Friday
29Jan2010
Today is the Day - Pitchfest
Elana RothGood morning, all. Caren and I are just a few hours away from digging in to the nearly 400 pitches we received yesterday. Thanks to everyone who participated.
I already noticed that several pitches came in after I locked the pitch threads at midnight EST last night. Since the time-cap was the 24 hours of Thursday EST, I can't promise we'll respond to those. You sneaky people who tried to skirt the system...
So stay tuned. We have a long day ahead of us, and we'll update you if we need more time. You can also check my Twitter feed today, since I might post some sporadic updates as we go.
And next week I'll do a nice post-mortem blog post about this whole experiment.
~Elana
Reader Comments (12)
Thank you so much for doing this! You're both very brave :) Looking forward to reading the post-mortem!
Good luck everyone! 400 pitches is a lot to handle in one day :) Thank you again for hosting such a great opportunity.
Thanks! I know this is a lot of work for you guys but its a lot fun for us. I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
That is a lot of pitches. We'll be thinking of you both all day long!
I really enjoyed this and liked reading the other pitches! I think it's a opportunity to learn how to do the short pitch and whether or not yours need some work. (I know mine does!) Thanks!
I am grateful that you and Caren are taking the time to read all these pitches. So enjoyed reading all the others. A great learning experience for me. Thanks.
Thanks for the push to work on a short pitch.
Although I did not make the cut and must now hunt for chocolate (Godiva? or should I settle for chocolate chips?), I want to thank you for this opportunity. I appreciate the advice, and it gave me over twenty-four hours of indulging my ample imagination.
Thank you again.
Caren, your advice was very encouraging. Two agents have told me my concept was good, so at least I know the idea has merit. Elana, you crack me up!
Thank you for the opportunity to pitch our novels. Your comments and advice are very valuable and I hope everyone appreciates it as much as I do. I am curious, though, about what it means when you say that a concept is small. I can't wait to read your next blog and the rest of your comments. Good luck and thank you again.
This was such a great learning experience. Your insights were invaluable. Thanks for taking the time to comment on everybody's pitch, guys. Very informative!
I wanted to say thank you for doing this pitch session. I didn't find your blog soon enough to send a pitch of my own, but it was very educational to see what worked, what didn't, and why.