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Members and Submissions
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The Submissions Mailbox is now accepting submissions following the holidays.
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Premium Member Reminder
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It's the start of another exciting year at YALITCHAT! We cannot wait to bring you awesome chats, fun promotions and lots of Kidlit industry news! Here's to a healthy, happy and well-published New Year.
Write well,
Georgia McBride
Founder, YALITCHAT.ORG, #YALITCHAT
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AN AGENT FOR THE HOLIDAYS
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We had a very good response from our members and the participating agents. YALITCHAT would like to thank our requesting agents:
The following members had pitches requested during the contest. Congratulations to:
Melanie Conklin
Two requests: Dawn Dowdle of Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC and Natalie Lakosil of Bradford Literary Agency
JJ DeBenedicts
Requested by Laura Bradford, Bradford Literary Agency
Tara Dublin
Requested by Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC
Kate Brauning
Requested by Laura Bradford, Bradford Literary Agency
Cheryl Mansfield
Requested by Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC
DL Richardson
Requested by Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC
Sarah Turnbull
Requested by Natalie Lakosil, Bradford Literary Agency
Vicki Tremper
Requested by Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC
Ebony McKenna
Three requests: Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC, Laura Bradford, Bradford Literary Agency, and Leticia Gomez, Savvy Literary Services
Nicole McLaughlin
Requested by Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC
Kristin Lenz
Requested by Leticia Gomez, Savvy Literary Services
Melissa Shaw-Smith
Requested by Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC
Caroline Patti
Two requests: Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC, and Leticia Gomez, Savvy Literary Services
Donea Weaver
Two requests: Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC, and Leticia Gomez, Savvy Literary Services
Clifford Piel
Requested by Leticia Gomez, Savvy Literary Services
Susan Taitel
Two requests: Laura Bradford, Bradford Literary Agency, and Carrie Pestritto, Prospect Agency
Beth Fred
Requested by Leticia Gomez, Savvy Literary Services
Connie Michael
Requested by Leticia Gomez, Savvy Literary Services
Courtney Koschel
Requested by Natalie Lakosil, Bradford Literary Agency
Lee Mandel
Two requests: Laura Bradford, Bradford Literary Agency, and Carrie Pestritto, Prospect agency
Rachel Soloman
Requested by Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC
Tanya Reimer
Requested by Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC
Anne Williamison
Requested by Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC
Emily Sims
Requested by Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC
Gretchen Elhassani
Requested by Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC
Jordan Mierek
Requested by Natalie Lakosil, Bradford Literary Agency
SD Lishan
Requested by Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC
Anita Saxena
Two requests: Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC, and Laura Bradford, Bradford Literary Agency
Mariah Wilson
Two requests: Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC, and Laura Bradford, Bradford Literary Agency
Rachel Horwitz
Two requests: Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC, and Laura Bradford, Bradford Literary Agency
Sara Costantino
Requested by Carrie Pestritto, Prospect Agency
Melissa Killian
Requested by Laura Bradford, Bradford Literary Agency
Rena Traxel
Two requests: Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC and Natalie Lakosil, Bradford Literary Agency
Kim O'Brien
Requested by Laura Bradford, Bradford Literary Agency
Leiann Bynum
Two requests: Laura Bradford, Bradford Literary Agency, and Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC
Shelli Cornelison
Two requests: Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC, and Laura Bradford, Bradford Literary Agency
Cara Nelson
Requested by Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC
Susan C. Muller
Requested by Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC
Darcy Morrissette
Requested by Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC
JC Emery
Requested by Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC
Tara Gallina
Requested by Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC
Larissa Hardesty
Requested by Dawn Dowdle, Blue Ridge Literary Agency, LLC
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MEMBER NEWS
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Larry Arrowood's BLOODROOT, THE LAST HEMLOCK, and MIST ON THE MOUNTAIN in the Shenandoah Trilogy, to Lisa Loucks Christenson at Snowy Creek Books, in a nice deal, for publication in 2013, by Dawn Dowdle at Blue Ridge Literary Agency (World).
Jeffe Kennedy's THE TWELVE KINGDOMS Series, three books in which the three daughters of a failing kingdom find their own magic and use that to help heal their lands and people while finding love along the way, to Peter Sentfleben at Kensington, in a nice deal, for publication in 2014, by Pam van Hylckama Vlieg at Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents (World).
