...Or should it be "critique mentor"?
Evening again, scribes; currently developing Unspooled, a tentative six-book middle-grade series featuring fully dressed animal characters, and set in the Caribbean and Africa during 2009-11. After a QLH session that went up in flames last night, I'm taking a chance here instead.
At the moment, I'm focusing on two stories in the series; the lead characters are raccoon cousins from the Caribbean island of Dominica. One--the inaugural main installment (#1)--is aimed towards middle-grade readers; the other, a side story (#1B), skews pretty younger. Plot-story available for #1; story elements available for #1B.
Specifics for the main installment's plot-story:
And for the side story notes:
The side story is higher up the priority queue, since I've only got a week to write a sample chapter or two. (Also, there'll be a second book where the older raccoon kit meets local Girl Scouts and a Québec orphanage class.)
A big bonus if you've written for kids before; can relate to animals; come from the Caribbean; or any/all of the above. Reply within, PM or otherwise.
And before you ask: A market for stuff like this exists. May I refer you to Disney's Zootopia?
P.S. Only posting this to beat Memorial Day.
Evening again, scribes; currently developing Unspooled, a tentative six-book middle-grade series featuring fully dressed animal characters, and set in the Caribbean and Africa during 2009-11. After a QLH session that went up in flames last night, I'm taking a chance here instead.
At the moment, I'm focusing on two stories in the series; the lead characters are raccoon cousins from the Caribbean island of Dominica. One--the inaugural main installment (#1)--is aimed towards middle-grade readers; the other, a side story (#1B), skews pretty younger. Plot-story available for #1; story elements available for #1B.
Specifics for the main installment's plot-story:
- Genre: Adventure / Light Mystery
- Age level: Middle grade
- Word count: 2,794
- Feedback desired for: Plot progression/development
- Link: QLH thread (posts #1 & #10)
- Criticism tolerance: Light to moderate
- Summary: A 12-year-old boy raccoon from Dominica unwittingly turns things around for a kindly homeless bloke, whose decades-old passport he recovered.
And for the side story notes:
- Genre: Adventure
- Age level: Elementary (5-8)
- Word count: --
- Feedback desired for: Plot progression/development
- Criticism tolerance: Light to moderate
- Story details (chief plot point bolded):A peach-allergic 6.5-year-old raccoon from suburban Roseau, Dominica spends his first summer in the island's northeastern village of Marigot. Among the friends he meets there: A voracious ring-tailed cat, a mouse who can only speak simple words, an otter of Irish ancestry, and a Muslim squirrel. He also spends his time inside an old cottage where cats dwell.
The side story is higher up the priority queue, since I've only got a week to write a sample chapter or two. (Also, there'll be a second book where the older raccoon kit meets local Girl Scouts and a Québec orphanage class.)
A big bonus if you've written for kids before; can relate to animals; come from the Caribbean; or any/all of the above. Reply within, PM or otherwise.
And before you ask: A market for stuff like this exists. May I refer you to Disney's Zootopia?
P.S. Only posting this to beat Memorial Day.
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