My next novel was the first one I actually tried to get published, and with the perspective of time I can't believe any agent actually took me seriously... but some did! It was about an American teenager who moves to London against her will and meets and falls in love with the fictional Prince of Wales. I mean, seriously. One of the subplots involved her getting kidnapped, him trying ever so nobly to rescue her and ending up kidnapped too.
I guess the only reason it worked somewhat was that it was very funny. The MC was really sarcastic and their back-and-forths were pretty entertaining.
It took me until I was 17-18 to realize how unpublishable it was, and focus instead on my fourth novel, which I still daydream about fixing up and doing something with.
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Date: 4 Jun 2010 01:21 pm (UTC)I guess the only reason it worked somewhat was that it was very funny. The MC was really sarcastic and their back-and-forths were pretty entertaining.
It took me until I was 17-18 to realize how unpublishable it was, and focus instead on my fourth novel, which I still daydream about fixing up and doing something with.
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