NYT bestselling author of SWITCH Megan Hart's EVERY PART OF YOU, a serialized erotic romance, to Jennifer Weis at St. Martin's, in a very nice deal, in two-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
Katie Lane's next 2 installments in the Deep in the Heart of Texas contemporary romance series, again to Alex Logan at Grand Central, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
Robin Constantine's debut THE PROMISE OF AMAZING, in which a boy trying to reform himself and a girl trying to break out of her shell are brought together and fall in love after she saves his life, to Donna Bray at Balzer & Bray, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, by Tamar Rydzinski at the Laura Dail Literary Agency (World English).
Kat Yeh's debut THE TRUTH ABOUT TWINKIE PIE, pitched in the vein of SHUG and THREE TIMES LUCKY, about a girl who moves to a new town and tries to leave her past and her name behind, only to learn life-changing secrets about her family, to Alvina Ling at Little, Brown Children's, at auction, in a two-book deal, for publication in Fall 2014, by Sarah Davies at the Greenhouse Literary Agency (NA).
Carey Corp and Lorie Langdon's DOON, a re-imagining of the classic musical Brigadoon, with permission from the Lerner and Loewe estates, in which two teenage girls from the Midwest discover a lost Scottish kingdom and a shared destiny that will change their lives forever, to Jacque Alberta at Zondervan Children's, in a very nice deal, in a four-book deal, for publication in September 2013, by Nicole Resciniti at The Seymour Agency.
Tanya Kyi's ANYWHERE BUT HERE, with his mom gone, his dad barely there, and his ex-girlfriend there when she shouldn't be, a sixteen-year-old wants to fast-forward through senior year so he can escape to film school; but he is drawn into the dramas of his small town and must decide if he wants to star in other people's lives or direct his own, to Annette Pollert at Simon Pulse, for publication in Fall 2013, by Patricia Ocampo at Transatlantic Literary Agency (World).
NYT bestselling author of BECAUSE YOU ARE MINE Beth Kery's WHEN I'M WITH YOU, a serialized erotic romance to be released over eight weeks beginning March 2013, to Leis Pederson at Intermix, in a nice deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency.
Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson, and Sarah Rees Brennan's THE BANE CHRONICLES, a cycle of ten linked short stories about an immortal warlock featured in Clare's "Shadowhunters" novels, to Karen Wojtyla at Simon & Schuster Children's, in a significant deal, for ebook publication of one story per month in 2013, followed by a print edition in 2014, by Russell Galen for Clare; Kristin Nelson for Rees Brennan; Kate Schafer Testerman for Johnson (NA). Foreign: Baror International
Jennifer Castle's KEIRA'S STORY, a companion story to the author's YA novel YOU LOOK DIFFERENT IN REAL LIFE, to Rosemary Brosnan at Harper Teen Impulse, for publication in May 2013, by Jamie Weiss Chilton at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (World English). Translation: Taryn Fagerness Agency
Michelle Zink's TEMPTATION'S HEAT, the first in a 3-book series featuring members of The Shadowguard, an elite group of assassins whose passion for forbidden entanglements may bring more than one of them to their knees, to Georgia McBride at Swoon Romance, for publication in Fall 2012, by Steven Malk of Writers House (World English).
Diane Thornton's SMITHYTOWNE, the story of a boy who discovers an underground city far beneath the local junkyard where everything is made of junkyard parts, even the people, to Georgia McBride at Month9Books, in a nice deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2014 and fall 2015, by Anna Olswanger at Liza Dawson Associates (World).
Jeffe Kennedy's MASTER OF THE MASKS, an update on the Phantom of the Opera set in Santa Fe with BDSM, to Peter Senftleben at eKensington, in a three-book deal, for publication in 2013, by Pam van Hylckama Vlieg at Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents (World).
DARK INSIDE and RAGE WITHIN author Jeyn Roberts's THE BODIES WE WEAR, pitched as Kill Bill meets The Lovely Bones, in which a girl trains to take revenge on those who took her future and murdered the boy she loved, after a powerful new drug causes havoc and deadly addiction, little realizing that someone from her past is coming to help her, to Melanie Cecka at Knopf Children's, in a good deal, in a pre-empt, in a two-book deal, for publication in Fall 2014, by Sarah Davies at the Greenhouse Literary Agency (NA).
