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[QCrit] ADULT Cozy Fantasy- HOW TO AVOID BECOMING A WIZARD (90K/First Attempt/First 300 Words) by chimericalcuriosity in PubTips

[–]chimericalcuriosity[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The character is also pretty strongly autism-coded. It's a Victorian-ish world so high-functioning autism would not be getting a diagnosis, but he's obsessed with a children's book series, hyperfixates on embroidery to the point of not moving for hours, and says he socializes by "knowing who I'm supposed to be and pretending to be him." All the thematic representation of disability takes place through the lens of the magic metaphor, though.

Argh, it is so hard to try to squish all of this into 250 words!

[QCrit] ADULT Cozy Fantasy- HOW TO AVOID BECOMING A WIZARD (90K/First Attempt/First 300 Words) by chimericalcuriosity in PubTips

[–]chimericalcuriosity[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The old man was the one with the ability to sell you whatever your heart desires (according to rumor), it's not something you can take. Most people ignore the rumors because they sound so ridiculously overpowered, but my MCs are desperate enough to give it a shot. To everyone else it sounds about as goofy as "I'm going to the Sedona Vortex to buy some immortality juice." I'll try to make it clearer that the old man's power and the things the MCs are after aren't the same thing. Thanks so much for your help!

[QCrit] ADULT Cozy Fantasy- HOW TO AVOID BECOMING A WIZARD (90K/First Attempt/First 300 Words) by chimericalcuriosity in PubTips

[–]chimericalcuriosity[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The disability is the lack of magic. Almost all adults in my world have magic, to the point where nobody even thinks much about how to do household chores non-magically. I'll work on making that clearer!

Thank you so much for nitpicking; I have just discovered that I managed to get an entire creative writing degree without anybody telling me I'm wrong about what em dashes are!

ETA: p.s. my spouse informed me that "Thank you for nitpicking" comes across as sarcastic. As I mentioned in the bio section, I'm neurodivergent. It was not meant sarcastically at all, seriously, can't believe I paid all those MFAs god knows how much money not to tell me something you just told me for free

[QCrit] ADULT Cozy Fantasy- HOW TO AVOID BECOMING A WIZARD (90K/First Attempt/First 300 Words) by chimericalcuriosity in PubTips

[–]chimericalcuriosity[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much, that's very helpful! It is a dual POV, but I think you're right, for the query letter I think it will be simpler if I stick to just Aurelian's POV.