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HomeWriters Roadtrip Pitches



WRITER'S ROAD TRIP - ANNUAL MINI WRITERS CONFERENCE
October 4, 2025


Zem Zem Banquet & Conference Center
2525 West 38th Street, Erie, PA


Pitches


A Chance to Pitch Your Book!

Sign up for this event at the Registration Table. Pay a small fee at the door ($5, no limit as long as slots remain). Share 10 minutes, one-on-one, with Debra Rae Sanchez, editor and translator from Tree Shadow Press, or Melanie A. Billings from the Wild Rose Press, for possible publication.



Debra R. Sanchez

We welcome back Ms. Debra R. Sanchez, Editor and Translator from Tree Shadow Press (www.treeshadowpress.com)


Debra has been with Tree Shadow Press since its founding in 2016 and is working with authors from every genre. Books from Tree Shadow Press, including several that she edited and translated, have won “TAZ” awards from The Author Zone, which honors indie press publications. (www.theauthorszone.com)


The following genres edited by Debra for Tree Shadow Press received the following awards:

  • 2017 awards in Business, Children’s Books, Historical Fiction, and Memoir
  • 2018 awards in Poetry
  • (2019 – awards ceremony not held)
  • 2020 awards in Children’s Book (3rd-8th grade), Picture Book, Anthology, Historical Fiction, Poetry
  • Nine awards in 2021. One in Children’s Book (3rd-8th grade), Three in Picture Book, Two in Self-Help, One in Historical Fiction, Two in Fiction/Mystery


Melanie Billings

We welcome back Ms. Melanie A. Billings, Editor at Wild Rose Press, after a very successful debut at Writer’s Road Trip 4, very exciting Writer’s Road Trips 5-7, and of course Writer's Road Trip 12. Melanie has been working in various aspects of Ebook publishing since 1998. She was the Acquisitions Editor for Whiskey Creek Press and the Senior Editor for Wee Creek Press. Currently the Editor of the Special Projects Department at The Wild Rose Press, Melanie has the freedom to move between lines, working with authors from every genre. Melanie graduated from Roberts Wesleyan College in 1997 with a Bachelor’s degree in her double major in English and Communication. Melanie loves to write and enjoys participating in various writing challenges throughout the year. She has two works of poetry published (Climbing the Mountain and Whispers) and way too many works in progress to mention. You can find her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.




Catherine McLean: Pitch Doctor

Our own Area 1 Pitch Doctor, Catherine McLean, will be available in the Hospitality Suite (see sign at Registration Table for times) to help writers understand what a pitch is and to create, revise, refine, and even practice that pitch.