Carl is a veteran writer in a broad range of media, including six novels and a non-fiction experimental volume, One Page a Day. He was an award-winning marketing communications writer in the world of corporate finance and investing. Several of his novels draw from that experience, most notably Race Riot and Medicus. These well-reviewed thrillers shine a withering light on the greed, corruption, and incompetence of the stories’ high-powered executive villains. His YA speculative novel, Come the Harpies, was a 2022 Maxy Award Finalist.
The Indispensable Lottie Hot takes inspiration and thematic elements from several excellent sources, including A Man Called Ove (sudden widowerhood), Doxology (family dysfunction), Thank You for Smoking (voice and snark), Running & Being (running bible), The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Cuisine (food!), Topper (obnoxious ghosts).
Seeking published books, graphic novels, and short stories for film and TV adaptation. Winner and runner-up receive extensive development with execs and circulation to producers.
Reviewing unpublished manuscripts across multiple categories of fiction and nonfiction. Select publishers and literary agents get first look at the winners and runners-up.
The Indispensable Lottie Hot by Mark Connelly will be published by Running Wild Press. Due for a 2026 release. Mark placed in the 2024 Unpublished competition with his literary novel Newman's Choice.
Unpublished finalist (Nonfiction) Kate Evans was introduced by Pipeline to agent Cindy Bullard of Birch Literary in 2023, who soon after signed her. Ditch Your Sh*t!: How to Declutter the Crap Out of Your Life and Home is slated for publication in October 2025 through Turner Books.
This one is best-expressed through a timeline ... A totally easy process spanning a breezy … nine years. From Laura: "The Pipeline team has been amazingly helpful since The Mother was a finalist in the Script Pipeline TV competition years ago. It's a story that has stayed close to my heart so I ended up […]