My first queries were sent on the 20th of August 2019, I received my first offer of representation exactly a month later on the 20th of September – just before my 34th birthday! But the opening of my query remained the same through the whole process, and a slightly modified version of the first paragraph ended up being used in the publisher copy for my book! These revisions included a complete rewrite, so the version I queried was very different from my original draft. I was a mentee in Author Mentor Match, where I did a lot of revisions on my manuscript for LAKESEDGE – originally titled – AT THE LAKE’S EDGE – with the help of a published author (the wonderful Kim Smejkal, whose books Ink in the Blood and Curse of the Divine are amazing). Jae-Jones’ Wintersong.Ī fun tidbit about the process from Lyndall: Featuring the gothic atmosphere of Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak, it will appeal to readers of Naomi Novik’s Uprooted and S. She’ll have to outwit the Lord Under into forgiving Rowan’s debt, or be the latest to drown in the ink-dark lake.Ī dark reimagining of The Secret Garden, AT THE LAKE’S EDGE is a standalone YA fantasy complete at 90,000 words.
To save both herself and Rowan, and claim the only home she’s ever known, Violeta must free Rowan from the curse. As punishment for breaking a bargain with the Lord Under, Rowan is cursed: the lake claims everyone he loves, killing them one by one. But as their friendship turns into romance, Violeta learns Rowan’s terrible secret. She’s plagued by nightmare visions that rise from the haunted lake, and a mysterious entity known as the Lord Under calls to her, offering to grant her most close-held desires.Īs Violeta investigates Lakesedge’s tragic history, she discovers shy, prickly Rowan is far from a monster. When she’s sent to live at his neglected estate, Violeta vows to turn Lakesedge into the home she’s always wanted: a haven away from her mother’s cruelty.īut Violeta finds dangers within the unexpected beauty of Lakesedge.
She doesn’t believe the superstitious rumors that he killed his entire family. There are few things eighteen-year-old Violeta Graceling fears- not even Rowan Sylvanan, the so-called Monster of Lakesedge. I love the use of language in this query to set the dark tone and the opening lines grabbed me immediately. In today’s Quite The Query, Lyndall Clipstone shares the query for her upcoming YA Fantasy, LAKESEDGE.
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