And no, I don't mean Christmas (although both will make you break out in a cold sweat)
It's Pitch Wars time!
About Me:
Hi, my name is Ashley. I've always made up stories: from junior high when I told a girl I was the escaped Princess of Ice Land in Mario Bros. 3, to Harry Potter fanfic in my early twenties. H/Hr 4ever.
I love makeup and clothes. I can drop $200 at Sephora, and not even feel queasy. Within the next few weeks, I plan to launch a hashtag on twitter tentatively dubbed #wheelchairfashionista. My hope is to support other wheelchair fashionistas and reduce the stigma surrounding us (no kidding, I've heard people say, "It's too bad she/he is disabled..." when talking about a person in a wheelchair). Disabled doesn't mean less attractive or that it's wasted on us.
After makeup and clothes, TV shows are my obsession. Some favorites:
~Game of Thrones
~Westworld
~Doctor Who
~Sherlock
~Supernatural (heavy influence on my MS)
~The Walking Dead
~Stranger Things
~Orange is the New Black
I also love Star Wars, Marvel movies, and Disney (Cuzco is the best Disney Princess).
My Querying History:
My MS is titled HOW TO CHANGE YOUR STARS. I queried it in May of 2014 and received half a dozen requests for fulls. All ended with a pass. In a fit of desperation, I queried two editors in 2015. Both took it to an acquisitions meeting at their respective publishers. One came back with an R&R. Unsure of how to make those revisions, I shelved the MS. I decided to enter it in Pitch Wars because several YA Mentors mentioned their love of Supernatural. More specifically, how they wouldn't mind a manuscript like the show.
Some Things About My MS:
I pitch it as Return to Oz meets DAUGHTER OF SMOKE AND BONE.
~It features a female protagonist with anxiety disorder (like me)
~Family relationships
~A diverse cast
~Sword fights
~A demon summoning gone awry
~Frock coats
~Jewish folklore
~A frozen world (remember my junior high lie?)
~Cats
~A slightly burned carrot cake
I'll probably add more to this bio later. Thanks for reading!
