Sharon Pelletier

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Currently Looking For

I’d like the next… Currently hungry for: FICTION The key to fiction, for me, is VOICE and STAKES! While I prioritize craft and am quite editorial, I value propulsive storytelling over artful reflection. I’m looking for that can’t put it down effect when I read your sample pages. My taste is the nebulous upmarket: not super literary, not super commercial, just right. Craft meets plot and makes a perfect porridge. Things I am eager for include: I occasionally fall for a speculative element, if it’s quite grounded and character-driven – such as Kevin Wilson’s NOTHING TO SEE HERE. Think our world with one twist; this is not an opportunity to send me sci-fi by labeling it speculative. In general SFF and otherworldly, supernatural, or fantasy elements in fiction are not for me. Same goes for dystopian, apocalyptic, and pandemic: it’s gonna be really tough to get me excited about that kind of story. Other Not for Mes (never say never but these elements tend to be No) NONFICTION I am open to voicey nonfiction if you have the platform publishers are looking for, and often respond strongly to reportage with an engrossing personal element. But at this time I am not seeking memoir unless you have that trifecta of incredible writing chops, a one-of-a-kind experience, and an extremely strong platform. And please note I very very rarely take on NF of any type. But if I do, it tends to be: In any of the above categories, I’d especially welcome submissions from marginalized writers telling stories (true or imagined) about societies, struggles, situations I haven’t experienced, whether that’s in cultures elsewhere on the globe or right in my neighborhood. CATEGORIES I AM NOT SEEKING

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