Hard work does pay off. Revision after revision after revision. I started querying SEAWEEDS a few weeks ago. Got slammed with 10 rejections in the first week. And today, I came home and boom, an agent (from AN AWESOME AGENCY) wants to read my book.
Holy yay!
To anyone out there who is feeling doubtful, just keep writing. Keep revising. Keep your chin up. Rejections make us who we are. They make us stronger in the end.
I may not get an agent out of this, but at least I know I have a good query and potentially a good book. :-)
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I told you that story was awesome!
ReplyDeleteI'm really curious to see your final version of the query. If you're willing to email it to me at mesmerix AT gmail DOT com, I would be eternally grateful. I'd like to be able to understand what worked from your revisions as I'm struggling with my own query.
Thanks! My advice for your query: take everyone's criticism into consideration but in the end what feels right to you is probably the best.
ReplyDeleteCongrats, lady!!! Much love!
ReplyDeleteHere's the query I sent:
ReplyDeleteAn unusual love triangle arises between a young man, a mermaid, and a siren in SEAWEEDS, a contemporary fantasy.
Sky Hunter’s twenty-third birthday brings him a boat party, strange presents, and a hook-up with sexy Melanie. An evening of pleasure turns into a night of survival when Sky falls off the boat and nearly drowns. He wakes on the beach and discovers a girl with violet eyes. She can’t speak and has trouble walking. Sky believes the girl is a mermaid who saved him. Her charm and innocence draws him to her; he calls her his Pearl from the ocean. And in a few short days, Sky falls head over heels for her.
He’s not bothered by Pearl’s strange behaviors, such as hitting the car horn whenever they go for a ride or eating all his cat’s sardines. In fact, they make her all the more enjoyable to be around because he never knows what to expect.
There’s just one problem. Melanie is livid about Sky’s new girlfriend and threatens to murder his family if he chooses to stay with Pearl. Sky refuses to give in to Melanie’s threats, certain that he can outsmart her. But when he discovers that Melanie is a siren who has to seduce a man before feeding him to the ocean, he must find a way to resist her enchanted advances long enough to save himself—and Pearl.
SEAWEEDS is The Little Mermaid meets Fatal Attraction. My novel is complete at 66,000 words.
In addition to writing novels, I am also a playwright. My full-length play, Samson and Ms. Delilah, was selected for the Essential Theatre Playwriting Series and will be read at the Kennedy Center this September.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Thanks so much. The query looks good to me. Keep me posted on how things turn out. It looks like a fantastic story.
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