Rick Allden

Hi there - only poetry and shorts - no novels yet 🙂

Maybe thinking of taking this as a maybe!

#AmQuerying

What happens when you put together a witch who can barely light a candle with a dragon turned cat by a dyslexic sorceress, and send them to compete in Supernatural Throne Dating - S.T.D - contest?

💥Sixteen magical singles, one crown, zero common sense.💥
#QuestPit #A #F #Q

a dark staircase background. White text that reads: AN EDITOR'S GUIDE TO ECHOES OF RADFIELD HALL BY HEATHER CARTER. ON SUBMISSION SOON. AGENTS KATRINA LEMAIRE AND MARISA CORVISIERO OF CORVISIERO LITERARY AGENCY

a background with stairs and a peeling blue wall with images of four book and movie covers (The Mirror by Nora Roberts, The Spirit Collection of Thorne Hall, Crimson Peak, and Phantasma by Kaylie Smith). White text that reads: ECHOES OF RADFIELD HALL. Trapped in a ghostly limbo with no memories, Alloson and John must escape a haunted house that comes to life nightly with two-hundred-year-old ball. As their love grows, the time loop deteriorates and the house rages. They must solve the mystery of Radfield Hall before violent entities, possession, and a murderous prophecy claim their souls for darkness & part them forever. 98,000 words. Dual POV. Adult Gothic Romance. On Submission Soon. Agents: Katrina Lemaire & Marisa Corvisiero of Corvisiero Literary Agency.

a dark staircase background with two columns of white text with a scrolling vertical divider between them. Column one: THEMES. ADULT GOTHIC ROMANCE, AMNESIA, GHOSTS, NIGHTLY 19TH CENTURY BALL, TIME TRAVEL/LOOP, HORROR AND ROMANCE, POSSESSION, CURSED BOOK WRITTEN IN BLOOD, SPICE. COMPS: CRIMSON PEAK (GUILLERMO DEL TORO FILM), PHANTASMA (KAYLIE SMITH), THE MIRROR (NORA ROBERTS), THE SPIRIT COLLECTION OF THORNE HALL (J. ANN. THOMAS)

A DARK STAIRCASE BACKGROUND WITH WHITE TEXT: OPENING LINES: I drifted on a strange sea between worlds. If I once knew light, it had long abandoned me to a dark, feral nightmare. I ran through the shadowy plane, screaming until I collapsed, succumbing to the burn in my limbs. The hazy edges and echoing rumbles filtered through what should’ve been a harsh line between the living and the realm of the dead.

CRIMSON PEAK X PHANTASMA
Trapped in a ghostly limbo with no memory, John & Alloson must solve the mystery of Radfield Hall before a murderous prophecy claims their souls, parting them forever.
-Possession
-200-y/o nightly ball
-Spice
-Demonic lion
#QuestPit #A #AG #H #R #OS SOON

collage of colourful neon escalators, city buildings, old oil paintings, a grey metal wall in fog, black humanoid creatures, and helmeted masked guards.

Four paintings. Nine thieves. One last job. A world that gave up on them, now needs them to save it.

🎨 art heists + criminal found family
👾 near-future cyberpunk
🎱 illegal magic
🧩 puzzles/riddles
👻 grief + haunting the narrative

#QuestPit #SFF #T #Q

12yo Catch doesn’t know magic. The Acolytes hunting him for his meteorite wand don’t care. At Alpine—a spy school for wizards—he must master spell-hacked spycraft to stop them from enslaving Guardian Spirits & seizing the Minerals of Power.

NEVERMOOR X AMARI X ANDOR
#QuestPit #MG #F #AmQuerying

🎇#QuestPit 🎇

#MG #AmQuerying #Fantasy

Labyrinth X Narnia

To find her parents, Emily enters the world they vanished into - only to discover a princess who wants her friendship forever…and is prepared to erase every reason for Emily to leave

#AgentsGuide #AgentGuide

I haven’t, no - will check them out - thank you!

Ha! But at least I’m doing it with slippers and a cup of tea 😀

I guess this is common? When I first entered the trenches, and joined BlueSky, I thought my #amquerying letters were good. I'd just written two books so they'd be the easy bits. Sent them everywhere.

I'm at that moment where the penny's dropped. Crikey. How did I ever...crikey.

Ha! Absolutely! Even more incredible that it’s your first attempt!

That’s incredible!

One last post #WritingCommunity - hasn’t been seen too much so probably not great, but I like it! #AmWriting

I WAS right 😀

Alright then - for any #revpit #writingcommunity that may be interested. I've assumed this is mine (and it rings true if not!) - so I've tried to improve my query letter following this advice! The old, pre-edited is on the left (and if it's not I'll delete and repost!) - the other is on the right.

I don’t know who I’m aiming this at or why I’m so compelled to write it, but here we are 😀

I’m 77% convinced this is mine. #Revpit

And, if it’s not, it DEFINITELY applies!

That’s phenomenal, Gert. Great work!

#WIPSNIPS #WritingCommunity #SundaySnippets

Hiya! Here’s a bit, if anyone’s interested 😀

😂

This is on my shortlist as mine too - I fear I may not have splashed enough intrigue about 🕵️🕵️🕵️

Also - have narrowed down to two that could be mine. I had a revise and resub with my first query, but multiple passes since. The two mine could be offer so much advice in such a little package. Brilliant!

Lucky enough to be selected for #revpit #10queries. Didn’t really know what to expect, and wasn’t sure what I’d get from reading expert but ‘example-less’ reviews/thoughts.

It was SO helpful - common themes jumped out & real-life examples of what good looks like.

Thanks SO much to all involved!

That’s so ace to hear, Alexis!

That is INCREDIBLE feedback - congratulations!!

Again - such useful info - thanks Laura!

Great stuff - thanks so much Carly!

99% sure I’ve seen feedback for my query and pages now on #revpit #10queries.

And, if I’m wrong, I’m following the advice anyway - rang too true!

Great work - thanks so much Demi!

SUCH a tough job!

Great job Maria - thank you!!