Cassandra Clare's SHADOWHUNTERS AND DOWNWORLDERS, to Brilliance Audio, by Susan Schulman Literary Agency on behalf of BenBella Books.
Portugal rights to Daisy Whitney's WHEN YOU WERE HERE, to Gailivro, by Sandra Bruna Literary Agency, on behalf of Taryn Fagerness Agency and Michelle Wolfson of Wolfson Literary Agency.
New Releases
 BROKEN
by A.E. Rought
Publisher: Strange Chemistry
Publication Date: January 8, 2012
Imagine a modern spin on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein where a young couple's undying love and the grief of a father pushed beyond sanity could spell the destruction of them all.
A string of suspicious deaths near a small Michigan town ends with a fall that claims the life of Emma Gentry's boyfriend, Daniel. When she encounters newcomer Alex Franks, only son of a renowned widowed surgeon, she's intrigued despite herself. He is strangely...familiar.
From the way he knows how to open her locker when it sticks, to the nickname she shared only with Daniel, even his hazel eyes with brown flecks are just like Daniel's. The closer they become, though, the more something inside her screams there's something very wrong with Alex Franks.
 EVERBOUND by Brodi Ashton
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Publication Date: January 22, 2012
Nikki Beckett could only watch as her boyfriend, Jack, sacrificed himself to save her, taking her place in the Tunnels of the Everneath for eternity-a debt that should've been hers. Now she is living a borrowed life, and she doesn't know what to do with the guilt. And every night, Jack appears in her dreams, lost and confused and wasting away. No matter how she tries to reach for his hand, she can never find it.
Desperate for answers, Nikki turns to Cole, the immortal bad boy who wants to make her his queen-and the one person least likely to help. But his heart has been touched by everything about Nikki, and he agrees to help in the only way he can: by taking her to the Everneath himself.
 A SHIMMER OF ANGELS by Lisa M. Basso
Publisher: Month9Books
Publication Date: January 29, 2012
Sixteen-year-old Rayna Evans has spent the last three years locked away in a mental institution for seeing angels. Intent on remaining free, she ignores signs that she may be slipping into the world she has tried so hard to climb out of. But when her hallucinations begin showing up at school, can Rayna keep her job, her sanity and keep students from dying at the hand of angels she can't admit to seeing?
January Releases
01/01--ASHES, ASHES by Jo Treggiari
01/01--A BEAUTIFUL EVIL by Kelly Keaton
01/01--EMPTY by K.M. Walton
01/01--CLEOPATRA'S MOON by Vicky Alvear Shecter
01/08--CRASH by Lisa McMann
01/08--THE WAY WE FALL by Megan Crewe
01/08--BROKEN by A.E. Rought
01/15--EVERLASTING by Alyson Noel
01/22--EVERBOUND by Brodi Ashton
01/22--THE ARCHIVED by Victoria Schwab
01/24--TRY NOT TO BREATH by Jennifer R. Hubbard
01/29--SHADOWHUNTERS AND DOWNWORLDERS by Cassandra Clare (ed.)
01/29--SHADOWS IN THE SILENCE by Courtney Allison Moulton
01/29--WINGS OF THE WICKED by Courtney Allison Moulton
01/29--A SHIMMER OF ANGELS by Lisa M. Basso
Have a release coming out in February? We want to feature it, so let us know! Contact membership@yalitchat.org with the details.
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NANOWRIMO WINNERS
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Congratulations to all our NaNoWriMo finishers and everyone who took part this November.
First place: $50 gift card to Amazon.com and 10 page novel critique by LM Preston: Lam Jasmine Bauman
Final count: 105,545
Second place: One year Premium Membership and one member book of their choice: Rebecca Fyfe
Final count: 100,163
Third place: One member eBook of their choice: Jennifer Michael
Final count: 58,354
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Upcoming #YALITCHAT Twitter Wednesdays @ 9PM ET
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January 2 - Happy New Year! Open Chat -No host
January 9 - New Year Writing Resolutions: How to keep them.
January 16 - It's a New Year! Let's talk trends!
January 23 - All about marketing. Learn the ins and out of marketing your book from professionals in the industry. Guests TBA
January 30 - Debut Author Chat We're lining up a ton of debut authors. Want to join in? Email nicole at yalitchat dot org.
