UPCOMING APPEARANCES & PITCH SESSIONS
Christine Goss will be taking in-person pitches at Writer's Day Workshop in Birmingham, AL Fri. 3/15/24 and in Atlanta, GA Sat 3/16/24.
Tina P. Schwartz will be taking in-person pitches at Chicago Writer's Association conference, March 22-24, 2024 in Chicago, IL at the Allerton Hotel.
Cathie Armstrong will be taking pitches remotely for the "Write Angles/Straw Dog" conference April 4, 2024.
Cathie Armstrong will be taking pitches at "Minnesota Writer's Workshop" in Minneapolis, MN, April 6, 2024.
Amy Nielsen will be taking in-person pitches at a one-day event Writer's Day Workshop in Tampa, FL, April 12, 2024.
Tina P. Schwartz will be speaking at, taking pitches, and selling books at the Lincoln Township Public Library in Stevensville, Michigan, Saturday Apr. 27, 2024, [Tina will be there from 12noon-4pm. Call 269-429-9575 for details.]
Bonnie Swanson & Cathie Armstrong will be taking in-person pitches at the OWFI - Oklahoma Writer's Federation Inc. - Conference May 2 - May 5, 2024.
Cathie Armstrong will be at the (online) Ohio Writing Workshop May 10-11, 2024.
Tina P. Schwartz, Vicky Weber, and Christine Goss will be taking pitches at Writer's Day Workshop in Chicago on Sat. June 22, 2024.
Cathie Armstrong will be taking pitches at "Novel in Progress Bootcamp" in Racine, WI, June 16- June 22, 2024.
Cathie Armstrong will be taking pitches at "Write-con" in Oklahoma City, Aug. 30-Sept. 2, 2024.
Cathie Armstrong will be at Writing Away Workshop (online) Sept 14-15, 2024.
Cathie Armstrong will be at 2024 Colorado Gold Writers' Conference Sept. 27-29, 2024 in Denver, CO.
Cathie Armstrong will be at 2024 Wisconsin Writers' Association conference October 25-26, 2024 in LaCrosse, WI.
If querying, please use each agent's individual QueryManager.com submission form, part of QueryTracker.net. "One Day Unsolicited Query Openings" will continue to be announced sporadically on Twitter if one of the agents is not open yet. Watch @TPurcellAgency for those announcements. FOR ALL AGENTS Tina, Bonnie, Cathie, Vicky, Christine, and Amy WATCH THEIR TWEETS FOR one-week subs openings and GO TO SUB GUIDELINES PAGE on this site for exact details! Thank you.
Tina P. Schwartz will be taking in-person pitches at Chicago Writer's Association conference, March 22-24, 2024 in Chicago, IL at the Allerton Hotel.
Cathie Armstrong will be taking pitches remotely for the "Write Angles/Straw Dog" conference April 4, 2024.
Cathie Armstrong will be taking pitches at "Minnesota Writer's Workshop" in Minneapolis, MN, April 6, 2024.
Amy Nielsen will be taking in-person pitches at a one-day event Writer's Day Workshop in Tampa, FL, April 12, 2024.
Tina P. Schwartz will be speaking at, taking pitches, and selling books at the Lincoln Township Public Library in Stevensville, Michigan, Saturday Apr. 27, 2024, [Tina will be there from 12noon-4pm. Call 269-429-9575 for details.]
Bonnie Swanson & Cathie Armstrong will be taking in-person pitches at the OWFI - Oklahoma Writer's Federation Inc. - Conference May 2 - May 5, 2024.
Cathie Armstrong will be at the (online) Ohio Writing Workshop May 10-11, 2024.
Tina P. Schwartz, Vicky Weber, and Christine Goss will be taking pitches at Writer's Day Workshop in Chicago on Sat. June 22, 2024.
Cathie Armstrong will be taking pitches at "Novel in Progress Bootcamp" in Racine, WI, June 16- June 22, 2024.
