Whom Do I Query?
Originally posted at Uncreated Conscience.
Today's lesson is...
Yakko: It’s that time again!
Wakko: To make bizarre faces?
Dot: To encourage kids to send us candy?
Yakko: No, it’s time to learn today’s lesson! And to find out what it is, we turn to the Wheel of Morality! Wheel of Morality, turn, turn, turn, tell us the lesson that we should learn.
-Animaniacs, Best 90s Cartoon Ever
Actually, it’s time to answer a question about New Adult that hasbeen cropping up with astonishing regularity. I answered a few here, but the most pressing concern seems to be from writers seeking to query manuscripts that may fall under the “new adult” umbrella.
If I have a New Adult manuscript, how do I query it?
First, I would like to clarify something: New Adult is not a genre. Why is it not a genre? Because nothing has been published under this banner yet. Cap’n Sweet Valley and I are in the midst of finding, culling, and cultivating books to fill a category that may or may not be successful. There are many marketing directions we can take with this (including an imprint), but as of yet, nothing is finalized. We are letting the books we choose to publish dictate the direction of where this may evolve in the future: it may become its own genre the way YA is now it’s own genre, but nothing is definite.
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