Query Letter
In the writing community nothing imparts more fear than two little words: query letter (unless of course the word after is synopsis). So SA edits are complete. And I'm excited for the next step. I'm writing and polishing my synopsis and have decided to share my query letter in the hopes the generous writing community I love so much might grace me with some feedback before I start the process of querying.
I'm not a lightweight in the feedback department, so please don't worry about sparing my feelings. As long as your comments are thoughtful and free of straight-up malice, they will be accepted and appreciated. Thanks so much for your time and without further ado, my SA query letter.
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Dear Agent,
Angels have been causing trouble in sixteen-year-old Rayna Evans’ life since her mother’s mysterious death four years ago. She spent three of those years behind bars at the Sunflower Sanitarium-the SS Crazy, according to Ray.
In the months after her release, Ray’s assures herself she’s cured. Until she spots two angels on the same day. The first is no ordinary angel; he has midnight wings and a nasty attitude. The second, posing as a new student at her school, appears more normal with his white wings, but shows too much interest in Rayna for her liking.
One by one, her classmates turn up dead, each seeming to have committed suicide. But the victims all drew the same image of an angel not long before their deaths. As the only one who can see angels for what they really are, Ray vows to get answers, and end the killings before anyone else gets hurt. But protecting her friends means not only working with the angels, but trusting them. Jeopardizing the one thing she desperately needs to hold onto: her sanity.
SHIMMERING ANGELS is a paranormal young adult novel, complete at 66,000 words.
SHIMMERING ANGELS won the Sourcebooks Fire YALitChat writing contest. Also, I have two short stories, BLOOD UNDER THE MISTLETOE and BLOOD BONDS published by Midnight Showcase Fiction.
Thank you for taking the time to consider my novel.
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I'm not a lightweight in the feedback department, so please don't worry about sparing my feelings. As long as your comments are thoughtful and free of straight-up malice, they will be accepted and appreciated. Thanks so much for your time and without further ado, my SA query letter.
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Dear Agent,
Angels have been causing trouble in sixteen-year-old Rayna Evans’ life since her mother’s mysterious death four years ago. She spent three of those years behind bars at the Sunflower Sanitarium-the SS Crazy, according to Ray.
In the months after her release, Ray’s assures herself she’s cured. Until she spots two angels on the same day. The first is no ordinary angel; he has midnight wings and a nasty attitude. The second, posing as a new student at her school, appears more normal with his white wings, but shows too much interest in Rayna for her liking.
One by one, her classmates turn up dead, each seeming to have committed suicide. But the victims all drew the same image of an angel not long before their deaths. As the only one who can see angels for what they really are, Ray vows to get answers, and end the killings before anyone else gets hurt. But protecting her friends means not only working with the angels, but trusting them. Jeopardizing the one thing she desperately needs to hold onto: her sanity.
SHIMMERING ANGELS is a paranormal young adult novel, complete at 66,000 words.
SHIMMERING ANGELS won the Sourcebooks Fire YALitChat writing contest. Also, I have two short stories, BLOOD UNDER THE MISTLETOE and BLOOD BONDS published by Midnight Showcase Fiction.
Thank you for taking the time to consider my novel.
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