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I need help.
I've "completed" five novels - done the edit, revision, rewrite, etc., to the point where I can't think of much else to do with them. I've written query letters and synopses - and have yet to receive even a request for a partial.
I know I'm not a "bad" writer as most people who read my stuff tell me it has merit.
So, what am I doing wrong? Perhaps members of this forum can tell me what's missing or what needs fixing? Or, simply that it's not fit to be published.
The five novels are:
Blood in the Meadows - a thriller of 86,000 words set in Las Vegas where a local cabbie stands between a Colombian drug boss and thousands of New Year's Eve revelers he seeks to slaughter in revenge for the loss of his son at the hands of local drug agents.
Follow the Raven - fantasy with a strong overtone of science fiction at 116,000 words in which gods watch as Eigan, a young human, sets out to fix a mess the fathers of those gods allowed to happen.
Sonora Symphony - a commercial novel of 110,000 words in which a wounded, modern Cherokee warrior meets a Papago elder who helps him regain his memory and face life - even in spite of learning his parents were murdered while he was serving in Afghanistan. [this is currently in limbo with editors who've not given me an update on its status in a couple of months.]
Tslagi Tales - the sequel to Sonora Symphony in which the warrior, now joined by a Cherokeee medicine woman, set out to find why his parents were murdered.
Waltzing in the Shadows - commercial/historical fiction of 168,000 words set in Vienna during the late 1970s and early 1980s in which the fate of nations sometimes hinge upon anonymous warriors, some of whom do not wear uniforms.
Each has a query and a synopsis and I can provide either a partial or complete manuscript for each.
I DO NOT need an editor! [At least I don't think so.] I just need someone(s) to tell me what I need to do to "fix them" - if that's possible.
Thanks in advance.
I've "completed" five novels - done the edit, revision, rewrite, etc., to the point where I can't think of much else to do with them. I've written query letters and synopses - and have yet to receive even a request for a partial.
I know I'm not a "bad" writer as most people who read my stuff tell me it has merit.
So, what am I doing wrong? Perhaps members of this forum can tell me what's missing or what needs fixing? Or, simply that it's not fit to be published.
The five novels are:
Blood in the Meadows - a thriller of 86,000 words set in Las Vegas where a local cabbie stands between a Colombian drug boss and thousands of New Year's Eve revelers he seeks to slaughter in revenge for the loss of his son at the hands of local drug agents.
Follow the Raven - fantasy with a strong overtone of science fiction at 116,000 words in which gods watch as Eigan, a young human, sets out to fix a mess the fathers of those gods allowed to happen.
Sonora Symphony - a commercial novel of 110,000 words in which a wounded, modern Cherokee warrior meets a Papago elder who helps him regain his memory and face life - even in spite of learning his parents were murdered while he was serving in Afghanistan. [this is currently in limbo with editors who've not given me an update on its status in a couple of months.]
Tslagi Tales - the sequel to Sonora Symphony in which the warrior, now joined by a Cherokeee medicine woman, set out to find why his parents were murdered.
Waltzing in the Shadows - commercial/historical fiction of 168,000 words set in Vienna during the late 1970s and early 1980s in which the fate of nations sometimes hinge upon anonymous warriors, some of whom do not wear uniforms.
Each has a query and a synopsis and I can provide either a partial or complete manuscript for each.
I DO NOT need an editor! [At least I don't think so.] I just need someone(s) to tell me what I need to do to "fix them" - if that's possible.
Thanks in advance.