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Member Grants
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EDUCATION GRANT
Available for Teachers and Librarians who are members of YALITCHAT.ORG. Educators join YALITCHAT.ORG's Premium membership for $25/annually though it is NOT necessary to do so in order to qualify for the EDUCATION GRANT.
Apply for a grant for use on classroom supplies, technology purchase, author visit, etc. Grants available in amounts of $50.00 per member. Five available per membership year. NB: Educators (regardless of membership level) qualify for FREE classroom supplies at beginning of each semester. Join our EDUCATORS group for more info.
HARDSHIP GRANT*
Want to expand your horizons and connect with others in the industry but just don't have the funds? YALITCHAT offers TWO types of Hardship Grants and is available to individuals who desire to join YALITCHAT, SCBWI, RWA, RWAYA and other related organizations but need help doing so.
YALITCHAT Membership Grant
Covers the cost of a full year's premium membership in YALITCHAT.ORG or $30.00 per grantee.
There are 5 grants available for the 2012-2013 Membership year (July-July).
BALANCE AVAILABLE FOR 2011-2012 MEMBERSHIP YEAR: $150 (5 GRANTS).
YALITCHAT OTO Hardship Grant*
Covers the cost to JOIN any Other Trade Organization in disbursements of $25 per grantee.
There are 4 available for the 2011-2012 membership year (July-July). You MUST be a premium member of YALITCHAT.ORG in order to qualify for this grant.
BALANCE AVAILABLE FOR 2012-2013 MEMBERSHIP YEAR: $100 (4 GRANTS).
MARKETING SUPPORT GRANT*
Are you a newly published author in need of marketing support materials for a new release? How about an author about to head on tour in need of giveaways and promo items? Do you need to purchase more ARCs from your publisher to get exposure for your book? Need money to get that new website off the ground? We can help.
Last year we gave away $600 in grants towards supporting published members in promoting their books! There are be five grants available or $100 per person/grantee. Grants are available to premium members only.
BALANCE AVAILABLE FOR 2012-2013 MEMBERSHIP YEAR: $500 (5 GRANTS)
QUICK LEARNING GRANT*
Up to $50 toward any learning initiative such as a webinar, online course, conference, etc. You must be already registered for said initiative and have already paid in full. Must be writing or publishing industry related.
$250.00 USD year available total and $50 per grantee.
BALANCE AVAILABLE FOR 2012-2013 MEMBERSHIP YEAR: $250 (5 GRANTS).
Want to learn more about grants or need an application? Please send an email to grants at yalitchat (dot) org.
*Available to Premium Members ONLY!
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ABOUT YALITCHAT.ORG
YALITCHAT.ORG is an all-volunteer organization run by writers who love what we do! In our spare time, away from family, day jobs and writing time--we work tirelessly to keep the community up and running twenty four hours a day, seven days each week.
The membership dues that come in to the organization are invested directly back into the organization and spent on office supplies, member grants, donations, student memberships (student membership is FREE through high school), member development and general maintenance or what we like to call "rent and utilities." If you share a passion for supporting fellow writers and others in children's literature, please consider volunteering.
Please subscribe to YALITCHAT.ORG for only $30.00. More on membership options can be found by visiting http://www.yalitchat.com.
CONTACT US
Questions, comments or corrections may be directed to: inquiries (at) yalitchat.org. Send news to: membership (at) yalitchat.org.
Contact Membership Ambassador, Nicole Olea with any issues relating to membership, site usage, community, forum, etc.
Published authors may contact Nicole Olea for promotional opportunities, marketing grants, etc. at our membership email address.
Publishers and authors may mail books to the below address. If you need a street address, please send a note to our inquiries email address.
YALITCHAT.ORG
PO Box 1892
Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526
VISIT US ON THE WEB
http://yalitchat.org
http://yalitchat.com (public site for chat schedule, transcripts, etc)
NEWSLETTER STAFF AND CREDITS
Aja Hannah, Copy Editor
Tara Sundaram, Newsletter Producer
Nicole Olea, Membership Ambassador
C. Lee McKenzie, Grants Program Administrator
Georgia McBride, President, Executive Editor
Jennifer Million, Senior Newsletter Producer, Associate Editor
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