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by TiffanyNeal » February 14th, 2010, 10:32 pm
I felt like I lost the heart of my novel in the last query letter, so I rewrote it and got this. What do you think?
Dear Rock Star Agent,
I read on your website that you’re looking for “young adult fiction with a strong female lead.” Because of this, I believe you’d be interested in my young adult novel. {Insert any personalization here.}
Seventeen-year-old Channing Russo flinches at the simple touch of another person. Every day something as common as brushing shoulders with a friend in the hallway might just land Channing in a front row seat to a future make-out session, something she’d rather not witness. Some visions have their perks…some are just an annoyance…the worst are the tragic ones… a reason to avoid people at all costs.
When Channing runs head on into a girl and sees a vision of her being brutally murdered by a serial killer on the loose, she feels obligated to stop this jerk in his tracks. Telling people she can see into the future, however, is sure to label her with the town crazy title. So she takes things into her own hands against the better judgment of Reed Thatcher, the first and only person she feels comfortable revealing her abilities to.
Chasing around a serial killer, dealing with the isolation her visions bring her, and coming to terms with her feelings for Reed, all leave Channing wishing she were a normal teenage girl. But she’s not, and when her visions begin bleeding into her reality, she’s completely unaware that the serial killer is hot on her trail. Too bad Channing’s vision never showed her that she’d be alone, gagged, and shackled to a cold, metal table.
VISIONS is a young adult paranormal fantasy, complete at 65,500 words. I’m an active member of DFW Writer’s Workshop and an elementary English/Language Arts teacher. The full manuscript is available upon request. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Tiffany Neal