If you frequent my blog enough you know that Mondays are Stand Out Synopsis day. If you have noticed I have not been posting any synopsis or queries on Mondays lately. The reason is obvious, I don't have any to post.
Since I seem to not be getting any synopsis or query to critique I have decided not continue with this segment on my blog. Not to worry though, I am not going anywhere. I'll still be posting on Mondays, it will just be my regular ramblings. I might decide to add a different segment later, but for now, I'm just going to keep things as is. To be honest as sad as I am to see it go, I'm also glad that the stress of not having something for you and getting it done on time is gone.
This gives me more time to do what I really love, write and blog.
Happy Monday Everyone!
I'm happy to announce yet another entry for our Stand Out Synopsis/Query. This is great guys, keep them coming!
Today we have John Sankovich with his YA supernatural Thriller. I have to say after reading, I think he has something here. I have posted John's query as I received it, I am putting my red comments below this one so you and John can see the changes I made.
Please, please add your comments in the comments section of this post. I know if it were your post, you'd love to see what people have to say. Okay then, now for John's query:
Sixteen-year-old Rebecca Stevens has come to terms with the fact that people want her dead. That her brother is included in that group is a little harder to swallow.
Using her emerging gift of telekinesis to stop a mini-market robbery, Rebecca unknowingly starts a war between two factions. The Followers are an organization of people who use their varying paranormal powers to oppress anyone not like them. Trinity, a group of citizens, who recruited her brother, formed to combat The Followers, and imprison everyone with supernatural powers including Rebecca. Then her father goes missing, and Rebecca must find him before The Followers do, since they believe he is the only person to know where their long lost leader, The Collector, is. As conflict erupts in her small town, Rebecca needs to find people she can trust when everyone is trying to kill her.
After Rebecca learns about the mystery of The Collector’s disappearance, and her father’s connection to it, Rebecca gathers her own gifted allies, struggles to save her father, reunite with her brother, and stop The Followers. If she fails than everything she holds dear will be destroyed.
THE GIFTED is a 90,000 word young adult supernatural thriller. I have an English degree from San Francisco State University.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
John Sankovich
Now my changes:
Sixteen-year-old Rebecca Stevens has come to terms with the fact that people want her dead, that her brother is included in that group is a little harder to swallow.
Using her emerging gift of telekinesis to stop a mini-market robbery, Rebecca unknowingly starts a war between two factions. The Followers are an organization of people who use their varying paranormal powers to oppress anyone not like them. Trinity, a group of citizens, who recruited her brother, formed to combat The Followers, and imprison everyone with supernatural powers including Rebecca.
When Rebecca learns about the mystery of The Collector’s disappearance, and her father’s connection to it, she must find her father before the Followers do. Rebecca must find people she can trust to gather her own gifted allies, struggles to save her father and reunite with her brother. With the Followers leader, The Collector missing, and Rebecca’s father the only one who knows where he is, If she fails than everything she holds dear will be destroyed.
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I've been thinking of ways to generate more ways for people to submit their synopsis and queries for review on Stand Out Synopsis. So far the response has been slow, but dare I say steady? A few people have offered ideas, LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter and I've decided the ideas are not bad ones but I'm not so sure I want to get that involved with so many social networks so instead I have decided to created only a Facebook page. The only reason why I decided to go through Facebook is because I already have a Facebook account so it will be easier for me to check and update. I'm still trying to get the link on my blog, so bare with me as I get that straightened out. I want to help out other writers the same as so many have helped me out, but if there still is a slow trickling in of enteries I might have to cancel this segment.
Part of me says this is a good thing. It leaves me more time to concentrate on my writing, editing, blogging and family. I enjoy blogging, and networking but I don't want it to consume all my free time.
As of right now I have no more entries, I'm going to give Stand Out Synopsis a little more time, I know I'm just in the beginning stages, but the purpose of this site is for comments, and no one is commenting and to be honest that is my main concern. I will still post on Mondays and Thursdays, don't worry I'm not going anywhere.
Do you think this will ever change? Will you ever go back to posting synopsis and query papers if you get the chance to?
Awww...I wasn't a follower when you were critiquing queries. But I can't wait to see what you'll post instead.
Too bad, but what can't be, can't be. It'll be fun to see what you post instead!