Would You Read It Wednesday - The 52nd Pitch!!!

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday Would You Read It
Happy Birthday to you!!!

I know!  I can't believe it either!  Would You Read It is one year old today!  Today makes the 52nd pitch we've had the privilege to read - 52 writers whose pitches have benefited from all the thoughtful, helpful comments generated by YOU.  I'm really proud to be part of such a generous effort.  It's wonderful that this community is so supportive!  Thank you all for participating, and I hope we'll have lots and lots more pitches to look forward to.  I'm waiting for the first book to be published that was pitched here - won't that be a day to celebrate?! :)

Before we get to today's pitch, a couple items of business.

First, I want to thank the lovely, vivacious, mistress of counting, everybody's favorite Cupcake for bestowing the Blog On Fire Award on me.  Cupcake, you are the mostest :)

As you all know, I am terrible at awards.  I'm supposed to tell 5 things about myself and pass the award to 5 favorite bloggers.  I'll try for the 5 about me, but I can't possibly pick only 5 favorites among you when I love you all :) so anyone who would like the award can consider themselves chosen :)

1.  I have fewer dresses than Cupcake (who owns 9) and
2.  I have no tutus at all (gasp! I know! Cupcake has 2!), so clearly I need to rectify that :)
3.  I have been in Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Connecticut, New York, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and the District of Columbia in the past month.  That may be a traveling record for me!
4.  I am totally looking forward to The Bourne Legacy even though Matt Damon isn't in it.  Sigh.
5.  I could have been an Olympic Gymnast... except I'm uncoordinated... and have no talent for gymnastics :)  But I really like watching them so that has to count for something :)

Alrighty, then.  Onward.

Due to my extensive traveling, I'm just a tad behind on ye olde blog schedule.  I was going to put the July Pitch Pick on today's post, but the new policy states that pitchers have the chance to revise their pitches before the vote and since I've been wandering around the midwest and random New York airports I haven't emailed them all to get the version they want to use for the pitch pick, so...  not Friday, because that's Short & Sweets, and not Monday because I have a special post to share that day :)... so I guess it'll be next Wednesday for that.  If you happen to be one of the July pitchers, please feel free to email me the version you want to use :)

So now, at last, it's time to grab your Something Chocolate (has anyone tried Chocolate Cheerios?  Are they good?) and see what you think of today's pitch which comes to us from the lovely Patricia who is a pre-published writer of picture books, with a YA fantasy and MG fantasy series rattling around her laptop.  After a meandering journey from Wall Street attorney to not-for-profit fundraiser, with many years volunteering to support arts and education in between, this mother of three mostly-grown children and two young-at-heart pups is now busy banging on the keyboard, trying to write that elusive perfect children’s book.  She loves dogs, travel & the flora and fauna of living life to the full.  Like Two Orange Pups on Facebook to share their Woofs of Wisdom each Wednesday.

And here's her pitch:

Working Title:  Two Orange Pups And The Ball
Age/Genre:  Picture Book (ages 3-6)
The Pitch:  Two orange pups.  The perfect ball.  Sounds simple, until the picky princess pup turns up her nose at each of her friends’ perfect balls.   Follow the pair and their friends on this madcap quest at they discover that shared experiences, not possessions, matter most.

So what do you think?  Would You Read It?  YES, MAYBE or NO?

If your answer is YES, please feel free to tell us what you particularly liked and why the pitch piqued your interest.  If your answer is MAYBE or NO, please feel free to tell us what you think could be better in the spirit of helping Patricia improve her pitch.  Helpful examples of possible alternate wordings are welcome.  (However, I must ask that comments be constructive and respectful.  I reserve the right not to publish comments that are mean because that is not what this is about.)

Please send YOUR pitches for the coming weeks!  For rules and where to submit, click on this link Would You Read It or on the Would You Read It tab in the bar above.  There are openings in September, which is not very far away at all at this point, so we could really use some new pitches!!

Patricia is looking forward to your thoughts on her pitch!

And I am off - yes, on the road again! - but this time to a day care/summer camp visit with Phyllis and Woolliam - first one since school got out in June so I'm feeling a little rusty...!  I hope we'll have a good day!