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by MaryDuquette
February 10th, 2022, 4:59 pm
Forum: Nominate Your Query or First Page for a Critique on the Blog
Topic: NEW - Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog
Replies: 152
Views: 125127

Re: NEW - Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog

Dear ---, I am seeking representation for my completed 70,000-word novel, And That Divine Eye. This is what I remember: the gray field. The wind. The rain. The river. Nothing at all. The tornado that presumably killed Georgia’s entire household rescued her, setting her down gently in the grass miles...
by MaryDuquette
February 10th, 2022, 4:41 pm
Forum: Nominate Your Query or First Page for a Critique on the Blog
Topic: NEW - Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog
Replies: 208
Views: 178866

Re: NEW - Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog

Adult Lit Fic 70,000 words Chapter One July 15, 1967 Dear Violet, This is what I remember: 1. The gray field. 2. The wind. 3. The rain. 4. The river. 5. Nothing at all. Here’s the thing. The clincher. I may or may not remember any of it. Maybe it’s just a dream I had, a hazy wish, fingers crossed in...
by MaryDuquette
June 24th, 2021, 4:39 pm
Forum: Nominate Your Query or First Page for a Critique on the Blog
Topic: NEW - Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog
Replies: 208
Views: 178866

Re: NEW - Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog

Chapter One July 15, 1967 Dear Violet, This is what I remember: 1. The gray field. 2. The wind. 3. The rain. 4. The river. 5. Nothing at all. Here’s the thing. The clincher. I may or may not remember any of it. Maybe it’s just a dream I had, a hazy wish, fingers crossed in the middle of the night, w...
by MaryDuquette
June 24th, 2021, 4:34 pm
Forum: Nominate Your Query or First Page for a Critique on the Blog
Topic: NEW - Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog
Replies: 152
Views: 125127

Re: NEW - Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog

Dear -----, Sixteen-year-old Georgia is a dead ringer for Twiggy, and is obsessed with pyramids, the moon, and with Ben, intern extraordinaire. She doesn’t speak, but she writes letters to her dead mother and is drawn to the drama of the hurricanes passing through her home with her Aunt Bridger and ...
by MaryDuquette
April 29th, 2021, 6:07 pm
Forum: Nominate Your Query or First Page for a Critique on the Blog
Topic: NEW - Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog
Replies: 208
Views: 178866

Re: NEW - Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog

Title: And That Divine Eye by Mary Duquette July 15, 1967 Dear Violet, This is what I remember: 1. The gray field. 2. The wind. 3. The rain. 4. The river. 5. Nothing at all. Here’s the thing. The clincher. I may or may not remember any of it. Maybe it’s just a dream I had, a hazy wish, fingers cross...
by MaryDuquette
April 22nd, 2021, 6:24 pm
Forum: Nominate Your Query or First Page for a Critique on the Blog
Topic: NEW - Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog
Replies: 152
Views: 125127

Re: NEW - Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog

Dear (agent's name), Fifteen-year-old Georgia is a dead ringer for Twiggy, and is obsessed with pyramids, and with Ben, intern in the special ed class – even though her moronic fascination with him makes her a complete hippopotamus. She doesn’t speak, but she writes letters to her dead mother and is...
by MaryDuquette
September 4th, 2014, 9:00 pm
Forum: Nominate Your Query or First Page for a Critique on the Blog
Topic: Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog
Replies: 213
Views: 183837

Re: Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog

Song of Cerberus Ingredients: • 1 cup cynical yet spirited woman, Susie, cuckolded; French chef and ineffective yogi • 1 tablespoon cheating husband, Richard, remorseful but complacent • 1 teaspoon lover of cheating husband, Dolores (or Dodo, as she is not-so-affectionately called) • 2 cups teenager...
by MaryDuquette
September 4th, 2014, 8:49 pm
Forum: Nominate Your Query or First Page for a Critique on the Blog
Topic: Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog
Replies: 720
Views: 452478

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Title: Song of Cerberus Genre: Commercial/Upmarket Fiction Word count: 235 It wasn’t the Studebakers’ annual fall bash that made Susie feel like she had gum stuck in her hair. They were, after all, a couple who held semi-royalty status around town. No one declined an invitation to a Studebaker party...