Recent content by Sarena Straus

Title: ReInception Genre: Young Adult Science Fiction Length: 79,000 Author: Sarena Straus RED RISING X ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND In 2126, when Leandrea’s boyfriend is forcibly reprogrammed, she wants revenge on ReInception-- a company with the technology to modify habits. She...

Title: ReInception Genre: Young Adult Science Fiction Length: 79,000 Author: Sarena Straus RED RISING X ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND In 2126, when Leandrea’s boyfriend is forcibly reprogrammed, she wants revenge on ReInception-- a company with the technology to modify habits. She...

Title: ReInception Genre: Young Adult Science Fiction Length: 79,000 Author: Sarena Straus RED RISING X ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND In 2126, when Leandrea’s boyfriend is forcibly reprogrammed, she wants revenge on ReInception-- a company with the technology to modify habits. She...

Title: ReInception Genre: Young Adult Science Fiction Length: 79,000 Author: Sarena Straus RED RISING X ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND In 2126, when Leandrea’s boyfriend is forcibly reprogrammed, she wants revenge on ReInception-- a company with the technology to modify habits. She...

Title: ReInception Genre: Young Adult Science Fiction Length: 79,000 Author: Sarena Straus RED RISING X ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND In 2126, when Leandrea’s boyfriend is forcibly reprogrammed, she wants revenge on ReInception-- a company with the technology to modify habits. She...

Title: Three Kinds of Love Genre: Upmarket Women's Fiction Length: 78,000 Author: Sarena Straus GIRL INTERRUPTED X BEAUTIFUL RUINS Plus-size photojournalist Soraya Bahar dreams of quitting her magazine job and becoming an artist. But insecurity and self-doubt jeopardize everything when her high...

Title: Three Kinds of Love Genre: Upmarket Women's Fiction Length: 78,000 Author: Sarena Straus GIRL INTERRUPTED X BEAUTIFUL RUINS Plus-size photojournalist Soraya Bahar dreams of quitting her magazine job and becoming an artist. But insecurity and self-doubt jeopardize everything when her high...

Title: Three Kinds of Love Genre: Upmarket Women's Fiction Length: 78,000 Author: Sarena Straus GIRL INTERRUPTED X BEAUTIFUL RUINS Plus-size photojournalist Soraya Bahar dreams of quitting her magazine job and becoming an artist. But insecurity and self-doubt jeopardize everything when her high...

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Plus-size photojournalist Soraya dreams of quitting her magazine job and becoming an artist. But insecurity and self-doubt jeopardize her health and happiness when her high school boyfriend reappears in her life threatening to expose her secret: she's a recovering bulimic, and her disease nearly...

Ah, she wants to quit her job and take a risk at becoming an artist, but she doesn't have enough faith in herself or her relationship to take the plunge. She's afraid she'll fail and that her fiancé will leave her. Pushing her fiancé away is a means of trying to protect herself and avoid...

I think you just wanted me to answer these questions and not have a second go at the pitch yet. I hope I'm right...

Who is your character? We need to know the basic details of your protagonist—specifically, the ones that makes them most unique—and then a mention of the love interest if there is one (can be vague since this is a women's fiction). Soraya is a 37 year old plus photojournalist. Her mother's...

Title: Three Kinds of Love Genre: Women's Fiction/Literary Fiction Length: 78,000 Author: Sarena Straus 37-year-old Soraya loves her job, is engaged to be married and thinks she’s finally at peace with her plus-size figure when her high school boyfriend suddenly reappears in her life as the...

Hi all! I'm Sarena from New York. I write science fiction, both adult and young adult and also have a completed novel that is somewhere in the vicinity of women's fiction and literary fiction. My previously published book was a true crime memoire of my work as a sex crimes and child abuse...