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Are you familiar with Steve Martin from Saturday Night Live back in the old days?

You know that skit where he strums his banjo and sings, "I'm a ramblin', ramblin', ramblin', ramblin', ramblin', ramblin'  GUUUYY!"?

Well, that's me.

I'm a ramblin', ramblin', ramblin', ramblin', ramblin', ramblin'  GUUUYY, er, well I guess technically, gal!

I took Princess Blue Kitty for her very overdue oil change on Monday, loaded her up yesterday, and... you won't believe it... but right now, this very second, while you are here reading my blog (thank you so much for being here!) I am somewhere in the wilds of Pennsylvania at an institution of higher learning.

Basically, I am a chauffeur.

A ramblin', ramblin', ramblin', ramblin', ramblin', ramblin'  chauffeur :)

So anyway, whilst I'm touring the eastern United States, I am simultaneously presenting to you the winner of the March Pitch Pick, a delicious Something Chocolate, and a fabulous pitch from today's WYRI participant!  I'm such a multi-tasker.  (Er, ahem, that was a tiny fib.  A fiblit.  I am so not a multi-tasker.  I can't even talk on the phone and fold laundry because I get a crick in my neck.  You can thank Blogger's scheduling feature for making this presentation possible.)

So first off, let's have a round of applause for the winner of the March Pitch Pick!  It is Carrie with her PB pitch for Stepping Into Adventure: The Magic Rocks!  Congratulations, Carrie!  Your pitch is on its way to editor Erin Molta for her comments!

And congratulations to our other brave and talented pitchers for doing such a great job!  Everyone is a winner, really, just for polishing their pitch, putting it out there, taking the feedback constructively, and making the pitch even better than before.  Bravo to all of you!!!

After all that excitement, you probably need Something Chocolate.  Today's pitcher has requested Chocolate Cream Pie, and far be it from me to disappoint a pitcher :)

Can you say scrumdiddlyumptious?  Mmm-mmm!

Today's pitch comes to us from Ariel who says, "I'm a mom of two young children in New Jersey, which means I get to read a ton of picture books and pretend I'm reading them for my kids and not myself. I'm on Twitter @a3bernstein and write a blog, How to Raise Benevolent Dictators at https://a3bernstein.wordpress.com. I also believe that a day without chocolate isn't a completed day."
Here is her pitch:

Working Title: The Octopus Wants What It Wants
Age/Genre: Picture Book (ages 4-8)
The Pitch: Sea creatures beware! Billie the octopus wants what she wants and she takes what she wants. But when Billie takes a boy from a fishing boat and finds out what it's like to have a friend, she learns what she really wanted all along.
So what do you think?  Would You Read It?  YES, MAYBE or NO?

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Sometimes a box arrives on your doorstep.

If it looks like this

you know it is a very very good kind of box!!!

When you open it, you'll see this

and then this

and then this

and finally - squeeeeeeee! -

SOMETHING CHOCOLATE!!!

Please, help yourselves!

And thank you, Kirsten, for your very thoughtful gift!  I'd like to say there were some left, but that would just be lying :)  I can say in complete truthfulness, however, that they were delicious!!! :)

Now that we are all happily munching on the proverbial bonbons, let's have a round of applause (because it would be impolite to yell "Congratulations!" with a mouth full of Godiva chocolate truffles!) for the winner of the March Pitch Pick which is. . .


Congratulations, Ann!  Your pitch has been sent to editor Erin Molta for her thoughts.  I'm sure you'll hear from her shortly.

And congratulations to our other brave pitchers who also did a terrific job!  I hope you all gained from the Would You Read It experience, and I also hope you'll take a few extra congratulatory truffles :)  Best of luck with your stories!

Now then.  Onward!

Today's pitch comes to us from Charlotte who says, "When I was a little girl, a childless older couple who lived across the street gave me an oversized picture book, written in wonderful rhyming couplets.  More than a half century later, I can still recite the entire story of “The Children That Lived in a Shoe” from memory, as I visualize the pictures of the cherub-like little ones going about their daily routines. I still love this book.  Twenty-first century children deserve access to their own favorite stories that will endure for them throughout their lifetimes. I keep this in mind when I work on my PB manuscripts."

Here is her pitch:

Working Title: Roy G. Biv And The Amazing Castle Moat
Age/Genre: Picture Book (ages 5-8)
The Pitch: Sophie senses there’s magic in the world of nature, while Sam is more of a what-you-see-is-what-you-get kind of kid. She likes building fairy houses but agrees to help her brother construct his sand fortress.  When a sudden summer rainstorm spares their beach castle, the overflowing moat delivers a surprise visitor, Roy G. Biv.  Sam thinks someone is playing a trick on him when he hears the guest’s voice share a rhyming, rhythmic poem about the rainbow’s colors. Sophie is delighted at how Sam finds out that Roy G. Biv is not only rather magical, but is also real.

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

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