It's a little disappointing to know I got soooo close to being chosen, but I'm so grateful to have made it this far. And the lovely Brenda Drake, who organized the contest, is even setting up a little side contest for the alternates, so the agents will get to look at our stuff too if they want. Considering I haven't tested out the query for this book on too many people yet, I'm amazed it stood out from over 2,000 entries. Now I'm excited to polish my manuscript over the next month before the agent round. Here's the query for REINVENTING DOROTHY WEIL in case you're curious:
16-year-old Dorothy Weil knows there’s something worse
than being seen as a loser: not being seen at all. Her social anxiety
makes it nearly
impossible to make friends, and even her parents barely seem to
register her existence. Everyone’s so focused on her father’s career as a
renowned anthropology professor they don’t even bother to ask her
opinion when he decides to take a six-month sabbatical in London. But
when Dorothy’s therapist suggests that she use the opportunity to
reinvent herself, something inside of Dorothy clicks.
In London, Dorothy introduces herself as Kenzie, the name
of the most popular girl in school back home. And somehow, pretending
to be Kenzie allows Dorothy to become the person she’s always wanted to
be: popular, funny, outgoing. Then Dorothy’s father decides to tutor a
freshman at the university, Jonathon North, and it’s as if he can see
right through Kenzie’s shiny exterior to the dull girl underneath. Even
worse, Dorothy finds herself
caring what Jonathon thinks of her. When Dorothy’s father discovers his
daughter is caught in the middle of a violent protest, he sends
Jonathon to rescue her. But when the tables turn and Dorothy ends up
saving Jonathon, she unintentionally exposes her true self in the
process.
As Dorothy’s feelings for Jonathon grow, it becomes more
and more difficult to keep up her charade as Kenzie. Now she must choose
between the good opinion of everyone she’s worked so hard to fool and
the one opinion that really matters: her own.
Thanks so much to Monica and Cupid for picking me to be on your team! I can't wait to read all the awesome entries in the agent round!
3 comments:
Congrats to you! I think it's still pretty awesome that someone picked you who didn't even receive your "application." This means somebody loved it enough to show to to other people and say, "What do you think?"
Best wishes!!!
I agree int Ink-- congratulations. Seems like you stood out! And that was a great pitch.
A great pitch & I'm so glad it got recognized. Now what exactly does being an alternate entail?
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