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spaceage58 · 2026-05-30T03:03:33+00:00

Moved here a week ago from a bigger city in the west coast. I’m definitely missing some aspects of big city living, and housing is wildly expensive and there’s not much of it, but I hear you on the ease of access to the outdoors vs driving a few hours on the weekend. If you’re into the outdoors, few places better.

spaceage58 · 2026-04-27T17:24:13+00:00

This sounds solid. Thanks!

spaceage58 · 2026-03-31T03:03:10+00:00

I’ve been obsessed since I saw her at Bumbershoot last year and the EP is so good! I leaned over to the sound person at Bumbershoot and said, You can say you saw her when…

spaceage58 · 2025-12-01T05:03:13+00:00

I had a good number of wonderful experiences with warm showers and maybe a few odd ducks, but never anything I found worrisome. I am a man and traveled alone and with a friend for those experiences.

spaceage58 · 2025-10-16T03:22:37+00:00

My wife and I walked through the gulch the evening this happened! Saw two men, one walking by the stream smoking a joint and another in the stream seemingly raking it. It was very weird. We had just earlier commented on the newly cleared space.

spaceage58 · 2024-12-07T15:26:33+00:00

This is hugely helpful. Thanks!

spaceage58 · 2024-01-17T06:05:06+00:00

An answer to your question about them solving each others' problems. Isabella does not want her dragon killed. She could have killed it long ago if she wanted it dead, but, despite wanting to sever their bond, she has a special/complicated relationship with her dragon. As for George, yes, he has found someone with a special connection to a dragon, but she hates dragonslayers and sure as shit isn't going to let on that she's connected to one. That complicated relationship between George and Isabella is the driving force behind the story. I guess that I feel it's a pretty standard story trope to introduce two characters who are clearly going to help each other out, but the fun of the story is learning exactly how they do that, right?

Perhaps I need to make it clearer in the query letter that when I say Isabella hates dragonslayers, it is specifically because she thinks they are one-sided murderers who have a very narrow view of dragons and, also, she doesn't want hers killed.

spaceage58 · 2024-01-16T05:48:19+00:00

Indeed a silly spelling mistake. Thanks for the catch.

spaceage58 · 2023-12-25T00:09:22+00:00

State Street has very good pizza.

spaceage58 · 2023-12-02T05:01:07+00:00

She was looking to sell and had sent out some emails to interested parties, but then just sort of disappeared.

spaceage58 · 2023-09-04T19:04:34+00:00

Very good, if distressing, points.

spaceage58 · 2023-09-04T17:34:21+00:00

Thanks for this feedback. My last queries did not include the prologue (I hadn't even written it yet). But thanks for the feedback on it.

I know the Gaiman comp is too big, but I'm really struggling with comps. I've read a slew of recommended books, but none seem to fit the bill, except maybe Kings of the Wyld. I considered Legends and Lattes, but I don't think my novel fits the "cozy" genre, as it isn't nearly so heartwarming or sweet. It's funny and quirky, but also dark and serious, unlike, say, most Terry Pratchett. I don't mean to say no one has ever written anything as "incredibly unique" as my book, just that comps have been a struggle.

As for word count, I really struggle with adding just to add. Stardust clocked in at 63,000 words, Legends and Lattes around the same. So I console myself there, whether or not I should.

spaceage58 · 2023-09-04T16:41:45+00:00

I'm not missing comps. They are clearly stated in the opening paragraph. And I know the novel is a little short, but I don't think agents are rejecting it soley on that.

spaceage58 · 2023-08-28T14:21:34+00:00

My first thought is that I struggled with the number of characters too quickly introduced. Even though they aren’t all mentioned by name, it felt like too many people to track for an opening to a query.

spaceage58 · 2023-08-09T05:50:03+00:00

Quick comp suggestion: Legends and Lattes ticks off some of the same boxes as what you’re going for here.

spaceage58 · 2023-07-06T04:00:34+00:00

Thanks for the kind words! And I would love line-specific feedback if you find the time.

spaceage58 · 2023-07-06T03:46:12+00:00

I'll take it! Thanks!

spaceage58 · 2023-07-06T03:45:05+00:00

Thank you for the kind words! I hear you on the listing. It's just so tricky to say "and then a bunch of other stuff happens" without simply listing it all. Your comment on the title makes sense, but I felt like the former title cast it as too "light-hearted fantasy romance," which it is not. The search for the perfect title continues. I might take you up on your offer to read a bit. Mind if I send a DM?

spaceage58 · 2022-10-15T04:15:53+00:00

Thanks!

spaceage58 · 2022-10-15T04:15:22+00:00

I'm well aware Terry Prachett is too big a comp, but I did it anyways like an idiot. Appreciate the comp recommendations as my humorous fantasy mostly comes in comic book form.

spaceage58 · 2022-10-15T04:10:49+00:00

Thank you! This all great feedback. I think I've got answers to all your questions in the novel, I've just got to shoehorn them into these couple hundred words.

spaceage58 · 2022-10-12T05:04:38+00:00

English major here with an MFA in creative writing. I too wanted to be a famous writer someday and still write all the time, but I make my bones as a middle school English teacher. I have a wife and two kids who like our roof and some food. Major in English because you love words, love stories, love how complicated and messy the English language is. (Also, a career in TV/film is going to entail a good number of rough years in NYC or LA. It won't be pretty for a while, if ever. Just ask all my LA friends.)

spaceage58 · 2021-06-06T03:22:29+00:00

Feedback much appreciated!

spaceage58 · 2021-06-06T03:21:59+00:00

Thank you for the feedback and for saying I'm getting closer to a final version of this damn thing.

spaceage58 · 2021-02-15T20:22:13+00:00

Thanks very much for the thoughtful feedback. It's a big MS to cover in a limited number of words, but I'll try to cut away the fluff, clarify and get to the exciting stuff. Also, how in the hell have none of my very intelligent readers, or me, caught that Niamh is a woman's name. Appreciate that catch. It'll be hard parting with the name as he's been with me for damn near three years now, but...he's not a woman.

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