I recently started querying my fantasy novel trilogy. Or the first book in the series anyway. This is my first time querying a novel specifically. Honestly, it has been a mostly positive experience for me so far. I have gotten 3 rejections of the 20 I've submitted, but that has not gotten me down. In general, I have felt way more positive about this process than I ever did querying screenplays.

My real struggle has actually been finding publishers to query. As I don't have an agent, I'm looking at publishers willing to take unagented fantasy submissions. So many publishers that were recommended to me to try have closed their submissions. Then there are tons of walls to me personally. I have run into roadblocks because I'm the wrong gender, race, nationality, orientation, and so on. And, sadly, a lot of the publishers I had been recommended in the past have gone under since I started publishing.

I'm hoping to get to at least 100 query submissions, but I'm struggling to find them. I have used query tracker, but the number of open fantasy submission opportunities was very limited. I continue to believe there's room for me somewhere though, so I'll keep looking and submitting where I can.

Story Title: The Game
“I found it!” Stella yells, waving a yellow envelope up in the air.

The girls cheer in unison, and one by one, appear through the thick fog.

“Finally!” Becky says, trudging her steps. “I don’t know how much longer I can walk.”

“I knew we were close,” Stella says, mopping off the mist on her glasses with her sleeves.

Maggie approaches and pauses, while Victoria trails behind her.

“Just read the clue,” Maggie says, resting her palms on her knees.

Stella rips the flap open with her fingers and yanks out a white folded card.

“What does it say?” Becky asks impatiently, wiping the sweat on her forehead with the bottom of her sweatshirt.

“It says,” Stella pauses, now squinting her eyes.

“Well? Tell us. We can still win,” Victoria says, her hands clasped together.

“How can we win when it’s already dark? For all we know, it’s all over,” Becky scoffs at her.

Victoria throws her hands up in disgust.

“It’s hard to see,” Stella says, swiveling the card in front of her.

“Flash your light at her,” Becky says, nudging Victoria with her elbow.

“Give me a second,” Victoria says, fumbling with the button on the flashlight.

No car has driven down this dark road in almost two hours. The next street light is a mile away. The girls were supposed to find the last envelope before dark.

Stella shut her eyes and sticks her hand out as Victoria’s flashlight blinds her.

“What are you doing? Lower that. She can’t see,” Becky pushes Victoria’s arm down.

“Sorry, I can’t see either,” Victoria says. “Why do I have to be in charge of the light anyway? This isn’t even mine,” she says, grinding her teeth.

“Just do it!” Becky orders.

Victoria lifts her fist at Becky.

“I saw that,” Becky huffs.

“Good,” Victoria retorts.

“Just read it, Stella,” Maggie says, rolling her eyes at the girls.

As the wind howls, Stella grips the sides of the card and moves it toward the light. “Thanks,” she says. “I-I can see it now.”

Victoria steadies her arm.

Stella blinks her eyes before proceeding to read the clue.

“Keep walking until you clear the trees. After the flash, you’ll see this,” Stella says, taking her time with every word.

“After the flash, you’ll see this,” Maggie mumbles to herself, pacing back and forth.

“What could it be?” Becky says, with her hands now on her waist.

“The flash must be something bright,” Victoria blurts.

Becky’s eyes widen as she turns her head toward Victoria. “The street light,” she says. “Which means…”

“You’ll see this…is?” Maggie says.

“The house!” Victoria and Becky say in chorus.

“Regina’s house!” they shout, smacking their hands together in loud hi-fives.

“We’re close. Let’s go!” Maggie says, rushing down the empty road.

“Victoria flashes her light as they all follow behind Maggie.

A thousand steps later, Maggie jogs ahead and announces, “I think I see Regina’s house!” she says, pointing at what appears to be a gray roof, half a mile away.

“Thank god,” Victoria’s blurts, out of breath. “Trust me, guys. On my 16th Birthday, we’re just eating cake. No scavenger hunts.”

“This party better be worth it, because I can’t feel my legs,” Becky complains, her arms around Victoria’s shoulders.

“Well, I can’t feel my arms,” Victoria says. Becky looks up at her and they chuckle.

“Hurry up, guys!” Maggie says, as she scurries down the dirt road.

Maggie turns around and sees Becky and Victoria dragging their steps toward her. As they catch up to her, Maggie notices Stella standing alone behind them, looking back at the cluster of trees.

“Wait up, guys!” Maggie yells out, waving her hands at Becky and Victoria.

