Below is the query letter that peaked our interest in Tracy's Paranormal Properties script and ultimately lead to us signing her.
Dear Acquisitions Editor:
Jake Weir is not like
the other kids in Dusk, North Carolina. Then again, Dusk,
North Carolina is not like other towns. Known as “The Third Most Haunted Town in
America,” (behind Salem, Massachusetts and Las Vegas, Nevada, of course), Dusk
is ground zero for Jake’s ghost hunting parents.
The Weir family has
arrived in Dusk eager to scope out some of the town’s 127 reported “paranormal
properties,” which just happens to be the name of their own ghost hunting show:
Paranormal Properties.
What Jake doesn’t
know, and what his parents could never imagine, is that Jake can see ghosts! And
hear them. And talk back to them! This talent comes in handy when he runs into
Dusk’s oldest, most famous ghost: one Frank Barrone, a one-time lounge singer
made famous by his booze-soaked ballad, “Barroom Eyes.”
Frank was gunned down
by a local mobster in 1951 and has been searching for his killer – and his final
resting place – ever since. When he learns that Jake can see and hear him, Frank
makes young Jake a deal: if Jake will help Frank find his killer, Frank will
help his parents find a ghost to film for their upcoming Halloween Special on
Public Access Channel #319.
Jake enlists the only
friend he’s made in Dusk, an overweight tomboy nicknamed “Tank,” to help him
track down Frank’s killer. As clues emerge and old leads heat up, Frank and Jake
learn they make quite a team. But will Jake find Frank’s final resting place?
And will Frank find a real haunted house in time for Halloween?
My name
is Tracy Lane and I am an avid ghost hunter watcher! It has been my lifelong
dream to write a book about a young boy in a ghost hunting family who can
actually see ghosts, and I think Paranormal Properties is a great beginning to a
long series of MG/YA adventures starring Jake and Frank as they wind across the
country, finding – and helping – ghosts with all kinds of great back stories and
adventures. I hope you agree!
Paranormal Properties
is
complete at 40,000-words and available at your convenience, as are several
sample chapters and a complete synopsis. Thanks in advance and I look forward to
hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Tracy
Lane
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