Ok, as promised, here is my query letter. I may be releasing the query a little early since I won't be releasing my book for another couple of weeks, but here it is anyway.
Without further ado, the dreaded query:
The 1990s was a great time for music. No. Correction, it was a fabulous era of music in all its blinged out, die for love, debut of Britney, pre-crazy Mariah glory. Music translates over languages and continents. It connects stranger to stranger and lover to lover. This is where the story of Norielle and Mason lies.
It is present day 2009 and Norielle Reyes receives a package. It’s from him, you know who it is. We all have him – the one that got away: meaning the one that left you broken-hearted and crushed. In this story, his name is Mason Shayne. He has the name of a movie star and the looks to match.
It’s been eleven years since their high school romance and Mason is trying to get Nori back by the one means that always connected them: music. It’s in the form of a mix tape – ok, it’s 2009, so it’s a mix CD, but that doesn’t have the same romantic ring, now does it? As Norielle listens to each song, she is taken back to the memories of high school in the 90s – when work was something only parents had to do, Jordan Catalano was in every girl’s dreams and throwing parties while the parents were out of town was a rite of passage.
At the end of Norielle’s mix tape, she is asked to make the ultimate decision of the heart: Happiness with the risk of being burned again? Or salvaging your pride and always wondering what might have been?
This chick lit is a funny, nostalgic, and heartbreaking tale of love brought together by a medium that transcends both time and distance.
I am introducing a book that stars Bridget Jones in The Notebook, all under a Billboards Top 100 soundtrack. Mix Tape is my first novel at approximately 75,000 words. Readers will relate to the popular songs included in the novel, taking them back to the time of first loves, high school romances, and – yikes! – teen angst. Simply stated, this book is a memory lane for readers to get lost in.
*End Query*
The closing of the letter would be specified to the agent that I would be sending the query to, followed by my signature with every possible piece of personal information about me that the agent would need to get in contact with me or steal my identity.
Hope Mix Tape sounds like a book you will want to read!
1 comment:
Wow, it seems like you got something special there. This would definitely be a book that would get my attention in the bookstore, especially if the book flap is as quirky as your letter. :) Speaking of which, I like how you have this witty, sardonic tone throughout the letter; it helps give agents an idea of your writing style.
Of course, I'm not an expert on queries or anything, so it may be cool to check out Query Shark or KT Literary. I think you may get some positive feedback.
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