ironyisadeadscene wrote:
there arnt lesbians in kansas. duh.
are there fuck scenes?
are there fuck scenes?
don't be a dick.
New sig pic for you
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| Author: | CriminallyVu1gar [ Fri Dec 31, 2010 2:49 am ] |
| Post subject: | Skankarella Query Letter (My 4th Novel) |
I got some good comments when I posted the QL for Arnett Tanner Wants to Die, so I'm going to post this for the novel that I've completed after ATWtD, called Skankarella. WARNING: Long, Thar be Lesbians Madison Roper is Skankarella, a shy purple haired pixie trapped under the oppressive thumb of her religious stepmother and whatever tortures her morally and cranially vacant stepsisters can devise. She dreams of a day when her artistic talents are accepted and appreciated rather than trashed and debased and her homosexuality doesn't have to be her dirty little secret. Julia Prince is a tomboyish and athletic freshman at the University of Kansas. Pushed towards an engineering major by a father that always wanted a son, and towards a stereotypical boy-chasing feminine life by a mother who wants 'another one of the girls,' Julia is often frustrated as her clandestine desires to both write for a living and date women mean she will inevitably be a disappointment. The collision course the girls are on with one another begins with a whimper as they innocuously meet while shopping for groceries. Brushing off the encounter, neither realizes the others' instant affections. However a mutual love of comic books and a release party in their small town for the latest issue of the Uncanny X-Men has them hurtling towards each other once again. The two take different paths to the release, as Madison requires help from an old friend, Fagan, also a fairy in orientation, and Julia emphatically discloses her sexuality to her stunned parents as she storms out of her house. However both wind up together in costume, and after some flirting, in each others' arms as their affections are realized. Unfortunately Shirley, Madison's dogmatic stepmother, interrupts their rendezvous leaving Julia with nothing more than Madison's first name, and her sketchbook with which to find her. A chance encounter with one of the Uncanny X-Men's creators finds Julia with a unique opportunity to pursue a career as a graphic novelist. Unfortunately half of what she's used to secure the opportunity, Madison's immaculate artwork and her role as Julia's illustrator, is a lie. With the chance to do what she's always wanted for a living within her grasp, Julia sets out on a ferocious flyer campaign to discover the identity, location, and a few more intimate details about Madison. The obstacles they face are numerous and steep; they know nothing about each other, Madison's evil stepmother is willingly, and Julia's well-meaning but ignorant parents are unwillingly standing in their way while the disapproving eyes of rural Kansas look down upon them. Nevertheless, the two are determined to find each other. There is nothing that can stop Julia from finding the one known as Skankarella, and even less that can keep Madison from her Prince. Skankarella is a 65,000 word adaptation of the Cinderella fairy tale with the notable difference that both dashing Prince, and fair maiden...are women. Currently twenty-four years old, I have been writing fantasy since the age of fifteen. Skankarella is the fourth work I have completed and the third I am attempting to query. Should Skankarella interest you, the completed manuscript is available upon request. |
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| Author: | gr8daygo [ Fri Dec 31, 2010 10:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skankarella Query Letter (My 4th Novel) |
Not bad... only two words that i had to look up...lol... reminds me a little of christopher moore for some reason, without the demons, vampires, or after life and such.... good luck.... |
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| Author: | ironyisadeadscene [ Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skankarella Query Letter (My 4th Novel) |
there arnt lesbians in kansas. duh. are there fuck scenes? |
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| Author: | CriminallyVu1gar [ Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skankarella Query Letter (My 4th Novel) |
gr8daygo wrote: Not bad... only two words that i had to look up...lol... reminds me a little of christopher moore for some reason, without the demons, vampires, or after life and such.... good luck.... Thanks. I'm pretty happy with how the story turned out, and from what people have said to me about the excerpts I've posted on my blog I think it's one of my better works. Came in a little short at 65,000 words (about 150-200 pages), but I don't think there's a whole lot that needs to be added. Hopefully the people I've given it to for review will have some good comments. |
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| Author: | CriminallyVu1gar [ Sun Jan 02, 2011 7:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skankarella Query Letter (My 4th Novel) |
ironyisadeadscene wrote: there arnt lesbians in kansas. duh. are there fuck scenes? don't be a dick. New sig pic for you
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| Author: | gr8daygo [ Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skankarella Query Letter (My 4th Novel) |
CriminallyVu1gar wrote: gr8daygo wrote: Not bad... only two words that i had to look up...lol... reminds me a little of christopher moore for some reason, without the demons, vampires, or after life and such.... good luck.... Thanks. I'm pretty happy with how the story turned out, and from what people have said to me about the excerpts I've posted on my blog I think it's one of my better works. Came in a little short at 65,000 words (about 150-200 pages), but I don't think there's a whole lot that needs to be added. Hopefully the people I've given it to for review will have some good comments. Have you read Moore's "Fool".... an amazing take on Shakespeare's King Lear... If Shakespeare wrote like this, I'd read everything he wrote, hahaha... Your query for some reason reminds me of his writing... more his You Suck or Dirty Job books... but Fool is a great read... 
