Friday, August 27, 2010

Query Letter for Agents

I'm in the process of querying literary agents to obtain representation. I'd appreciate any feedback on my query letter as this is the ONLY shot I have with them. Thanks and much love!

Dear ________,

Meta Blackwing has happily taken seven trillion souls to Hell, but now Satan wants her for himself and the young misfit angel must choose either alluring darkness or follow the hope of having a man that was never meant for her to have.

Angels are supposed to be cheery, light-loving seraphs with Shirley-Temple-blond hair but Meta Blackwing, with her long, ebony tresses and affinity for shadows, has never belonged among them. To her dismay, she must work with Sol, who thinks sneezing during prayer is a sin. Meta gags at his prudish, butt-kissing perfection, but after they get into a territory war over a dead mortal in a hospital room, her vomit reflex turns into an urge to kiss his pearl-pink lips. The mismatched angels plow halo-first into a quirky, often dysfunctional relationship. Weakened by her new feelings and still unsure of who she really is, Satan attempts to seduce her with promises of power and acceptance if she will join him. In a world where forbidden desires are paid for with your soul, young Meta must decide if she will be Satan’s right hand and risk losing the only other angel she has ever come to love.

I received the 1999 Illinois Young Author Award for my article, My Friend, My Father.

Having represented________, by____________, please consider my young adult fiction Meta Blackwing, complete at 108,000 words. Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,
Heather Choate