Tell her that she has to pitch her 250-page novel in less than 300 words, and make it sound good enough to get an agent to represent it. And then tell her she can use that same pitch to enter the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest, and she may just panic a little bit. But, at the end of the day, she takes the pitch she's been working on for a month, tweeks it a bit, and thinks that it will be okay.
Seville 1788: Florestan Serrano, aide to the Minister of Justice, vanishes one dark night in the midst of a dangerous investigation. He awakes in hell, injured and without any knowledge of where he is or who has taken him. All he has is the terrible certainty that no one knows where he is. His captors’ sadism grows daily, forcing Florestan to fight for his life and his sanity, even while he questions his own deeply held beliefs. To give in is to die.
All the clues point to her husband’s gruesome murder, but Leonora refuses to believe it. Not without proof. Not without his body. Armed with only a hint of hope and the desire to avenge her husband, Leonora journeys to a terrible fortress, where, disguised as a turnkey, she learns secrets that will change everything she knows. As hope turns to despair, she learns of a starving, broken wraith locked deep underground. He will soon be murdered. But is he Florestan? And can she save a dying man from a monster?
Wish me luck, guys.
8 comments:
Well-written pitch with the flavor of the book and the opera. I wish you the best of luck.
@Gale Martin: Thanks, Gale! I've got all of my fingers crossed.
If I read that on the back of a book in the bookshop, I'd buy it.
So it should be a good pitch for the agents.
@Peter: Thanks! That's what I was hoping to hear. :)
I love this. Do you mind if I use it in an email to opera newbie friends when I have them over to watch Fidelio DVD? I will credit you of course and point them to your blog!
PS, I tried signing in under my wordpress ID and it kept saying I was typing the word verification wrong, but I wasn't! I realize you can't do anything about this but didn't want to be--anonymous
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@Ivis Bohlen: Sure, feel free to send it to them! And no worries about anonymity. I get locked out by word verification sometimes, too.
Love it, especially the intensity of the paragraph about Florestan. As you know, I'm partial to the novel as to its source material. Ich drücke dir die daumen!
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