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ction to acceptance to see that her grandfather is teaching her his last lesson through the pages of his life only human is an 88 000 word work of literary fiction that reflects a section of 20 to 40 something adult culture cynical and blunt yet inspired and unafraid to question interpersonal relationships and the human condition rachel s unapologetic and biting observations are interwoven with slices of lyle s life that range from laugh out loud funny to heart wrenching thank you for your time and consideration best regards as of yet unpublished posted by rick daley at 4 08 pm 9 comments labels literary fiction query makin love young adult for seventeen year old annie winters finding the perfect guy is simple science if only she could keep from falling for an incompatible subject maintaining her harvard bound image while being the daughter of two famous folk singers in a band called smokin grass both a name and an act they practice daily is complicated enough without kyle williams butting in on her efforts to win the national science fair her potential blue ribbon project involves a complex scientific formula ninth month s worth of data and a compatibility test guaranteed to score her the right man or so she thought until kyle an incompatible subject locks them in an office and lures annie into a few hours of impulsive fun her emotions spun out of control while in the arms of an incredibly hot guy but that doesn t mean her test is invalid as if she would give in to his half british charm and fall instantly in love even if his kissing score is double that of all the compatible subjects and even if she can t stop obsessing over all things kyle annie may be the girl who pushed and shoved her way to number one in her class but lying about the test results cheating on her project are two things she could never do no matter what is at stake the problem is being honest with herself is more difficult than anything she s had to learn in school makin love is a 54 000 word young adult novel when i m not writing i am a gymnastics program director for the ymca and have recently published a short story in international gymnast magazine for the april 2010 issue thank you for taking the time to consider my novel posted by rick daley at 7 32 am 10 comments labels young adult mar 6 2010 iron thirst urban fantasy i ve changed the story a bit since the last time i was here so i had to start over with my query thanks in advance for your comments and advice you can search for the original query but since this is more of a fresh start i m not adding the links to the top like i do with most revisions rick the why i picked you paragraph atlanta vampires are a gentler breed than most but that is not true for the out of towners that are flocking to the downtown hotels for this year s annual dragoncon the vamps use this opportunity to take off their disguises while blending in with the costumed humans but there are rules and adam bristow forensics biologist by trade and vampire slayer by design is there to enforce them and to keep the vampires existence secret meanwhile straight laced felicity johnson is looking forward to an escape from the norm and dragoncon the convention that celebrates everything science fiction and fantasy is the perfect prescription throw in a scrumptious attorney named blake and she s landed in her own gothic paradise however felicity gets an overdose of adventure when she stumbles upon one friend s mangled body immediately after her best friend vanishes felicity is introduced into the dark world of vampires when the leader of bristow s team and her new crush blake offers to help felicity find her missing best friend leading her down a road that could leave her either dead or with the ultimate makeover one that cannot be undone without a stake to the heart iron thirst is a 90 000 word urban fantasy told through the eyes of both felicity and bristow inviting the reader into the dark world of the vampire while felicity slowly discovers that things are not as they seem thank you for your time and consideration posted by rick daley at 9 48 pm 9 comments labels urban fantasy absorption second revision click here to read the original query click here to read the first revision dear agent x at first brett johnson is convinced that the hive mind is a malignant entity intent on devouring humanity enraptured by the strange beauty he discovers he must determine if war is unnecessary or if he s been tricked and seduced himself major johnson is sent to deliver an ultimatum the planet oceania must abandon the nanotechnology that links individual brains into a supermind or prepare for war to demonstrate that the federalist worlds are not merely driven by fear and ignorance he reluctantly agrees to learn to use the technology himself without completely joining the overmind during negotiations he rashly seduces a beautiful woman hoping to distract her from the hive mind he believes may destroy her with her help he learns more about oceania than his superiors could have imagined but begins to question what he s been told is the hive mind truly an entity seeking to absorb humanity or a collaborative tool enabling people to perform superhuman feats of intellect he can only find out by becoming part of the supermind if he was right all along and no individual can ever leave he will never know what he s lost and those who hear his report may not understand until it s too late if his doubts are correct it may well be too late to convince his superiors and the home world of the woman he comes to love may be wracked by a devastating and unnecessary war absorption is an 80 000 word science fiction novel i received my masters of library science from the state university of new york at albany grateful regards david weisman posted by rick daley at 7 45 pm 4 comments labels science fiction mar 5 2010 query the ice king revision 2 click here to read the original query click here to read the first revision dear agent