arainsb123
Hi everybody! I've been looking for a market that seems suited for my manuscript (The Magician's Rock, a parody of the fantasy genre for young adult readers), but to no avail :shrug . Mundania Press seemed like a fairly good prospect, but they rejected me.
I'm pretty sure the writing is good, as it's received wonderful feedback from both friends and complete strangers. Below is a summary so you'll better be able to hopefully recommend a market:
While idly instant messaging his favorite robots, MELVIN, a 30 year old Internet geek who lives in his mother's attic, is lured into Aldaplast, a land that resembles nothing so much as a bad sword-and-sorcery epic fantasy.
Unable to return to Earth, he is forced to embark on a quest by the Holy Prophecy of the sadistic gods.Therefore, he must journey through the Wilderness and its unnecessarily capitalized regions to the Demon's Tower to kill the mysterious REALLY SCARY DEMON if he does not want his new world to be ruled by the tyrannical, obese, fanny pack-wearing she-devil. His only companions on this completely nonsensical voyage are SHUL, a talking teakettle, and JOE, a moody flying squirrel. Can he accomplish his goal? Or
will he be foiled by the Demon or the secretive DARK LORD OF THE MYTH?
I hope this won't be so long that I won't get a response, but I'll post a typical query letter too in case the query is my problem. NOTE: This query was to an editor who did not provide his/her name.
Dear Sir or Madam:
I have written a 34,000 word manuscript titled The Magician's Rock. It is a young adult parody of the fantasy genre. My main readers will probably be fantasy readers aged 11-19.
Here is a brief summary:
*I use the same summary as is posted above*
Here is my contact information:
Anders Bruce
Street Address
Address Line 2
Phone Number
Email Address
Thank you very much for taking the time to read this query letter.
Sincerely,
Anders Bruce
Thank you VERY much for reading through this! Any market ideas?
I'm pretty sure the writing is good, as it's received wonderful feedback from both friends and complete strangers. Below is a summary so you'll better be able to hopefully recommend a market:
While idly instant messaging his favorite robots, MELVIN, a 30 year old Internet geek who lives in his mother's attic, is lured into Aldaplast, a land that resembles nothing so much as a bad sword-and-sorcery epic fantasy.
Unable to return to Earth, he is forced to embark on a quest by the Holy Prophecy of the sadistic gods.Therefore, he must journey through the Wilderness and its unnecessarily capitalized regions to the Demon's Tower to kill the mysterious REALLY SCARY DEMON if he does not want his new world to be ruled by the tyrannical, obese, fanny pack-wearing she-devil. His only companions on this completely nonsensical voyage are SHUL, a talking teakettle, and JOE, a moody flying squirrel. Can he accomplish his goal? Or
will he be foiled by the Demon or the secretive DARK LORD OF THE MYTH?
I hope this won't be so long that I won't get a response, but I'll post a typical query letter too in case the query is my problem. NOTE: This query was to an editor who did not provide his/her name.
Dear Sir or Madam:
I have written a 34,000 word manuscript titled The Magician's Rock. It is a young adult parody of the fantasy genre. My main readers will probably be fantasy readers aged 11-19.
Here is a brief summary:
*I use the same summary as is posted above*
Here is my contact information:
Anders Bruce
Street Address
Address Line 2
Phone Number
Email Address
Thank you very much for taking the time to read this query letter.
Sincerely,
Anders Bruce
Thank you VERY much for reading through this! Any market ideas?