Dear Secret agent,
I am seeking representation for my 60,000 word Young Adult dystopian manuscript, LARCH.
Seventeen-year-old Larch has her uncle, the dictator of New America, wrapped around her finger. She can have anything she desires -- except for her freedom, the one thing she wants most. To make matters even worse, after two kidnapping attempts she's assigned a mysterious new bodyguard named Stone.
Larch can’t decide if Stone’s a blessing or a curse. He makes her feel alive, special...and even LESS free than before. He's stuck to her like glue -- until her house catches fire, and she's separated from him...and realizes he's not the only one with secrets.
Larch is a clone of the dictator's dead wife, the only successful clone in the world, and her creator -- none other than Stone's father -- wants her back.
Larch must escape the dictator's marriage bed, her creator's lab, and her own doubts about Stone if she is to survive, and finally gain the freedom she has craved her entire life.
Sincerely,
*****
The excitement flowed through my body like molten lava until I thought I would explode with happiness. Today was the day I would meet my secret friend, the first friend I’d ever had in my almost fifteen years of life, and I just knew it would be special.
It wasn’t as hard keeping the secret as it was hacking into the guards internet connection to experience the outside world. Although the government controlled everything from the internet to television channels, the active Underground had many secret sites available, which is where I met my friend, Renee.
Renee was sweet and funny, and wrote of a world I couldn’t imagine, a world full of people of all ages and freedom. She even had a boyfriend. During the six months of our friendship building, I waited and dreamed of the day I could truly leave my prison.
“Come on, Larch,” Kate called. “Time to go.” I loved Kate. She was tough yet still beautiful, and I admired her, but didn’t want her going today.
“Kate, please stay home,” I said. “You need to rest and think of the baby.”
Kate rubbed her belly where her baby was growing. Rodriguez, her husband, came out of the house and dropped to his knees in front of Kate, pressing loud kisses against her stomach. Kate giggled, glowing with happiness.
“Our Larch doesn’t want me going,” she said to Rodriguez.
“You can take the day off, Amante,” Rodriguez said, using his pet name for Kate.
I am seeking representation for my 60,000 word Young Adult dystopian manuscript, LARCH.
Seventeen-year-old Larch has her uncle, the dictator of New America, wrapped around her finger. She can have anything she desires -- except for her freedom, the one thing she wants most. To make matters even worse, after two kidnapping attempts she's assigned a mysterious new bodyguard named Stone.
Larch can’t decide if Stone’s a blessing or a curse. He makes her feel alive, special...and even LESS free than before. He's stuck to her like glue -- until her house catches fire, and she's separated from him...and realizes he's not the only one with secrets.
Larch is a clone of the dictator's dead wife, the only successful clone in the world, and her creator -- none other than Stone's father -- wants her back.
Larch must escape the dictator's marriage bed, her creator's lab, and her own doubts about Stone if she is to survive, and finally gain the freedom she has craved her entire life.
Sincerely,
*****
The excitement flowed through my body like molten lava until I thought I would explode with happiness. Today was the day I would meet my secret friend, the first friend I’d ever had in my almost fifteen years of life, and I just knew it would be special.
It wasn’t as hard keeping the secret as it was hacking into the guards internet connection to experience the outside world. Although the government controlled everything from the internet to television channels, the active Underground had many secret sites available, which is where I met my friend, Renee.
Renee was sweet and funny, and wrote of a world I couldn’t imagine, a world full of people of all ages and freedom. She even had a boyfriend. During the six months of our friendship building, I waited and dreamed of the day I could truly leave my prison.
“Come on, Larch,” Kate called. “Time to go.” I loved Kate. She was tough yet still beautiful, and I admired her, but didn’t want her going today.
“Kate, please stay home,” I said. “You need to rest and think of the baby.”
Kate rubbed her belly where her baby was growing. Rodriguez, her husband, came out of the house and dropped to his knees in front of Kate, pressing loud kisses against her stomach. Kate giggled, glowing with happiness.
“Our Larch doesn’t want me going,” she said to Rodriguez.
“You can take the day off, Amante,” Rodriguez said, using his pet name for Kate.