joshua a child king sits in the comfort of his room by a fire consumed with thoughts about the peculiar weather he looks out his window checking on the village below and sees something small flying towards him a fairy the oracles have sent princess madasine to mount moore to bring him to them the ice king s daughter has been taken from her tower room by a fire dragon the ice king has frozen all of the realms hoping that the cold will reach the realm of fire where she is being held captive if the princess is not rescued soon she will surely die the oracles send joshua on a quest to the ice king hoping he can rescue the princess and set things right in the other realms before it is too late the power inside of him has awakened and princess madasine is given the task of teaching him how to contain and use it or end his life during his quest joshua discovers his true identity and is forced to face his destiny a destiny only he is capable of changing the ice king is a 75 000 word completed young adult novel this novel is a magical adventure full of mystical creatures powerful immortals and a world of endless possibilities thank you for taking the time to read my query i hope to hear from you soon sincerely angela brown posted by rick daley at 3 59 pm 4 comments labels young adult revised query the ice king click here to read the original query dear agent a chosen one falls from the heavens every thousand years destined to bring back peace to all races mortal and immortal the last two became evil and twisted will joshua follow them or will he change his destiny azalla a powerful shapeshifter has guarded and protected joshua patiently waiting for him to be called upon everyday that passes he becomes more than a quest to her she loves and fears him torn between her quest and his destiny the ice king s daughter arriell has been taken from her tower room by a fire dragon the ice king freezes all of the realms in hopes that the cold will reach the realm of fire where she is now being held captive if she is not rescued soon she will surely die the oracles summon princess madasine a fairy princess and command her to bring joshua to them the power inside of him has awakened early and princess madasine has been given the task of teaching him how to contain and use it the oracles send him on a quest to the ice king in hopes that he can rescue princess arriell and set things right in the other realms before it is too late the ice king is a middle grade young adult 75 000 word completed novel this novel is a magical adventure full of mystical creatures powerful immortals and a world full of endless possibilities thank you for taking the time to read my query i hope to hear from you soon sincerely posted by rick daley at 10 56 am 2 comments labels middle grade young adult mar 4 2010 query the ice king dear agent i am writing to you because i just finished my first novel and i am hoping you will represent me my manuscript the ice king is the first novel in a young adult series entitled the chosen that i am in the process of writing the ice king will take the reader on a magical adventure alongside characters such as a child king a fairy princess and a powerful shapeshifter my novel is 75 000 words in its completed form and is similar to the writings of cornelia funke joshua never expected that his world would be turned upside down by the arrival of an uninvited guest lingering outside his bedchamber window a small fairy princess boiling over with pride demands entrance into his chambers she tells him he must leave immediately with her and he has no choice she has an unexpected surprise when a powerful immortal walks in a shapeshifter disguised as his nanny has been protecting him and waiting for him to come of age so she can reveal who he truly is and what he is destined to become something has gone terribly wrong in the ice kingdom causing the ice king to freeze all the realms a journey to meet the oracles sends joshua on a quest to realms he never knew existed and begins a destiny he will find hard to accept thank you again for taking the time to read this i hope to hear from you soon sincerely angela brown posted by rick daley at 1 09 pm 8 comments labels young adult mar 1 2010 query mayhem inc revised click here to read the original query dear agent archer quinn eats only food he can count organizes his clothes by color and polishes every bullet before loading his gun quinn a former special forces operative has carved out a simple life of order with his courier company a job that permits him to be virtually invisible as he avoids stepping on cracks and taps the side of his truck three times after every delivery but after he foils a seemingly random hit on his life quinn is thrust headlong into a corporate conspiracy with the sole endgame of toppling the globe into anarchy on the run from strange men in gray suits and fighting for his life quinn soon realizes the world is going to end in two weeks and that he is the only one able to see the method to the madness as society teeters on the edge quinn has to make a decision stop the corporation s plan or help it along they are after all the order behind the chaos mayhem inc is a 78 000 word thriller posted by rick daley at 3 49 pm 8 comments labels thriller newer posts older posts home subscribe to comments atom submit queries here submit queries here query and writing resources agentquery com genre descriptions agentquery com how to write a query colleen lindsay word counts and novel length critiquing critiques editorial anonymous tips on your bio janet reid effective query class janet reid how to make sure your query is instantly rejected janet reid what to do when an agent says no jessica faust slushpile agent interview jessica faust publishing dictionary nathan bransford ten commandments for the happy writer nathan bransford the anatomy of a good query letter i nathan bransford the anatomy of a good query letter ii nathan bransford the basic query 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