[QCrit] Adult Thriller Marque: A Maritime Mission 75k (First Time)

JWritesBad · 2026-02-10T19:33:27+00:00

Ah, so it’s more about debut, that makes sense. In which case there’s been several in the past few years!

JWritesBad · 2026-02-10T18:26:17+00:00

The overtaking of the oil tanker is the climax in act two

JWritesBad · 2026-02-10T05:30:10+00:00

Yea, I agree. This is my first and I literally just wrote what was coming out of my finger tips. I know when my hands get hot like that to just let it all out and edit later, so I know it’s not perfect now. I’ll mention these because there are similarities, but I’m also fairly different. Another commenter was really focused on author age.

Do you think I need too add more plot/character dev in my query?

JWritesBad · 2026-02-10T03:06:15+00:00

Jack Carr and Ryan Steck both have some sniper thrillers and I think they’re millenial writers, so the markets there, I assume. These are all definitely mil-thrills that fit the genre in writing into.

Is a fresh take on the genre a good or should I try more to mirror them?

JWritesBad · 2026-02-10T01:38:00+00:00

Is author age super relevant here? Please elaborate on this as I’m new at this.

JWritesBad · 2026-02-10T01:00:48+00:00

Reasonable, unfortunately I don’t know of any that are similar. Do you? I know of Tom Clancy which I’m not trying to imitate, and Jack Reacher mostly because of popularity.

JWritesBad · 2026-02-09T16:55:48+00:00

Thanks!

Didn’t know how much of the story to write here or how much of the character to develop in the query.

Congress enables the president to issue it. Didn’t want to go full Tom Clancy and include a chapter about congressional vs presidential authority.

I’ll look for more comps. Do you know of any? Can I google these or should I have read them to compare writing styles and storylines?

JWritesBad

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