Leslie's Wish List

Romance

~ Contemporary Romance

~ Romantic Comedies

~ Romantic Suspense/Mystery

~ Romantic Paranormal

~ New Adult Romance

~ Romantic Fantasy (romance with fantasy, not fantasy in general)

~ Inspirational Romance

By romance, I mean books in which the relationship between the couple is the PRIMARY story and ends with a happily ever after or happily for now.

YA

~ YA Fantasy

Mystery

~ Cozy

~ Humorous (ala Janet Evanovich's Stefanie Plum and Fox & O'Hare)

~ Sleuthing Couples (ala The Thin Man, JD Robb's Eve and Roarke, Tommy and Tuppance, etc)

Additional Fiction Iinformation

No erotica, historical romance (unless humorous or fantasy/paranormal), women's fiction, science fiction, horror, anything that doesn't meet "romance" as outlined above.

NONFICTION

If you're an expert either by training or by experience and have a DEVOPED PLATFORM, I represent the following nonfiction categories:

~ Small/home/online business

~ Marketing

~ Success-oriented self-help, personal development (how-to books designed to help others achieve. I'd love to have the next Atomic Habits, Four-Hour Workweek, or Crush It!)

~ New Age/ Spiritual Self-Help

~ Writing/authorship/publishing

I don't represent memoir, including personal accounts meant to inspire others.

Please send your query and FULL PROPOSAL that include the first 2 chapters. Nonfiction submissions that don't include a full proposal won't be accepted.

About Leslie

Leslie Truex began her writing career by accident. After starting a career website in 1998, she wrote two traditionally published non-fiction books, was the home business expert at About.com (now DotDash: The Balance Small Business), and her articles have appeared in Entrepreneur, Personal Branding Blog, and Business 2 Community.

However, her passion lies in writing fiction. She is the author of a dozen romance and mystery novels using a pen name. She is passionate about helping writers through her online community for romance writers, and as the President of the Virginia Writers Club. She's excited to work with writers in getting their works published through Blue Ridge Literary Agency.

In her spare time, she does her best to get through her TBR list, continues to write fiction, and indulges in her passion for Happy Planners.

How to Query Leslie

GUIDELINES:

NO Erotica.

Please follow the Submission Guidelines or your query will be DELETED.

DO NOT E-MAIL YOUR QUERY!

YOUR QUERY MUST INCLUDE:

Your name (very important)
Phone number and E-mail address
Manuscript Title
Genre (including subgenre)
Word Count (NOT page count)
# of Points of View telling the story
Marketing Plan
For ROMANCE, please give heat level
1-2 page Synopsis--tells story from beginning to end with all major events of the story

YOUR MANUSCRIPT SHOULD:

be edited
be completed
be double spaced with 1" margins
have chapters begin on a new page
have chapter headings
be in Times New Roman font
be in font size 12
LESS than 100K words

If you have a problem submitting a query or have a query question, please e-mail us at BRLA@blueridgeagency.com

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