Let’s get this party started! Here’s my query roundtable entry for everyone to tear apart…I mean, critique x)<\/p>\n
Revised 5\/23 For\u00a0Roundtable Edits:<\/p>\n
Overnight, Jake changed from wallflower to warrior. Or so he would like everyone to believe.<\/p>\n
If Jake isn\u2019t glued behind his sketchbook, he\u2019s secluded to his room. Yet, when he comes face-to-face with human-like animals who believe he is foretold to save their world, none of his thirteen years of imaginary prowess could prepare him for the task ahead.<\/p>\n
What once was furthest from his mind\u2014friends, fighting and females\u2014are now part of his everyday routine. A lifestyle on the sword-tip of danger. Now Jake lacks the freedom to remain invisible as he is destined to mend an impossible divide. To navigate the havoc, Jake is awarded a spirit guide: the dragon. What begins as assimilation to local tradition, transforms into the one factor that may save him from catastrophe.<\/p>\n
Jake better act quick. Humans are nearly extinct. And the rodents are next. If the wolf King executes his vision, the canine race will reign supreme. The survival of the persecuted rests on his shoulders. There\u2019s just one problem. <\/strong>The prophecy was not about Jake. And he\u2019s the only one who knows it. HAVOC\u2019S KNOT is a 94,000 word YA fantasy novel with series potential. <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 5\/22 Query<\/p>\n Overnight, Jake changed from wallflower to warrior. Or so he would like everyone to believe.<\/p>\n Jake is a master introvert. That\u2019s no secret. If he isn\u2019t glued behind his sketchbook, he\u2019s secluded to his room. However, none of his thirteen years of imagination prowess could prepare him for when hecomes face-to-face with human-like-animals. His days of shyness won’t help now that he’s expected to save the world.<\/p>\n What once was furthest from his mind\u2014friends, fighting and girls\u2014are now part of his everyday routine. With little help or knowledge, he must mend an impossible divide. Felines refuse to get involved, despite their extraordinary abilities. Humans are nearly extinct. And the rodents are next. If the wolf King executes his vision, the canine race will reign supreme.<\/p>\n To navigate the havoc, Jake is awarded a spirit guide: the dragon. But the fairytale isn\u2019t all it\u2019s cracked up to be. The creature provides nothing more than cryptic advice, proving as useful as a broken compass. What begins as assimilation to local tradition, transforms into the one factor that may save Jake from catastrophe.<\/p>\n The survival of the persecuted rests on his shoulders. Yet, there is one secret no one could expect. The prophecy was not about Jake. And he\u2019s the only one who knows it. HAVOC’S KNOT is a 94,000 word YA fantasy novel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Let’s get this party started! Here’s my query roundtable entry for everyone to tear apart…I mean, critique x) Revised 5\/23 For\u00a0Roundtable Edits: Overnight, Jake changed from wallflower to warrior. Or so he would like everyone to believe. If Jake isn\u2019t glued behind his sketchbook, he\u2019s secluded to his room. Yet, when he comes face-to-face with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[59,47,45,72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agent","category-editing","category-practice","category-query"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YHlB-4t","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions\/291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}