They sigh and turn around. “What is it?” Becky says, as they follow Maggie back.

Maggie takes giant strides and approaches Stella.

“What’s wrong?” Maggie asks.

“T-t-the last clue,” Stella stammers, then swallows hard.

“What about the last clue?” Becky asks, releasing Victoria.

Stella does not move or answer.

“You’re freaking us out. Just tell us!” Victoria cries.

Stella retrieves the envelope from her back pocket and stares at it.

“Something is missing,” Stella says.

“What do you mean?” Maggie asks.

“There’s more?” Becky whines. “I’m tired and hungry. I can’t take any more of this,” she says, throwing her hands up in the air.

“But we found the house. It’s right there. Riddle solved.” Victoria says, her eyebrows furrowed.

“That’s not the house,” Stella says, glaring at the darkness. “I made it up,” she continues, her voice cracking.

“Made what up?” Maggie asks, her heart racing.

“The clue,” Stella says. “I made it all up,” she explains, avoiding their eyes.

“What do you mean? You found the envelope and read us the clue,” Victoria says.

“But that wasn’t what the card said,” Stella explains, her voice now deep and stern.

With her hands trembling, Stella pulls the card out of the envelope and opens it.

Maggie, Victoria, and Becky cling to each other.

Stella moves forward, crushing the leaves beneath her shoes. She opens the card slowly and faces them. Cold sweat drips down the girls’ backs, as they wait in anticipation.

Stella stands before them, her knees knocking against each other. Her head drops as the piece of paper slips off her quivering hands and falls to the ground—revealing the inside of the card.

The girls gasp—theirs lips trembling in fright. Their faces, pale. Stark white.

Like the absence of ink on paper.

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Story Title: The Book Dragon
“Why did I agree to be here so early?” Kody yawned as he stopped by the pile of paint cans in front of the old, faded mural on the side of the magical bookstore.

“Because repainting George is an all-day job.” Laney leaned a ladder against the wall. “Plus, you’re an artist and need to suffer.”

“His name is George?” Kody glanced up to the focal point of the advertisement; a red dragon sitting on a pile of books, reading. His wings stretched out and his tail curled around the corner. “He looks more like a William with those reading glasses.” He opened one of the paint cans and frowned. “This is the color Mrs. B wants to use? It’s so…dull. I thought she wanted to really liven him up?”

Laney shrugged. “This is the paint she said to use.” She agreed with him about the muted colors. “I can try a spell to brighten the pigments. Just don’t tell her. She’s been on my case about frivolous spell casting.” She recited the enchantment over all the cans at once to save time. The colors had intensified, looking more vivid.

“Much better.” Kody leaned his cane against the wall and then slowly climbed the ladder to start working on George’s head. “A little help, witch,” he called down to Laney.

She placed an enchantment on the paint cans he’d need so that they floated up to his level so he wouldn’t have to keep climbing up and down. “There you go, wolf.”

“That’s werewolf to you,” he mumbled as he dipped his brush into the bright red paint.

Laney worked on the background and the lettering for The Dragon’s Lair Bookstore. “What kind of books do you think Geoge would read?” Surrounding the dragon were many piles of books that needed titles.

“The Joy of Cooking People.” Kody concentrated as he painted tendrils of smoke coming out of George’s nostrils. He even added a Fu Manchu to his upper lip.

“Do you think he’d like something more mainstream?” She had the idea to add current titles to the book spines.

Kody laughed. “Anything but the books about those sparkling vampires. Gesundheit.”

Laney lifted her brush off the wall right after finishing the Tw. “I didn’t sneeze.”

Kody stepped down a level on the ladder to work on George’s long neck. “Someone did.” As he applied the paint over the old scales, he noticed that there was more depth and dimension to them. Laney’s spell worked better than he thought it would. She was getting much better.

“I like that series,” Laney mumbled as she continued touching up the piles in front of the dragon’s wings.

“Oh, me too.” Kody kept his eyes on the work in front of him. “Team Jacob all the way.” The ladder trembled, making him grab on to keep from falling. “Stop shaking the ladder.”

“I’m not.” She was a good few feet away from it. A shadow fell over her. She glanced up to see what was blocking the light. She gasped. “Holy ogre crap!” George’s head and neck had come out of the wall, and he was looking down at her.

Kody screamed when he noticed and scurried down the ladder. He grabbed Laney and pulled her away from the wall. “What did you do?”

