So Sunday night I submitted the first Shredded Orphans book to the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award for 2012. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I'll at least make the first pitch cut. I know I don't have a chance of winning since I'm writing sci-fi instead of literary fiction, but it was a great goal to get the book ready to where I felt comfortable showing other people. Well, I'll know by the end of February how it goes. Here's hoping!
In case you are interested here is the pitch I used for my book.
Come Space Tripping With the Shredded Orphans. The Verity
Aquinas crash lands on the way to a concert. Lix and the rest of the Shredded Orphans band
must find their way back to civilization.
The band is desperate to make it to the concert on time.
Lix and the
rest of the band have landed in the desert and there is no sign of life. Their communications equipment isn’t working. They don’t have a clue which way to go, but
that doesn’t stop the adventurous group.
Lix and the
other members of the Shredded Orphans are slaves to their jobs - literally. The galaxy is run by the corporate class and
at its head is the Galactic Media Corporation.
The band’s manager won’t give two credits to save Lix’s pink Mohawked
head if the band doesn’t rate enough image points.
Driven by the thought of what might
happen if they fail, the Shredded Orphans set out on their trip across the
desert. Lix worries that the band is
falling apart and music isn’t the only thing at stake. By night, the band plays concerts. By day, Lix is on a secret mission to save
the universe, one slave at a time. Is
the risk getting too high for the group to handle?
Travel with the Shredded Orphans as
they encounter ex-advertising slaves, unknown fauna and over-exposure to the
sun on this “road” trip of galactic proportions. It’s like Firefly and Farscape with a
recording contract. Space Tripping with the Shredded Orphans is a hilarious adventure
filled with music, mayhem and managers.
