The High Water Mark Query Letter
Dear Agent/Publisher,Dean Spalding with his friend Jack Conroy begin their journey with a raucous trip to Daytona Beach, Florida in September. Hurricane David foiled their rowdy trip and the boys flee back to St. Simons Is. Georgia in 1979. But Hurricane David is not done with them yet.
This a tale about love and relationships. Jealousy and class envy; islanders’ verses mainlanders. Factory workers and strippers versus philanthropic landed gentry. The storm serves as a catalyst to propel the plot.
After spending a year in Europe, Dean finds himself back on his hometown island. Believing he is returning to the quiet life of a student he becomes embroiled in the twists and turns of the conflict between islanders and mainlanders.
Darrell LaVey, a mainland factory worker, has picked Dean as his object of disgust with St. Simons inhabitants and plots to get even for perceived wrongs. After a fight with Dean on an island bar parking lot, Darrell seeks revenge.
Rachael is an exotic dancer and in love with Garth, a philanthropic, wealthy admired by all who know him. Until one day a jealous ex-lover shoots him and dumps his dying body near the river.
Dean and Jack must find Garth with the guidance of Mistress Sheila who is a seer, fortune teller, and spiritual guide. The boys end up on a muddy bank of a river saving Garth from the jaws of an alligator.
The High Water Mark is a 99,740-word commercial fiction. It is the second in the Dean Spalding series.
I spent over twenty years a tech writer, a songwriter and have posted short stories on my blog. I published an eBook, The Rhythm of the Stone - Collateral Damage, available on Amazon.
The website for The High Water Mark with my other novel Long Journey Home is here: http://halbanjo25.wix.com/long-journey.
I thank you for your time and consideration to represent me. I have included (whatever the agent's website asks for) below.
James H. Bird III
500 B W. Carroll St.
Tullahoma, TN 37388
(830) 220-1031
http://halbanjo25.wix.com/long-journey.
