Krista Van Dolzer's Blog, page 12
September 19, 2016
Winners Below!
Without any ado, Ms. Johnson-Blalock's winners:
First place: #5 DROWNING IN AIR
DROWNING IN AIR wins a full request!
Second place: #13 A PLAGUE ON BOTH YOUR HOUSES
A PLAGUE ON BOTH YOUR HOUSES wins a request for the first 100 pages!
Third place: #4 THE PARIS TRIP
THE PARIS TRIP wins a request for the first 50 pages!
Fourth place: #8 IF YOU FIND ME and #20 CROSSROADS
IF YOU FIND ME and CROSSROADS win a request for the first 20 pages!
Congratulations, winners! Please e-mail me at kvandolzer(at)gmail(dot...
First place: #5 DROWNING IN AIR
DROWNING IN AIR wins a full request!
Second place: #13 A PLAGUE ON BOTH YOUR HOUSES
A PLAGUE ON BOTH YOUR HOUSES wins a request for the first 100 pages!
Third place: #4 THE PARIS TRIP
THE PARIS TRIP wins a request for the first 50 pages!
Fourth place: #8 IF YOU FIND ME and #20 CROSSROADS
IF YOU FIND ME and CROSSROADS win a request for the first 20 pages!
Congratulations, winners! Please e-mail me at kvandolzer(at)gmail(dot...
September 14, 2016
"An Agent's Inbox" Is Live!
Check out the entries below, then leave some feedback in the comments if you feel so inclined. (ENTRANTS, PLEASE REMEMBER TO CRITIQUE AT LEAST THREE OTHER ENTRIES!) And I'm sure this goes without saying, but please keep your comments constructive (i.e., not rude or mean-spirited). If you want to think like The Agent, you might consider the question, "If you were an agent, would you request more of this entry?"
I'll announce Ms. Johnson-Blalock's winners and prizes at the beginning of next week...
I'll announce Ms. Johnson-Blalock's winners and prizes at the beginning of next week...
An Agent's Inbox #22
Dear Ms. Johnson-Blalock,
After reading your page under the Liz Dawson Associates website, I was excited to learn you are interested in thrillers/mysteries, contemporary romance, and young adult. I have a manuscript that fits all three descriptions, titled OLD MAN BOONE, of roughly 75,000 words.
In OLD MAN BOONE, anything is better than living with a lying, cheating, no-good father--even living in a town with more horses than people. Still, sixteen-year-old Hailey Johnston suspects her life is...
After reading your page under the Liz Dawson Associates website, I was excited to learn you are interested in thrillers/mysteries, contemporary romance, and young adult. I have a manuscript that fits all three descriptions, titled OLD MAN BOONE, of roughly 75,000 words.
In OLD MAN BOONE, anything is better than living with a lying, cheating, no-good father--even living in a town with more horses than people. Still, sixteen-year-old Hailey Johnston suspects her life is...
An Agent's Inbox #21
Dear Ms. Johnson-Blalock,
Your appreciation of female power-driven narrative attracts me to your representation. If you enjoy tales of growth, diversity, and the art world, my novel may interest you.
Down-and-out stripper Velvet spends her nights dancing at the Boom Boom Room, Tampa’s dirtiest nightclub, and dreading the club owner’s demands for sex. So when eccentric painter Byron Beauvoisin offers her a job as muse and nude model at his avant-garde art studio on the refined side of town, she...
Your appreciation of female power-driven narrative attracts me to your representation. If you enjoy tales of growth, diversity, and the art world, my novel may interest you.
Down-and-out stripper Velvet spends her nights dancing at the Boom Boom Room, Tampa’s dirtiest nightclub, and dreading the club owner’s demands for sex. So when eccentric painter Byron Beauvoisin offers her a job as muse and nude model at his avant-garde art studio on the refined side of town, she...
An Agent's Inbox #20
Dear Ms Johson-Blalock,
I see that you are currently seeking contemporary young adult fiction and that you have a special interest in unreliable narrators and stories with a psychological focus. My manuscript may be of interest to you. CROSSROADS (69,000 words) is a contemporary young adult novel with elements of suspense and romance.
When fifteen-year-old Bliss Peters moves to a new town to live with her dad’s new girlfriend and daughter Paige, she thinks it could be a chance to start o...
I see that you are currently seeking contemporary young adult fiction and that you have a special interest in unreliable narrators and stories with a psychological focus. My manuscript may be of interest to you. CROSSROADS (69,000 words) is a contemporary young adult novel with elements of suspense and romance.
When fifteen-year-old Bliss Peters moves to a new town to live with her dad’s new girlfriend and daughter Paige, she thinks it could be a chance to start o...
