Dear Aspiring YA Author,
Thank you so much for resubmitting your brilliant dystopian.
The requested revisions were spot on! In truth, I could not put the book
down!!! IMHO—your manuscript is as good as or better than many similar
bestselling books currently in market. Unfortunately, much to my deep
disappointment, I am not able to make an offer on your book at this time as I
am exclusively acquiring dark contemporaries.
However, if you wouldn’t mind revising just a tad, I would
be happy to take another look. For instance, if you could turn your futuristic
society into a modern day rural south high school obsessed with curling, your
oppressive government into a local minister against dancing, and your mutant
virus into a prevalent teen issue, like a pregnancy pact, I think it would be
exactly what I am currently looking for.
Also I would be very interested in seeing anything you have with
slightly older protagonists. As of right now, I am under a mandate from this
publishing group to acquire anything and everything with “new adult” in the
subject line.
All the best,
Jane Doe Publisher
Your Turn: What do you predict will replace dark contemporaries as the next YA trend?
Your Turn: What do you predict will replace dark contemporaries as the next YA trend?
3 comments:
Ha ha ha ha ha!!! This is hilarious, Carey!! Thanks for the laugh.
You are most welcome!
Haha...oh this is funny. I'm hoping for a resurgence in historical YA, but I'm leaning toward contemporary thrillers. F
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