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Dear Agent for a Day:
When Kerri Ann marries tall, dark and handsome it doesn’t matter that he is Korean, until she is shunned by his conventional family. Unless being raised in a Montana shack by an alcoholic is a culture, she doesn’t have one. Her husband, California real estate developer Jae-Chun Lee, is seeped in old world bias and traditional marriage roles. He seizes her unexpected inheritance to rescue a joint venture deal which triggers every anxiety and agitation of her motherless youth.
Miscarriage, affair, marriage over. She disappears, launches her own real estate career and purchases the company she manages with a handshake, which doesn’t survive the ensuing offer from an aggressive corporation. She faces her new boss, her ex, only he’s not. He never finalized the divorce and she still wears his solitary pearl. Can the cultural divide be bridged, and why does she ask him for his mother’s broom?
This 100,000 word women’s fiction, and its potential sequels, clinch a quest to insure cross-cultural couples inhabit books as I raise my daughter born in Asia.
Thank you for consideration in representing A SINGLE PEARL.
Author
STATS: 3% request rate
R. Markiam says
Dear Author,
Thank you for your query letter and for thinking of me for representation of A SINGLE PEARL. While your novel sounds intriguing, I’m sorry to say I won’t be able to pursue it further with you. I wish you all the best in securing other representation.
Regards,
R. Markiam
MonkBoy says
Thank you for your query submission, but I’m afraid we’re not interested in your material at this time.
Best of luck,
Placebo Publications
Jenn S. says
Dear Author,
Thank you for your query. It’s not right for me, but please keep me in mind for future submissions.
Regards,
Jenn S.
(Reason: I liked the story elements but was confused about where the story actually starts. How much of this query is background info? Also, as an agent I wouldn’t be interested in hearing about the author’s quest. I just want to read a good manuscript.
If this had pages attached, I would definitely read. I suggest revising the query letter.
Laura Martone says
Dear Author:
Thank you for submitting your query for consideration. I appreciate the time, energy, and passion that it required to complete “A Single Pearl”.
Unfortunately, given the thousands of queries that I receive annually, I can only request a small percentage of manuscripts for possible representation. While I find the subject matter of your novel intriguing, it does not meet my editorial needs at this time.
I am grateful for the opportunity to consider your work and wish you much luck in your future endeavors.
Sincerely,
Laura Martone
Linta says
Dear Author
Thank you for your submission. Unfortunately I’m not the right agent for you. Best of luck in finding your novel a home.
Regards
Agent for a day
[reasoning: it wasn’t clear to me what this story was about. Where does the story start?]
Livia says
Thank you for your query, but it is not a good fit for me. Best wishes.
Livia