No more was this true when we worked on the cover copy for Thin Ice. Over the years I’ve preached the importance of learning the art of the query, not just to pitch agents, but because this skill will serve you throughout your career as a writer. I look forward to sending the proposal your way. This is a bit of a departure from her other books, elevating the traditional cozy, but still a book her readers will love. She is also the author of two other mass market cozy series with Berkley and the Scottish Bookstore series currently being published in hardcover with Minotaur. Paige Shelton has been a New York Times bestselling cozy author for her Farmer’s Market series. With a brutal winter, no one can get in to Benedict. Setting out to learn the truth, Beth is forced to face not only her own fears, but also the challenges of the cold Alaskan wilderness. But when a murder rocks Beth’s new town, is it a coincidence, or has Joshua already found her?

Drawing on her careers in criminology and thriller writing, Beth escapes to Benedict, a remote Alaskan town. She got away, but so did Joshua, and she won’t feel safe until he’s caught. Joshua Crabtree spent two years stalking Beth remaining in the shadows until the day he made an unsuccessful attempt to kidnap her. Before you go I’m hoping to give you a chance to read Paige Shelton’s newest mystery proposal, Thin Ice: An Alaskan Wilderness Mystery.īestselling writer and criminologist Beth Rivers lives a secluded life - quietly writing page-turning thrillers she thought could only be fiction-until one reader wanted more than just her next book. I hope you’re getting ready for a long weekend. I’m not sure I accomplished that here, but you can bet it took a lot of rewriting while I tried.

Whenever possible, I like to use their voice in my pitch. That being said, it is common for me to ask the author to send a blurb for me to work from. Unlike with a new author, the pitch for a current client often needs to come entirely from me. Paige had a long-established career in cozy mysteries when she decided to try something darker. That happened for me when Paige Shelton sent along her proposal for Thin Ice. When it’s an already established client, the #MSWL has special meaning. Finding a book that satisfies your #MSWL ( manuscript wishlist) is every agent’s dream.

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