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September 24, 2014
An Agent's Inbox #18
Dear Melissa,
Twelve year old JADEN has a lot to live up to. His father is Sudner’s greatest hero. He wants to be the warrior everyone is expecting, but Jaden prefers books to battles. When he hid in a tree as his father was captured by the fierce race of WARGAULS, his feeling of failure was compounded. Jaden sets off on a quest to redeem himself and rescue his father.
In the midst of being stuck traveling with the bully from battle school, as well as fighting off a sea monster and sorcer...
Twelve year old JADEN has a lot to live up to. His father is Sudner’s greatest hero. He wants to be the warrior everyone is expecting, but Jaden prefers books to battles. When he hid in a tree as his father was captured by the fierce race of WARGAULS, his feeling of failure was compounded. Jaden sets off on a quest to redeem himself and rescue his father.
In the midst of being stuck traveling with the bully from battle school, as well as fighting off a sea monster and sorcer...
An Agent's Inbox #17
Dear Melissa Jeglinski,
I am looking for representation for a fantasy series of which I am working on the second volume. Angelhaven is a follow on series from The Green Woman which I finished self-publishing this summer after retrieving my rights from Musa Publishing. Angelhaven (70,000 words) picks up the stories of the main characters of The Green Woman three years into their utopian dream. Which is beginning to turn just a little sour.
This is a YA/crossover series. There is no ‘adult’ conte...
I am looking for representation for a fantasy series of which I am working on the second volume. Angelhaven is a follow on series from The Green Woman which I finished self-publishing this summer after retrieving my rights from Musa Publishing. Angelhaven (70,000 words) picks up the stories of the main characters of The Green Woman three years into their utopian dream. Which is beginning to turn just a little sour.
This is a YA/crossover series. There is no ‘adult’ conte...
An Agent's Inbox #16
Greetings Melissa Jeglinski,
The Knight Agency has a great reputation. When I discovered you were up for the September Agent Inbox, I jumped at the chance to introduce for consideration of representation my 72,000-word-count YA dystopian, DEAD GIRL RUNNING.
Eighteen-year-old SILVIA WOOD has never heard of an unplanned pregnancy. Because of the New Order, there is no more war. Rape and domestic violence have been eliminated. Unemployment is at zero percent. The cameras of Panopticus keep the cit...
The Knight Agency has a great reputation. When I discovered you were up for the September Agent Inbox, I jumped at the chance to introduce for consideration of representation my 72,000-word-count YA dystopian, DEAD GIRL RUNNING.
Eighteen-year-old SILVIA WOOD has never heard of an unplanned pregnancy. Because of the New Order, there is no more war. Rape and domestic violence have been eliminated. Unemployment is at zero percent. The cameras of Panopticus keep the cit...
An Agent's Inbox #15
Dear Ms. Jeglinski, I am writing to seek representation for my novel BY A CHARM AN A CURSE. Complete at 65,000 words, it's a standalone Young Adult Contemporary Fantasy told from two points of view.
A walking, talking bundle of low self-esteem, seventeen-year-old Emma is seduced by the boy in a carnival fortune-telling booth, and kisses him. But with the kiss comes a curse, and immediately Emma’s skin petrifies until all she can feel...
A walking, talking bundle of low self-esteem, seventeen-year-old Emma is seduced by the boy in a carnival fortune-telling booth, and kisses him. But with the kiss comes a curse, and immediately Emma’s skin petrifies until all she can feel...
An Agent's Inbox #14
Dear Ms. Jeglinski
Olivia’s trying. She goes to therapy, she prods Tony into a sexy, boudoir photo shoot, her girlfriends bring her to an adult toy party, and she consults Cosmo. But her twenty-plus year marriage continues cooling. Then one dull night, poking around on the Internet, Jake pokes back. Olivia fondly remembers him from a lovely, long-ago summer evening. Jake remains charming and attentive, and like Olivia, his marriage is also discouraging. “The sex could be more frequent,” he tel...
Olivia’s trying. She goes to therapy, she prods Tony into a sexy, boudoir photo shoot, her girlfriends bring her to an adult toy party, and she consults Cosmo. But her twenty-plus year marriage continues cooling. Then one dull night, poking around on the Internet, Jake pokes back. Olivia fondly remembers him from a lovely, long-ago summer evening. Jake remains charming and attentive, and like Olivia, his marriage is also discouraging. “The sex could be more frequent,” he tel...
