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but realizes that the status quo isn t a one size fits all affair this manuscript is complete at 70 000 words posted by rick daley at 6 42 am 5 comments labels guess the genre query boom boom isn t supposed to be a safe cracker sure her nickname comes from her talent with dynamite but she has an honest job for almost as long as she can remember she and her grandfather have worked the transcontinental railroad with the other chinese but when a friend of the foreman shows up and buys out her contract she soon finds herself crossing half the continent for a job that s anything but honest miles anderson s old army chaplain is offering spiritual absolution for miles dirty work for the union all it requires is one last act of reparation cracking the safe of a riverboat casino before it gets to new orleans and donating the cash to an orphanage with over 1000 miles between miles and his destination in st louis he s short on time to find a blastman for the job a 16 year old chinese girl isn t what he has in mind but it s the best he can do on short notice when boom learns what she s been hired to do she faces becoming a criminal for charity or a very long walk home taking a riverboat south brings miles closer to the sins of his past and vigilantes out for his head then there s the little matter of breaking into the monstrous casino safe without ending up in prison or at the end of a noose boom is a western novel complete at 71 000 words posted by rick daley at 6 40 am 2 comments labels western dec 14 2012 query sirus attn i am happy to be able to submit my 71 000 word urban fantasy novel sirus to you after reading that you enjoy sirus aged 22 that was the only information which the nightshift nurse had provided him with when he had roused in one of the dingier hospitals of specter city with no prior knowledge of who he was or where he came from sirus a dark skinned tattooed mohawked hipster sets out to uncover his true identity one explosion five murders and two unearthly visits later and sirus realises that there is much more to his dilemma than meets the eye at a time when specter city and the earth itself has sunken into a hellish pre apocalyptic spell of murder mayhem and devastating climatic displays of fury sirus rises wielding a power which may either save or utterly obliterate everything he holds dear sirus must choose between the forces of good the infinites or the forces of evil the demoniacs whilst desperately trying to discover his origins and keep his beloved stripper girlfriend vixen out of harm s way set against the backdrop of a war between two powerful otherworldly powers vying for control over earth the novel sirus explores one man s struggle to find and accept both himself and his past it is the first of three novels of its kind where the final instalment culminates in an action packed battle for the control of earth sirus gravitates towards the themes of self discovery action adventure romance and betrayal it is both character and action driven and it contains scenes of sexual innuendo as well as strong yet comical language i am a citizen of the republic of south africa a single mother and an avid reader and writer i have had poetry published in the poetry institute of africa s anthology soulfully seeking have won awards in two english olympiads and have completed an honours degree in behavioural genetics i use this scientific background as a basis for some of the concepts in my novels and as a means to control my invariably quirky characters which often enjoy giving me lip i am highly connected on social networking sights such as twitter facebook linkedin goodreads and webook and generally love to aid my fellow writers in their endeavours all of this may aid in marketing my novel i thank you for your time and consideration and look forward to hearing from you the full manuscript is available upon your request sincerely miss caitlin white posted by rick daley at 6 02 pm 3 comments labels urban fantasy nov 15 2012 query amelia s monsters click here to read the original query click here to read a previous revision to most the monsters that lived under the bed or in the closet were just a part of their imagination but for fourteen year old amelia the monsters were very real night after night they would terrorize her from within the shadows of her closet calling her amélie and telling her that their king wished to see her they would tell her gently and calmly that she was the daughter of a hero and that it was time for her to return to her people each time though she would turn them away and plead with them to leave her alone not that it mattered she knew they would be back and that her time to follow them peacefully would soon come to an end it isn t until her cousin lily comes to stay that the monsters finally attack returning in the middle of the night and taking lily from her room and bringing her back to their world forced to face her fears amelia must enter the monsters world to rescue her cousin discovering a tangled past that connects her to the world beyond her closet and the one they call amélie amelia s monsters is a 79 000 world young adult fantasy note i have posted this query on this site a long time ago you can probably still find the original one still hidden within the depths of this website i have started submitting and have received a good amount of rejections and figure it s because of the above query i will thank all of you now for your time and feedback as i won t be able to respond to your comments and your own queries for i will be away on vacation for a few days so once again thank you posted by rick daley at 6 57 am 4 comments labels fantasy young adult nov 12 2012 romance query conquered dear agent i am currently seeking representation for my novel conquered conquered is a 78 000 word romance set within a fictional civilization that mirrors the ancient times of rome and persia amarah is haunted by loss as her village was destroyed by the tyrant king xavier just as she forces away images of war xavier emerges once again the king becomes captivated by her innocent beauty and steals her away during the voyage to xavier s land of etheridge amarah develops feelings for kaiden kaiden is a lower rank etheridgian soldier who becomes challenged by his love for amarah and his duty to his king when amarah arrives to the palace she is thrown into xavier s world of women where ultimately she must yield to him through her submission amarah learns she is more than a concubine to the king she is not flattered by his adoration and when kaiden returns to her life amarah will do anything to be with him she will risk her life and even con the king with seduction and promises of devotion as amarah s plot unravels she finds xavier is not as blinded by his affections for her as she assumed amarah must decide what is important the love she possesses for kaiden or her safety as her plans of deceit is uncovered i studied with the institute of children s literature and i am a member of several online critique groups i am the author of the recently published science fiction romance beyond gavia thank you for your time and attention sincerely crystal parney posted by rick daley at 6 50 am 12 comments labels romance aug 10 2012 query reign of magic revision 2 click here to read the original query dear lewan gasped as a mysterious force ripped through the army killing thousands of men instantaneously he was only a volunteer answering