ALT Title Slide: Title of the book across the top of the slide. The Women of Willow Hill by Samantha Gwyn. Contemporary Romantic Suspense. 70,000 words. Graphics depicting a podcast.
ALT The Pitch: What started as an amateur investigation into her town’s missing mayor, somehow ended with her ex as her podcast co-host, the book club acting suspicious, the sheriff hiding evidence, a missing best friend and a possible serial killer on the loose. A podcast to die for
ALT Comps and Tropes: Book covers of ACROSS A VANISHING SKY by Catherine Cowles, FIX HER UP by Tessa Bailey, IDENTITY by Nora Roberts and SUITE LIES AND ALIBIS by Kristy Dixon. Tropes mentioned are second chance romance, brother’s best friend, a ticking clock, a missing person, nicknames and banter and small town gossip.
ALT An Excerpt: The day the mayor went missing was the best day of her life. Not that she had anything against the mayor, besides the skeevy vibe she got from him once a couple of years prior, but Rosalie Foster loved nothing more than a good mystery. And this mystery just so happened to be in her very own town. A town where front-page news was a new stop sign being installed, the dates of the church’s yearly fish fry, or the one time where some of the farm boys motorized a bar stool and drove it around town.
ALT Map background featuring two polaroid images. The first is of a young woman on a cliff staring out at the sea. The photo is labeled “274 Nights by Samantha Gwyn”. The second, smaller photo, is of a group of young people standing on a mountain and overlooking a sunset, the woman has a hand in the air celebrating. The photo is labeled “A contemporary rom-com at 76,000 words”.
ALT Map background featuring they following text: The Pitch As a new crew member of the World Cruise, Reese wants to see the world and find out who she is after escaping a toxic relationship, NOT fall for the grumpy guitar player onboard. Who knew a life onboard meant tipsy tourists, swinger passengers, rocky seas and ALL the crew drama?!
ALT Map background. Labeled Comps & Tropes. Featuring book covers of The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang, People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry and Christa Comes Out of Her Shell by Abbi Waxman. Below it are Themes and Tropes: Reluctant co-workers to lovers A self-discovery journey Quirky side-characters Nicknames & banter Grump x sunshine Flirting with a K-pop star Exotic locations Series potential Dual POV Elements of suspense
ALT Map background featuring the following text: The first few lines… Reese stared at the giant ship in front of her. Boat? Vessel? Whatever it was, it was huge. Her bulging suitcase and backpack sat at her feet as heat from the cement radiated up to her already warm face. Anxiety rolled through her as she stared at her new home and workplace. Thanks to the Miami humidity, sweat ran from her temples and she brushed it away with her fingertips while staring up at fifteen decks of the largest ship she had ever seen.
ALT ghost image title The Bones Beckon
ALT The bones Call to Me Title for agent guide
ALT Trope Map. Fanart of FMC with sword. QPOC FMC & LI (#own). Magical mobsters. Transdimensional war. Anti-colonial. Swordplay. Exes-to-lovers. Dark academia. Fanart by Ikki.
ALT Editors guide to THESE WILTED BONES by Tasha Livingstone. Represented by FinePrint Literary Management.
ALT Short pitch. Anti-colonial Fourth Wing Meets Jade City with an LGBTQIA twist in this exes-to-lovers romance when conscripted weapon specialist Amira and mafia heir Havoc investigate disappearances at Stormfront War Academy, where their returning feelings for one another may prove more hazardous than surviving their lethal exams.
ALT Long Pitch.