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| Author: | ironyisadeadscene [ Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skankarella Query Letter (My 4th Novel) |
CriminallyVu1gar wrote: ironyisadeadscene wrote: there arnt lesbians in kansas. duh. are there fuck scenes? don't be a dick. New sig pic for you uh, i wasnt being dick? it was a joke about kansas being a baptist hotbed. |
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| Author: | CriminallyVu1gar [ Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skankarella Query Letter (My 4th Novel) |
gr8daygo wrote: CriminallyVu1gar wrote: gr8daygo wrote: Not bad... only two words that i had to look up...lol... reminds me a little of christopher moore for some reason, without the demons, vampires, or after life and such.... good luck.... Thanks. I'm pretty happy with how the story turned out, and from what people have said to me about the excerpts I've posted on my blog I think it's one of my better works. Came in a little short at 65,000 words (about 150-200 pages), but I don't think there's a whole lot that needs to be added. Hopefully the people I've given it to for review will have some good comments. Have you read Moore's "Fool".... an amazing take on Shakespeare's King Lear... If Shakespeare wrote like this, I'd read everything he wrote, hahaha... Your query for some reason reminds me of his writing... more his You Suck or Dirty Job books... but Fool is a great read... I don't think I've read anything by Moore, though I have heard of him...looks like I'm in good company  I don't read as much as I used to, but most of my reading centers around Star Trek Books or Biographies of people I like. Though right now I'm reading "Idiot America" by Charles Pierce, a Star Trek book, and "The Tarnsman of Gor." |
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| Author: | CriminallyVu1gar [ Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skankarella Query Letter (My 4th Novel) |
ironyisadeadscene wrote: CriminallyVu1gar wrote: ironyisadeadscene wrote: there arnt lesbians in kansas. duh. are there fuck scenes? don't be a dick. New sig pic for you uh, i wasnt being dick? it was a joke about kansas being a baptist hotbed. Seemed like a juvenile comment meant to inflame that was brought into a serious discussion. |
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| Author: | ironyisadeadscene [ Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skankarella Query Letter (My 4th Novel) |
yeah, thats never happened on these boards before. |
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| Author: | CriminallyVu1gar [ Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skankarella Query Letter (My 4th Novel) |
gr8daygo wrote: CriminallyVu1gar wrote: gr8daygo wrote: Not bad... only two words that i had to look up...lol... reminds me a little of christopher moore for some reason, without the demons, vampires, or after life and such.... good luck.... Thanks. I'm pretty happy with how the story turned out, and from what people have said to me about the excerpts I've posted on my blog I think it's one of my better works. Came in a little short at 65,000 words (about 150-200 pages), but I don't think there's a whole lot that needs to be added. Hopefully the people I've given it to for review will have some good comments. Have you read Moore's "Fool".... an amazing take on Shakespeare's King Lear... If Shakespeare wrote like this, I'd read everything he wrote, hahaha... Your query for some reason reminds me of his writing... more his You Suck or Dirty Job books... but Fool is a great read... I tend to do more movie watching that book reading nowadays, maybe that means I'm getting dumber, haha. I think that it's important to have visual inspirations as well as literary ones so you can better visualize the kind of mental picture you want your reader to have. I dunno, I know a lot of writers that are insistent on exposing themselves to books far more than any other media and that works for them. |
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| Author: | gr8daygo [ Sun Jan 02, 2011 8:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skankarella Query Letter (My 4th Novel) |
CriminallyVu1gar wrote: gr8daygo wrote: CriminallyVu1gar wrote: gr8daygo wrote: Not bad... only two words that i had to look up...lol... reminds me a little of christopher moore for some reason, without the demons, vampires, or after life and such.... good luck.... Thanks. I'm pretty happy with how the story turned out, and from what people have said to me about the excerpts I've posted on my blog I think it's one of my better works. Came in a little short at 65,000 words (about 150-200 pages), but I don't think there's a whole lot that needs to be added. Hopefully the people I've given it to for review will have some good comments. Have you read Moore's "Fool".... an amazing take on Shakespeare's King Lear... If Shakespeare wrote like this, I'd read everything he wrote, hahaha... Your query for some reason reminds me of his writing... more his You Suck or Dirty Job books... but Fool is a great read... I tend to do more movie watching that book reading nowadays, maybe that means I'm getting dumber, haha. I think that it's important to have visual inspirations as well as literary ones so you can better visualize the kind of mental picture you want your reader to have. I dunno, I know a lot of writers that are insistent on exposing themselves to books far more than any other media and that works for them. im the same way, but moore intrigues me and he is easy to read... and makes me laugh.... he'll cross some characters in some books as well, which is pretty cool... |
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| Author: | CriminallyVu1gar [ Sun Jan 02, 2011 9:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skankarella Query Letter (My 4th Novel) |
gr8daygo wrote: im the same way, but moore intrigues me and he is easy to read... and makes me laugh.... he'll cross some characters in some books as well, which is pretty cool... Kind of like Kevin Smith with his characters in the View Askew movies (Clerks, Dogma, Chasing Amy, Mallrats) |
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| Author: | gr8daygo [ Sun Jan 02, 2011 9:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skankarella Query Letter (My 4th Novel) |
CriminallyVu1gar wrote: gr8daygo wrote: im the same way, but moore intrigues me and he is easy to read... and makes me laugh.... he'll cross some characters in some books as well, which is pretty cool... Kind of like Kevin Smith with his characters in the View Askew movies (Clerks, Dogma, Chasing Amy, Mallrats) exactly... and there are two books that cross views... in one book you catch the scene from one characters perspective, from another book its the same scene from the other characters perspective, which i find pretty cool.... |
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| Author: | CriminallyVu1gar [ Sun Jan 02, 2011 9:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Skankarella Query Letter (My 4th Novel) |
gr8daygo wrote: CriminallyVu1gar wrote: gr8daygo wrote: im the same way, but moore intrigues me and he is easy to read... and makes me laugh.... he'll cross some characters in some books as well, which is pretty cool... Kind of like Kevin Smith with his characters in the View Askew movies (Clerks, Dogma, Chasing Amy, Mallrats) exactly... and there are two books that cross views... in one book you catch the scene from one characters perspective, from another book its the same scene from the other characters perspective, which i find pretty cool.... That is pretty cool. I did the same thing for a short scene in a series of short stories I wrote in college, which I didn't think worked out all that well, but a lot of people liked it (probably because it was a sex scene, haha). |
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