Cathie Armstrong will be taking pitches at "Write-con" in Oklahoma City, Aug. 30-Sept. 2, 2024.
Cathie Armstrong will be at Writing Away Workshop (online) Sept 14-15, 2024.
Cathie Armstrong will be at 2024 Colorado Gold Writers' Conference Sept. 27-29, 2024 in Denver, CO.
Cathie Armstrong will be at 2024 Wisconsin Writers' Association conference October 25-26, 2024 in LaCrosse, WI.
If querying, please use each agent's individual QueryManager.com submission form, part of QueryTracker.net. "One Day Unsolicited Query Openings" will continue to be announced sporadically on Twitter if one of the agents is not open yet. Watch @TPurcellAgency for those announcements. FOR ALL AGENTS Tina, Bonnie, Cathie, Vicky, Christine, and Amy WATCH THEIR TWEETS FOR one-week subs openings and GO TO SUB GUIDELINES PAGE on this site for exact details! Thank you.
AWARDS & NEWS about TPA books...
IN THE RING (Young Adult) by Sierra Isley has been named on a "Must Read" list. Use Link to See... https://georgiacenterforthebook.org/honors-awards/books-all-georgians-and-young-georgians-should-read-2024
A MARK IN THE ROAD (Young Adult) by Angelique Burrell has been honored as ILLINOIS' "Soon to be Famous" Illinois Author Project Winner 2023.
https://soontobefamous.info/
TPA Bi-Annual Scholarship Winner:
Christine Alemshah
January 2024
Scholarship Winners to Date: Jan. 2022 - Dannie Olguin, July 2022 - Paul DeStefano, Jan. 2023 - Brittany Plumeri, July 2023 - Ellen Zheng; Jan 2024 Christine Alemshah
Second Annual TPA Writer's Retreat - July 2023
Embassy Suites in Deerfield, IL
Photos from FIRST ever TPA Writer's Retreat (Oct'22)
Forthcoming Titles (waiting for cover art)
coming from TPA Authors...
2023
OUT OF BLUE COMES GREEN, Young Adult - Coming-of-Age, by M.E. Corey (Page Street Publishing)
2024
BLUEBELL, Young Adult Romance, by Destinee Schriner. (Reuts Publishing)
2024
SLEEP IN PEACE, Women's Fiction, by Melanie Doctors (Rising Action)
2024
ME & THE MISSOURI MOON, Middle Grade fiction, by Nancy Stewart (Monarch Educational Services)
2024
FORTUNES OF TEXAS series (Book 5 - yet untitled), Adult Romance, by Jennifer Wilck (Harlequin)
2024
PANIC IN THE PANHANDLE, Adult Mystery, J.C. Kenney (1st in 3 book series), (Tule)
2025
HASHTAG, CELEBRITY CRUSH, Adult Romance, by Christy Swift (Forever; Hachette Book Group USA) + another stand alone title TBA
2025
CRASH LANDING, Adult Romance, by Annie McQuaid (Avon; HarperCollins) + another stand alone title TBA
OUT OF BLUE COMES GREEN, Young Adult - Coming-of-Age, by M.E. Corey (Page Street Publishing)
2024
BLUEBELL, Young Adult Romance, by Destinee Schriner. (Reuts Publishing)
2024
SLEEP IN PEACE, Women's Fiction, by Melanie Doctors (Rising Action)
2024
ME & THE MISSOURI MOON, Middle Grade fiction, by Nancy Stewart (Monarch Educational Services)
2024
FORTUNES OF TEXAS series (Book 5 - yet untitled), Adult Romance, by Jennifer Wilck (Harlequin)
2024
PANIC IN THE PANHANDLE, Adult Mystery, J.C. Kenney (1st in 3 book series), (Tule)
2025
HASHTAG, CELEBRITY CRUSH, Adult Romance, by Christy Swift (Forever; Hachette Book Group USA) + another stand alone title TBA
2025
CRASH LANDING, Adult Romance, by Annie McQuaid (Avon; HarperCollins) + another stand alone title TBA