She struggled to think as her heart pounded in her ears. “I didn’t do anything. At least, I don’t think I did.” Did she mess up a simple color spell? She wanted to bring the colors to life, but this was too real. She walked to the corner to get a better look from a side angle. His head was fully three-dimensional while his wings and body were still flat on the wall. “What have we done?”

“We?”

George whimpered as he shook his head, trying to pull the rest of himself from the wall. Laney’s heart ached watching the poor thing struggle. “We can’t leave him like this.” She turned her pleading eyes to Kody, still standing in the middle of the street.

“Yeah, we can. He’s a dragon. They eat people, remember?” He crossed his arms as if the discussion was over.

“But he’s not a real dragon. He’s just life-like.” Laney forgot that Kody was new to magic and its limitations. “He was created to read, not eat.” She picked up a brush and started painting the tail.

After a moment’s hesitation, Kody relented. “Alright. But if he tries to barbecue me, I’m leaving.” He climbed back up the ladder and continued where he had left off. George giggled with every brush stroke, making it that much harder to paint him. “Great. He’s ticklish.”

“George! Stop pushing me.” Laney regretted painting his tail first.

Soon, everything was done except for the wings. The poor thing struggled to get free but couldn’t do more than hang from the wall. He reached down and picked Laney up so she could reach his wings. George even grabbed his own brush to help get them finished.

Once the painting was done, they stood back and watched George fully pull away from the wall. Only piles of books remained in the painted scene. A small crowd had gathered around them, marveling at the red dragon hovering over the street.

“What is Mrs. B going to say when she finds her book dragon missing from the painting?” Kody asked.

How was Laney going to explain to her boss that she messed up another spell? Especially when she wasn’t supposed to be casting at all? “I don’t—”

Mrs. Burns walked out of the bookstore and glanced up to the hovering dragon. She smiled and waved. “George! Glad to have you back, my friend. Now come inside. We have books to sell.”

They glanced at each other with gaping mouths. Then Kody burst with laughter while Laney frowned. “She could’ve at least told us her plan.”

Hello from Taiwan!

I'm Terrence. Though I'm originally from Los Angeles and studied screenwriting at the University of Pennsylvania, I haven't lived in the US for nearly a decade. I work in tech marketing, which has allowed me to gain a great many creative professional experiences including screenwriting, acting, video editing, voice acting, producing, directing, IP development, comic writing, and novel writing, off the top of my head.

I've already written 4 full-length novels, 3 of which are the first part of a series that I'm about to start querying, but probably the most interesting project I'm currently involved in is my fourth novel, Xtreme Saga - Book One: The War for Rig. I was hired to establish a new transmedia IP for a tech brand called XPG. The project includes animation, web comics, and full-length novels. I'm the lead writer and narrative director of the project. It's an epic sci-fi adventure story that takes place in another galaxy and centers around a teenage girl fighting against an evil empire that has invaded her home planet. You can find all the released content for free on the official website. Or just Google "Xtreme Saga". We release new content every week as part of our digital marketing strategy, so while the first of multiple planned novels is fully written, only the first 17 chapters are currently available online.

What's most interesting about Xtreme Saga is that the IP is owned an managed by a tech company with no real background in entertainment media, so they give me a lot of creative freedom. That said, they also aren't fully equipped to do a lot of the things that an entrainment company would be able to do. For example, we'd really like to do a physical publishing of the first novel. But the company doesn't know the first thing about the publishing process. So we're currently in the process of trying to find a traditional publisher to partner with for the physical printing of the novel series.

Thanks for reading my overly long introduction. If you like sci-fi, I hope you check out Xtreme Saga. If you're a publisher looking for sci-fi or fantasy novels, please reach out. I've got four books looking for homes.

Truly an embarrassment of riches! Congratulations go out to:

Not All Who Wander Are Lost (But We Are) by @MSTufail​

Choosing Fate by @LaurenDMSmith​

Portal Roulette @R. A. Gatescf1​

Congratulations to our three winners this week! I think since we have three wonderful winners, and we can only have one prompt for tomorrow's contest, I will choose one this time.

If you have not had a chance to read these stories please do so! They are great!

Thanks to everyone who participated and KEEP WRITING!
Leslie

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This Spring Pitchfest, we had over 4,000 submissions to Agents and Editors. Thanks also to all of you who pitched! If your story did not find a home in this Pitchfest, we are certain it will with your dedication and perseverance!

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Andie Smith, Booker Albert Agency​

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• Sex, Lies, and Dating Disasters by Cheryl Smith
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Michael Dolan, Winding Road Publishing​

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