The contemporary story of an almost thirteen-year-old boy is punctuated by his adventures in an alternate realm where he is the only one who can ensure the continuation of his world.
It's been a challenge to trim the ms to 82k over the years and, although I wrote with the intention of the story having cross-over appeal (YA and A), I'm afraid that it will never get considered because agents will get word-count shock upon reading the length of the ms in the query.
Could any agent frequenting AW say that he/she or someone whom they know would ever consider a manuscript of this length for MG from an unpublished writer?
It's been a challenge to trim the ms to 82k over the years and, although I wrote with the intention of the story having cross-over appeal (YA and A), I'm afraid that it will never get considered because agents will get word-count shock upon reading the length of the ms in the query.
Could any agent frequenting AW say that he/she or someone whom they know would ever consider a manuscript of this length for MG from an unpublished writer?