Recently, at the SCBWI Summer Conference, I did a three-hour workshop on queries: what they should include, how to structure them, how to write them, and how to improve them. We’ve been posting About My Query critiques for years now on the blog, and while it’s not a regular feature, […]
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If it’s Friday, it must be time for another About My Query post! Let’s get to it. Dear Agent, Captain Damien Ardeo struggles to earn respect as the only common born officer in the Volucian military. His people rule the skies with their wings and the land through their huge […]
Thanks so much for dropping by for this week’s About My Query! Hilary will be reviewing and making suggestions this time around. Dear Lovely Ladies at KT Literary, ONE THOUSAND STARS THAT BIND is a gender-bent YA alt-history retelling of ALADDIN, set in communist, steampunk’d Romania during an era where the […]
Thanks for dropping in to read today’s About My Query! Without further ado, here it is: Dear ktliterary, Eighteen-year-old Caparina didn’t ask to be Captain; but three years ago the crew elected her and now it’s her duty to protect them from starvation, infection, and enslavement by the vindictive President […]
16-year-old Eden has always dreamed of traveling the universe, and when she’s chosen to compete in the Starlight Princess pageant, her wish has come true. But her fight for the title won’t just determine who wins a crown – it will decide the fate of a galaxy on the brink […]
Thanks to all who’ve already sent in their queries for review and critique on this series. if you’re interested in hearing our feedback on your query, please send it to AboutMyQuery@ktliterary.com, and we’ll get back to you shortly. Now onto today’s query! Dear kt literary: When the universe resets itself, […]
This week it’s Hilary’s turn for About My Query! Dear Agent, All Rini McIllroy wants is to apprentice as a healer in her werewolf pack. But as the American Civil War encroaches upon her remote Tennessee village, it becomes clear that wolfkind cannot escape the wars of humankind. In an […]
This week, it’s Hannah’s turn for an About My Query! Dear Agent, I am seeking representation for my middle grade science fiction manuscript, GABEN AND THE EARTH’S VENOM, complete at 51,000 words. Given your interest in science fiction, I thought it might capture your interest. <– I’m usually against paragraphs like […]
Renee’s turn for an About My Query post: Dear Agent, Over 300 years into the future, 16-years-old Haven Williams is supposed to have only one mission in life: get married to a nice boy and be the good German woman she has never been able to be. Betrothed to the […]