Mentally tormented between her desires and desperation to leave, she has to make a choice. Pitch: Maddie desperately wants to leave her abusive boyfriend, but meeting Nicholas unlocks her needs to be cherished. Though she’d hoped he would win, she hadn’t expected the ring to lasso the glass bottle so effortlessly. “Gunner, you won!” she cried, smiling immediately at the joy blossoming on her son’s innocent face. The fate of the goldfish swimming in its plastic bag was sealed. The colorful hoop made contact, bounced twice, and slipped onto the bottle top.
Since becoming a mom, she could no longer distinguish between her own successes and those of her children. It occurred to her that she might be overly invested in the ring’s flight, but she didn’t care. But for Nora, time stood still and the world held its breath. Music from the historic Ferris wheel echoed in the background, while tourists thronged the boardwalk of the southern California beach town. Nora focused on the plastic ring as it sailed in a wobbly arc, her hands balling into tight fists as the spot of color neared its destination. But her dead son, watching from beyond the grave, is determined to restore her faith in happy endings. When Nora, a reformed alcoholic turned unlikely mom, must bury a child, self-destruction becomes her drug. So after you load, the replies that came in later will show up after the comments. Blogger shows replies and comments in the order received. Scroll back down to the bottom and click “Load more” again to load the rest of the replies, and repeat if needed. Īfter you click on it, it’ll take you to the top of the comments. TO VIEW ALL COMMENTS AND REPLIES CLICK THE “LOAD MORE” BUTTON AT THE END OF THE COMMENT PAGE. So don’t dally and enter your pitches now! Put the children’s books to bed the adult only summer pitch event is here!įor the next 24 hours from 6/26 8AM EDT to 6/27 8AM EDT (The date stamp on comments will be 6AM MDT, which is my local time.) post your 35-word pitch along with the first 150-words of your completed manuscript in the comments of this post.įor details about the pitch party go to this post here.Īgent round is 6/27 at 9AM EDT through the end of 6/29 11:59 PM EDT.Īll comments entered after the cut off time will be deleted.
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