Queries are the bane of my existence. However, while I am marketing my self published work Aura Sight, and the upcoming Blood Lines, I decided to go the formal route with Soul Dancer. Which by the way was done before, but then I edited and extended, then edited, and then edited some more. I am aiming at agents this time, simply becauase of the speed of rejection... I don't want to wait a year from a publisher when in that time I can see what dozens of agents think... asuming they like my query, which, lets be honest, I am not skilled at yet. So here goes. Feel free to tell me if it is crap or decent or briliant.
Dear so and so:
Please find enclosed the complete manuscript of my 164,000-word fantasy fiction novel, Soul Dancer. My novel involves the struggle between the ruling class of mages and their magically bred warriors, the Nyxra. The mage born rulers, the Creed, designed the Nyxra using the offspring from two races, human and Angithic, then infused the essence of a third race called the Nyxi. However, when Shakti, a Nyxra assassin is sent outland on assignment she discovers her target to have the same energy scent as her people and refuses to complete the task. Her instincts tell her these strange pale Angithic are near-pack and therefore allies.
Shakti becomes allied with the Angithic and when other Nyxra are sent across the border to kill and kidnap more of the Angithic’s half-breed offspring she is willing to help them find answers. She believes the Angithic are the way to win freedom for all her people. On her way to help retrieve the kidnapped children she enters her homeland again and it is there she encounters the Nyxi. To her the Nyxi feel like enemies to the pack and as a result there is a irresistible instinctual response to attack, but instead she finds herself unwilling mate bonded to the Nyxi messenger and promising to help release their captured consort of their queen. Somehow by helping the Angithic with their children she must start a rebellion to over rule the Creed, free her people while trying to prevent the Nyxi from attacking their northern border.
I have not been published before in fiction works, but do self-publish some of my novels and therefore do quite a bit of online marketing. Feel free to check out my author site for samples of other works: http://michellemythe.wordpress.com In addition to the first three chapters I also attached a synopsis as per your instructions. Thank you for considering my submission. I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Michelle Mythe
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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It looks good to me, but I am a novice. I read well.
I think this must be harder than writing the book, I am not looking forward to that part :/
I do find it harder than writing the book. What I have been doing lately is writing chapter summeries while I am doing that first book edit, which makes it easier to do the synposis later... but the query letters I still have troubles with.
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