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This is a silly question, and it's not really that important right now, but in the interest of potentially querying my current project, I thought I'd see what you folks thought.
Okay, so it's a YA Fantasy. I've got that much, at least. And I'd venture to call it "contemporary" fantasy, because it takes place in the near-now, and the main characters are two teenagers who are used to modern conveniences and having spats with their parents.
BUT.
But, they end up escaping into a world where the setting is your cliched high fantasy knights-and-dragons sort of thing. They get pretty snarky about everything and just want to go back home.
So I know it's not exactly contemporary, but it's not quite high fantasy, either. I guess what I'm asking is this:
If I say, "AWESOME TITLE is a YA contemporary/high fantasy and is available upon request," somewhere in my query, will potential agents want to beat me silly for being an idiot? Or does it sort of make sense?
(And I'm sort of freeloading with all these questions in one post, but could I possibly query agents who are okay with everything BUT high fantasy, considering it's not QUITE high fantasy? That's probably not a valid question and up to the agent's personal preference, but hey. I'm here. Might as well ask!)
Thanks, folks. Sorry for this crazy-long post.
Okay, so it's a YA Fantasy. I've got that much, at least. And I'd venture to call it "contemporary" fantasy, because it takes place in the near-now, and the main characters are two teenagers who are used to modern conveniences and having spats with their parents.
BUT.
But, they end up escaping into a world where the setting is your cliched high fantasy knights-and-dragons sort of thing. They get pretty snarky about everything and just want to go back home.
So I know it's not exactly contemporary, but it's not quite high fantasy, either. I guess what I'm asking is this:
If I say, "AWESOME TITLE is a YA contemporary/high fantasy and is available upon request," somewhere in my query, will potential agents want to beat me silly for being an idiot? Or does it sort of make sense?
(And I'm sort of freeloading with all these questions in one post, but could I possibly query agents who are okay with everything BUT high fantasy, considering it's not QUITE high fantasy? That's probably not a valid question and up to the agent's personal preference, but hey. I'm here. Might as well ask!)
Thanks, folks. Sorry for this crazy-long post.