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- August 11th, 2013, 4:07 am
- Forum: Ask Nathan
- Topic: Location of story: UK. Writing Style: American. Am I doomed?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3645
Location of story: UK. Writing Style: American. Am I doomed?
Hi Nathan Back on this forum after a while with a new story and so happy! You are still as helpful as ever- I know countless writers thank you! Just a quick question: My story is based in London- the location does not play an integral part until close to the end of the plot. However, my writing styl...
- August 9th, 2013, 11:57 am
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Looking for Honest Feedback
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6797
Re: Looking for Honest Feedback
Dear Mr. Ginsberg, I am excited to be submitting my novel to you because it is similar to Po Bronson’s WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH MY LIFE? Since you represented this brilliant book,I am hoping you will love my book, entitled MY STORY WITH COMPLETE HONESTY. Just as the title suggests; this book is a comp...
- April 30th, 2012, 5:56 am
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: SPURNED - children's fantasy novel
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6648
Re: SPURNED - children's fantasy novel
Okay, forget the last one, here's a brand new one from scratch. I think I'm improving but I'm beginning to worry I'm sacrificing my voice. When a peculiar couple moves into the derelict house across the street, Mona Black, the only kid resident of the Dullest Place in the Universe, is certain they ...
- November 28th, 2011, 5:40 pm
- Forum: Excerpts
- Topic: Two pages of ANNIE AND WILL
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2051
Re: Two pages of ANNIE AND WILL
Would like some feedback on my prologue and first page. It's about a girl and her adopted brother falling in love. (Just posted query letter also.) Thanks so much. PROLOGUE 1947 “Well, Janet, I can tell you beyond the shadow of a reasonable doubt that you are, as your mother would so delicately put...
- November 28th, 2011, 5:22 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Query for BRIDGET (YA Supernatural Thriller)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2115
Re: Query for BRIDGET (YA Supernatural Thriller)
Thank you for your help :) Dear Agent, When sixteen-year-old Bridget Ferns finds a dead cheerleader in the janitor’s closet, she fears that she might be the killer’s next target. She is. Being a teenage telepath, Bridget’s mind possesses the only clues leading to the killer’s identity. As someone w...
- November 28th, 2011, 5:18 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Query: Double Star Revised
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4570
Re: Query: Double Star Revised
hi! i am not a pro at this, but my comments are added down there, for what they are worth! hope i dont come off too harsh Revised based on the amazing feedback I received. Here I go again! Would appreciate any comments and criticisms. And, as always, thanks! What if our world does not exist alone? N...
- November 28th, 2011, 2:14 pm
- Forum: Ask Nathan
- Topic: When is the best time to Query?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2264
When is the best time to Query?
Hi Nathan! I have just been wondering what is the best time to query. Most of the agencies put a time frame of 6-8 weeks on their response- and even longer. Obviously, the time frame is much longer for months like January- when agents have come back from a holiday and have to catch up. Is now- begin...
- July 4th, 2011, 1:29 pm
- Forum: Ask Nathan
- Topic: Manuscript formatting
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2688
Re: Manuscript formatting
I'm not Nathan, but I'm happy to babble at you until he gets here. :) Congratulations on getting a request! Is your manuscript fiction or non-fiction? For fiction, unless this agency/publisher has specific guidelines suggesting otherwise, you would just submit your book with the standard formatting...
- July 3rd, 2011, 6:16 pm
- Forum: Ask Nathan
- Topic: Manuscript formatting
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2688
Manuscript formatting
Nathan, I am scouring the forums, FAQ and blog for a question. I hope I haven't missed your answer to it. I have a manuscript request and I am a bit perplexed about the contents of the submission (they want it to be mailed). I read your post on formatting manuscripts but I am not sure if: 1.) I need...
- June 30th, 2011, 1:07 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: New Query: REDEEMING GRACE
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2514
Re: New Query: REDEEMING GRACE
Hello, everyone. I've been watching and absorbing everyone's great feedback on the other queries. Now my time to start sending one out is drawing near. I'd appreciate your feedback! Dear (Agent), Jessica Hartley and Grace Sullivan are roommates and best friends. Life for both is at an all-time high...
- June 14th, 2011, 9:49 am
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Query / synopsis :: MASQUERADE
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4099
Re: Query / synopsis :: MASQUERADE UPDATED (5/11)
Jake Wilson has just discovered that he has been assigned a project at work with his evil, red-headed ex-girlfriend. you have introduced the conflict but it hasnt come out clearly: the idea of ex-girlfriend and the tension that follows is self-explanatory but there has to be an underlying cause, le...
- June 14th, 2011, 8:01 am
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Query - The Falling
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5223
Re: Query - The Falling
JMB, Dear [Agent name], I am submitting my work to [Literary agency name] in the hopes that you will represent my contemporary work of fiction, "THE FALLING." Tommy Mueller’s life is perfect. a cliche would be a perfect life going down hill. dont begin with that. state the basics of the c...
- June 14th, 2011, 7:45 am
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: (A)symmetrical Query
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3166
Re: (A)symmetrical Query
Version 1.2 Dear Agent, Dade couldn't fix Summer. Ever since his best friend committed suicide, Dade's spent his life in an anti-social, self-destructive bubble. wonderful way to begin: now I know what emotions the character is going through and a part of me is sympathetic. He's moved through life ...
- June 14th, 2011, 7:32 am
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Query - "Annie and Will" - A Family Drama
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1898
Re: Query - "Annie and Will" - A Family Drama
Dear Ms. Carson, What happens when a sixteen-year-old girl and her eighteen-year-old adopted brother fall in love? Wuthering heights flashback, and I dont think that should be the approach- bring a new angle to this, and a rhetorical question isnt the best way to begin "Annie and Will", a...
- January 12th, 2011, 5:25 am
- Forum: Ask Nathan
- Topic: Cover Letter?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1962
Re: Cover Letter?
Hi Nathan! Just a few quick questions: I read the submissions details of an agency and they require the first three chapters, a short, preferably one page, synopsis and cover letter of the novel. They have explicitly asked for any history of publication and samples in the last requirement (cover le...