An agent’s guide to Formation Lap. By Holly E. O’Neill [race track with two formula 1 cars on it]
Stats: word count 99k, genre and age adult contemporary, comps, Carrie soto is back by taylor jenkins reid, cross the line by simone soltani and F1. [a race track]
Blurb:
Natasha James signs with successful Formula 1 team Valvedere Scope Fl for her rookie year. She is both young and inexperienced but eager to become the next world champion. Her teammate, two time world champion Mateo Ramos, is still fighting for wins despite being at the end of his career. He is the put together, mature racer she is trying to become, but her performance pales in comparison to his. Then there's the other rookie, Joel Alanko, an old rival who infuriates Natasha. The pressure on her becomes too much and her mistakes start to pile up. Her old life is rapidly fading and it threatens to take with it her dreams of being world champion. Joel seems to revel in her failures and provoke her further. If she can't push their turbulent relationship aside, and prove to the world that she deserves to be in Formula 1, she will lose her chance forever. [two f1 cars]
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I thought Formula 1 drivers were supposed to be egomaniacs,' Martin
says, dripping with sarcasm.
My laugh punctures the silence. 'Only some of us.
'Present company included,’ Henry adds, nudging me with his elbow.
And here is my Formula 1 novel, Formation Lap’s Agent Guide 💛
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Formation Lap: Natasha James. [a picture of a woman wearing racing overalls]
Natasha James joins the top team in Formula 1 for her rookie year. The sport is glamorous but bruising, and her sour relationship with the press and a ferocious old rival leave her wondering…Am I good enough?
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1408 x MY 🫀 IS A CHAINSAW
🏨 A sentient hotel
👻 Follow the horror movie rules
💗 Platonic soulmates + Squid Game (s1) friendship arc 🔪
🪞 Mind games
👀 Soul collection
🩸 “I’ve never met a stain I couldn’t get out.”
💜 Ace rep
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This image is the first of four to showcase elements for my upcoming book, Whispers of the Sea.
The picture reads: “An Agents Guide to Whispers of the Sea.”
This book will be a young adult fantasy.
This is the second image in my guide, and it includes the pitch for my novel.
Such pitch reads to say:
“Whispers of the Sea follows the story of a teenage girl who embarks on a journey to rescue her uncle after he was mysteriously captured by a group of uniformed men sailing under the royal flags of a faraway kingdom.
Maia must voyage across the seas to this mysterious isle where she’ll team up with a local boy to track her uncle’s whereabouts. But in order to understand the dangers that lurk ahead, she’ll be forced to uncover a lifetime worth of secrets—and she must do so before it’s too late.”
This is the third image in my guide, and it portrays my comp titles.
My book will be perfect for the fans of the Jasad Heir, A River Enchanted, Curious Tides, and the Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi.
This is the last image in my guide, and it showcases the aesthetic and a few elements that can be found in the book.
A few of these elements are: found family, secret ploys, outlawed magic, and self discovery.
JASAD HEIR X CURIOUS TIDES
Maia must unravel a lifetime worth of secrets to understand the dangers that lurk around every corner—and she must do so before it’s too late.
🌊 Pacific Islander Rep
🌊 Elemental Magic
🌊 Endless Banter
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Literary agent at Great Dog Literary (@greatdoglit). Learn more at ismitahussain.com. Open to queries: https://querytracker.net/query/IsmitaHussain/
22 | Writer | Querying an adult contemporary Formula 1 novel
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