An Agent's Inbox #19
Dear Jennifer Johnson-Blalock:
When DC Madam Faith Crawley receives a call from former client, Senator Bill Drummond, she thinks it’s the answer to her prayers. The money he offers her to smear political rival Finn Billings will save her company, her lifestyle, and her girls. Finn is the Tea Party’s wet dream, and if Drummond can’t smear his squeaky-clean image, he can kiss his senate seat goodbye.
Raised in the shadow of a political magnate, Finn seems more enamored with the rocks he col...
When DC Madam Faith Crawley receives a call from former client, Senator Bill Drummond, she thinks it’s the answer to her prayers. The money he offers her to smear political rival Finn Billings will save her company, her lifestyle, and her girls. Finn is the Tea Party’s wet dream, and if Drummond can’t smear his squeaky-clean image, he can kiss his senate seat goodbye.
Raised in the shadow of a political magnate, Finn seems more enamored with the rocks he col...
An Agent's Inbox #18
Dear Jennifer Johnson-Blalock,
We've had retellings of the classics: Cinderella as a cyborg, Elizabeth Bennett and zombies.
The Girl Who Said No To God reworks an even older classic. It’s based on the (fictitious) legend that before God sent the angel Gabriel to ask Mary to be the mother of the Messiah, he asked twelve other young women first.
The twelfth, Keziah, who’s seen too many tragedies in her short life, is willing to tell God exactly what He’s done wrong. In this YA historical novel, co...
We've had retellings of the classics: Cinderella as a cyborg, Elizabeth Bennett and zombies.
The Girl Who Said No To God reworks an even older classic. It’s based on the (fictitious) legend that before God sent the angel Gabriel to ask Mary to be the mother of the Messiah, he asked twelve other young women first.
The twelfth, Keziah, who’s seen too many tragedies in her short life, is willing to tell God exactly what He’s done wrong. In this YA historical novel, co...
An Agent's Inbox #17
Dear Jennifer,
If you are looking for an MC you could bond with over drinks, Alexis Gold would be more than happy to regale you with stories about her re-entry to the single life and her foodie tendencies.
Advertising copywriter Alexis Gold, 33, has just been dumped by her boyfriend of seven years. Firmly planted in the denial stage, she throws herself into a new business pitch at the Atlanta ad agency where she works. Once the pitch is over, Alexis has nothing left to distract her--so sh...
If you are looking for an MC you could bond with over drinks, Alexis Gold would be more than happy to regale you with stories about her re-entry to the single life and her foodie tendencies.
Advertising copywriter Alexis Gold, 33, has just been dumped by her boyfriend of seven years. Firmly planted in the denial stage, she throws herself into a new business pitch at the Atlanta ad agency where she works. Once the pitch is over, Alexis has nothing left to distract her--so sh...
An Agent's Inbox #16
Dear Ms. Johnson-Blalock,
I am seeking representation for my manuscript, HARVEY THE BEDAZZLER. It is a contemporary middle grade novel with some speculative elements, complete at 37,000 words.
Eleven-year-old Sydney thinks her only problems are losing her best friend to the most popular girl at school and overhearing her parents say something about a divorce. But when her family travels to Amelia Island, Florida to attend the funeral of a grandfather she barely remembers, things really begin to...
I am seeking representation for my manuscript, HARVEY THE BEDAZZLER. It is a contemporary middle grade novel with some speculative elements, complete at 37,000 words.
Eleven-year-old Sydney thinks her only problems are losing her best friend to the most popular girl at school and overhearing her parents say something about a divorce. But when her family travels to Amelia Island, Florida to attend the funeral of a grandfather she barely remembers, things really begin to...
An Agent's Inbox #15
Dear Ms. Jennifer Johnson-Blalock,
Based on your interest in diversity and contemporary middle-grade, I am submitting to you my upper middle-grade mystery with light fantasy elements CODE X: DA VINCI’S SECRET. It is complete at 48,000 words and is told from a dual POV. Lockwood & Co. meets the Wells and Wong Detective Society in this stand-alone book with series potential.
Twelve-year-old Jack Nash lives in a house full of weird things: a rare Da Vinci journal and a ghost who communic...
Based on your interest in diversity and contemporary middle-grade, I am submitting to you my upper middle-grade mystery with light fantasy elements CODE X: DA VINCI’S SECRET. It is complete at 48,000 words and is told from a dual POV. Lockwood & Co. meets the Wells and Wong Detective Society in this stand-alone book with series potential.
Twelve-year-old Jack Nash lives in a house full of weird things: a rare Da Vinci journal and a ghost who communic...