An Agent's Inbox #13
Dear Ms. Jeglinski:
When seventeen-year-old Nadari Clarke is blinded, her Damage is the second reason her society wants her dead. The first reason she kept secret, with the help of her father, for ten years. She is a violinist.
With her father's influence, she escapes death and is instead sent to a place that holds hundreds of people, all Damaged. She soon learns they are all phenomenal artists as well. Musicians, artists and designers, whose televised executions were mandatory viewing, practic...
When seventeen-year-old Nadari Clarke is blinded, her Damage is the second reason her society wants her dead. The first reason she kept secret, with the help of her father, for ten years. She is a violinist.
With her father's influence, she escapes death and is instead sent to a place that holds hundreds of people, all Damaged. She soon learns they are all phenomenal artists as well. Musicians, artists and designers, whose televised executions were mandatory viewing, practic...
An Agent's Inbox #12
Dear Melissa,
Jack Straw’s father is dying.
It’s the summer of his 14th year, when Jack and his father discover a body in Mespat Cove. The body is a time bomb, a wellspring of death waiting to be unleashed upon the world. It carries an incurable virus, which quickly sends Jack’s dad into a coma. If that wasn’t bad enough, the sheriff then accuses Jack’s dad of murder, as the body was that of an old enemy.
It’s rumored the victim had been living next to the water in an old van, which meant he wou...
Jack Straw’s father is dying.
It’s the summer of his 14th year, when Jack and his father discover a body in Mespat Cove. The body is a time bomb, a wellspring of death waiting to be unleashed upon the world. It carries an incurable virus, which quickly sends Jack’s dad into a coma. If that wasn’t bad enough, the sheriff then accuses Jack’s dad of murder, as the body was that of an old enemy.
It’s rumored the victim had been living next to the water in an old van, which meant he wou...
September 22, 2014
Now Accepting Entries
UPDATE: I've responded to every e-mail I received before 1:45 p.m. EDT (or 10:45 a.m. PDT), so if you didn't get my reply, please check your spam folder. SURPRISINGLY, WE STILL HAVE A FEW SLOTS OPEN, SO KEEP SENDING THOSE ENTRIES! I have to step away from my computer for a few hours, but I'll respond to any additional entries I receive later this afternoon.
I'm now accepting entries for September's round of "An Agent's Inbox." Here's a quick refresher:
The Rules
1. To enter, your manuscript must...
I'm now accepting entries for September's round of "An Agent's Inbox." Here's a quick refresher:
The Rules
1. To enter, your manuscript must...
September 19, 2014
"An Agent's Inbox" Contest Alert
THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR ENTRIES! I'M JUST GIVING YOU A HEADS-UP. THE CONTEST OPENS NEXT MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22.
“An Agent's Inbox” is exactly what it sounds like--next week, I'm turning the blog into an agent's inbox, a public one. We'll get to see 20 queries along with their first pages, and we'll get to hear what a bona fide agent thinks of each one.
The queries and first pages will be yours, of course. I'll accept your entries this Monday, September 22, and then I'll post them next Wednesday, S...
“An Agent's Inbox” is exactly what it sounds like--next week, I'm turning the blog into an agent's inbox, a public one. We'll get to see 20 queries along with their first pages, and we'll get to hear what a bona fide agent thinks of each one.
The queries and first pages will be yours, of course. I'll accept your entries this Monday, September 22, and then I'll post them next Wednesday, S...
September 17, 2014
Leave a Comment, Enter to Win a Book and/or a Partial Critique!
To celebrate the blog's fifth birthday, I'm giving away three books and three partial critiques. The winning readers will be able to choose one of the following books:
A.L. Sonnichsen's RED BUTTERFLY (hardcover pre-order)
Liesl Shurtliff's RUMP (paperback) or JACK (hardcover pre-order)
Tara Dairman's ALL FOUR STARS (hardcover)
The winning writers will win 30-page critiques. I'm willing to critique any category, any genre (provided that the first thirty pages are no worse than PG-13-rated), so bri...
A.L. Sonnichsen's RED BUTTERFLY (hardcover pre-order)
Liesl Shurtliff's RUMP (paperback) or JACK (hardcover pre-order)
Tara Dairman's ALL FOUR STARS (hardcover)
The winning writers will win 30-page critiques. I'm willing to critique any category, any genre (provided that the first thirty pages are no worse than PG-13-rated), so bri...
