NA)
21. Janet Walden-West and Anne Raven (Accepts NA)
22. Kate Lansing (Accepts NA)
23. Kristen Lepionka and Ernie Chiara
24. Alexa Martin and Suzanne Park (Accepts NA)
25. Gia de Cadenet (Accepts NA)
26. Rob Hart
27. Layne Fargo and Halley Sutton
28. Michael Chorost (Accepts NA)
29. Sarah Remy (Accepts NA)
30. Nicole Glover (Accepts NA)
31. Farah Heron (Accepts NA)
32. Samantha Rajaram
33. Keena Roberts (Accepts NA)
34. Rebecca Enzor (Accepts NA)
35. Matthew Quinn Martin (Accepts NA)
36. Denny S. Bryce (Accepts NA)
37. Meryl Wilsner and Rosie Danan (Accepts NA)
38. P.J. Vernon and Kelly J. Ford (Accepts NA)
39. Gladys Quinn (Accepts NA)
40. Diana A. Hicks (Accepts NA)
41. Damyanti Biswas
42. Stephen Morgan (Accepts NA)