his king s call to war why was he the only one spared and how did this happen magic was just a story told to scare small children but what else could kill an army in seconds lewan flees the battlefield and reports the events to his king but no one believes him no one that is except the watchers a secret organization dedicated to destroying magic the watchers are unable to eliminate the magical power and must contend with politics and internal coups as they struggle to contain the situation to make matters worse a sorcerer appears in the land after centuries of absence with an agenda of his own a power struggle ensues a fight between men and kingdoms to control a force long hidden from the land magic devastated the realm in centuries past and without interference it will happen again reign of magic is a completed 75 200 word fantasy for adult readers it is told from three points of view lewan the watchers and the sorcerers i have one published short story in byline magazine thank you for your time and consideration sincerely posted by rick daley at 9 37 am 5 comments labels fantasy aug 7 2012 query reign of magic dear war was supposed to be glorious lewan volunteered gladly to fight for his king but nothing could have prepared him for the cold brutality of battle his regiment retreats and seeks shelter in an old crypt accidentally activating an ancient power that kills thousands of men instantaneously lewan the only soldier spared flees the battlefield in a panic magic was just a story told to scare small children but what else could kill an army in seconds frightened and confused lewan reports the events to his king but no one believes him no one that is except the watchers a secret organization dedicated to destroying magic the watchers want to eliminate the source of the magic but a sorcerer long since thought dead appears with an agenda of his own on top of that the king begins to suspect the true cause behind the slaughter and seeks to understand its meaning a power struggle quickly ensues a fight between men and kingdoms to control a force long hidden from the land magic devastated the realm in centuries past and without interference it is posed to do it again reign of magic is a completed 75 200 word fantasy for young adult readers it is told from four points of view lewan the watchers the sorcerers and the kings i have one published short story in byline magazine thank you for your time and consideration sincerely posted by rick daley at 7 25 am 8 comments labels fantasy young adult jul 31 2012 query merm 8 second revision click here to read the original query click here to read the first revision mermaids do not exist no one knows that better than gene who s scrounging out a living on the flooded future earth with salvage and smuggling jobs he s traveled everywhere with his ai companion stitch and never seen anything more majestic than a barnacled whale so how and why did an honest to god mermaid get stuck in his ship s exhaust port he has no idea what to do with her but she s frantically gesturing about something so he takes her to carl rance a scientist on a sea station who grows obsessed with her beauty and mystery gene too must control his growing affection which conflicts with his bachelor lifestyle before anyone solves her mystery an unknown silver ship attacks and destroys the station gene narrowly escapes with the mermaid becoming the only person who can help her but once gene figures out what she wants she ll lead him to a secret the world isn t ready for one that has the potential to destroy the remnants of the planet merm 8 is a 86 000 word science fiction novel i have been previously published in electric spec flash me the dunesteef and received an honorable mention in the 2010 writers of the future contest thank you for your consideration sincerely name posted by rick daley at 9 02 pm 1 comment labels science fiction jun 10 2012 query anomaly dear agent i hope you will consider my young adult fantasy novel anomaly 16 year old maya is an anomaly superhuman her ability to teleport called shifting is a rare and extraordinary one while adjusting to her new home in london and learning how to control her ability maya has to juggle two anomaly boys a hunky albeit nerdy italian who can become transparent and a sexy british rocker who can nullify electricity but always seems to have a motive other than love maya is also targeted by aristar industries a corporation of anomalies hell bent on stealing dna cloning abilities and storming the british government aristar wants shifters in their ranks which means they want maya or rather her dna a cat and mouse chase for her genetic material thrusts maya into a world of deception kidnapping murder and world domination where the stakes are high and the consequences of failure deadly being an optometrist and a former national science foundation fellow have groomed my brain for the scientific ins and outs of this novel i m a member of scbwi and when i m not writing i m figure skating or blogging at www anitasaxena com i hope the sample pages will interest you in the full 80 000 word manuscript which i believe has series potential it is a simultaneous submission thank you for your time best anita posted by rick daley at 7 11 pm 4 comments labels fantasy young adult may 22 2012 query key of eden dear agent we are pleased to submit for consideration our young adult paranormal romance key of eden in this 70 000 word tale of violence miracles and romance seventeen year old ava monroe must defeat the fallen angels before the world is destroyed and the forces of the apocalypse are unleashed when she is attacked by a group of blood thirsty angels called the fallen she is rescued by barak and his three heavenly sidekicks the guardians they ambush the ungodly creatures and send them tucking tail and licking their wounds ava learns that she is the key to eden and the catalyst for defeating the fallen and their attempt to regain power over mankind what does that even mean dodging the steroid driven jock that is stocking her evading her guidance councilor s suspicious questions obeying the rules of the guardian dictatorship she doesn t mind if the rules involves exile with the sexy barak and passing the sat s leaves ava little time to for much else but when ava s bff more like sister from another mother erica is captured by the fallen she has two choices to join the fallen angels and save her friend or join the guardians and save all of mankind key of eden was the joint effort of stacey hays and jennifer nichols we are cousins turned writing partners we are both from the bowling green area members of scbwi and contributing authors to the blog our pages aren t numbered we would be happy to send you the manuscript upon request thank you for your time posted by rick daley at 8 24 pm 5 comments labels paranormal romance young adult may 11 2012 query tales from the ice creamatorium query tales from the ice creamatorium dear _______ all buck and bonnie diddley wanted were three well behaved children instead they ended up with twenty four each one more eccentric than the first the diddley family members live in a former funeral home and they split their time between having outlandish misadventures around the house and running the ice creamatorium an ice cream shop set up in the funeral home s old crematory the bizarre escapades they create make up tales from the ice creamatorium where each chapter is its own stand alone vignette that highlights one...