Thanks everyone! And Ghost- that's what I thought when I read yours- ohh! We could start our own subgenre!
This is humbling in the extreme (in a good way) and I appreciate the time taken to help me know what I need to focus on. I'll work on this and repost when I've addressed these comments. -Kelly
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- February 16th, 2010, 1:28 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Urban Fantasy PULSE
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2875
- February 16th, 2010, 12:09 am
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Urban Fantasy PULSE
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2875
Re: Urban Fantasy PULSE
Thanks, taylormillgirl. Hubby agreed that it was a bit vague (You are conspiring for me! yeah!) I have reworked. I get what you're saying about the whole YA thing, but the book is not YA. It has adult characters, so if NEW ADULT ever takes off, that's the category. I've had some people like that se...
- February 15th, 2010, 10:53 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Query-- Scatter (Lit. Fic)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10620
Re: Query-- Scatter (Lit. Fic)
[quote="MaryAnn"]You need to date this somehow. If this is the present, it will be hard to sell that they will be "crucified" once found out. Then on the other hand, it is high school. But in 2010?? Ummm, it's Kentucky. If it's anything like where I live (SC), their relationship ...
- February 15th, 2010, 6:59 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: The Ghost Posts a Query - 4th try
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9499
Re: The Ghost Posts a Query - 4th try
Dear Agent X, When twenty-year-old Jodie Belay kidnaps a young girl, she believes she is saving the child’s life. So does the FBI agent watching Jodie. Jodie possesses an odd form of ESP( isn't all esp odd? I'm just saying...) . An eerie hum fills Jodie's ears and she is overcome by criminal urges. ...
- February 15th, 2010, 6:38 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Urban Fantasy PULSE
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2875
Urban Fantasy PULSE
New version posted below with more specifics, as requested. Thanks! Dear Agent, Lara can’t differentiate between others’ feelings and her own. When her sister chooses a dreamless Sleep to avoid dark memories, Lara barely escapes with her own life. But the darkness builds with each new girl that Mot...
- February 15th, 2010, 6:28 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: Middle Grade Query
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6820
Re: Middle Grade Query
Dear Ms. Agentpants: Most people would say that Brock Rockster is a prodigy. They’d say that his skills as a celebrated private investigator to the stars and world champion mustache grower ( lol )set him apart as a ten-year-old (what, he has a mustache??? ) worthy of astonishment, coddling, and admi...
- February 15th, 2010, 6:00 pm
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: TO STAND BEFORE A BROKEN MIRROR oh so very rough of a draft
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9874
Re: TO STAND BEFORE A BROKEN MIRROR oh so very rough of a draft
No problem Serzen. I agreed with everything that the first replier said, so didn't feel I had too much to add. I'll be posting my query in the next few days, and would love it if you ripped mine up (but only if it needs it lol). Thanks- Kelly
- February 15th, 2010, 10:23 am
- Forum: Queries
- Topic: TO STAND BEFORE A BROKEN MIRROR oh so very rough of a draft
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9874
Re: TO STAND BEFORE A BROKEN MIRROR oh so very rough of a draft
Hi Serzen, I was a bit off-put by the vagueness, which I realized after reading to the bottom is intentional. And you can't start with the classic 'Character X' has lost his grip on reality, etc. because you give the character no name. My first thought was that you were insulting the agent, telling ...
- January 14th, 2010, 6:30 pm
- Forum: Self-Publishing
- Topic: Put Down That Book!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2851
Re: Put Down That Book!
So, what you're saying is I need to have more nieces and nephews if I want to make it in publishing? ;)
- January 14th, 2010, 6:26 pm
- Forum: Writing
- Topic: Is it a good thing, or is it a bad thing?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3288
Re: Is it a good thing, or is it a bad thing?
Love this! I'd vote for you if it were that kind of contest!
- January 14th, 2010, 5:58 pm
- Forum: Finding An Agent
- Topic: Mail-order Agent
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1322
Mail-order Agent
Once you know that a particular agent represents your genre, what 's next? I am more comfortable with the idea of a female agent. They don't have a male/female sort button on AgentQuery, but I wish they did. Flipping through pages of names and agencies is remarkably similar to how I feel about choos...