Seeking: CP for YA-NA fantasy novel with minor sapphic romance

[Hesper Valentine]

Hello! My name is Hesper and I'm seeking a CP to exchange novels/query packages with. 

I have one completed novel that's been through dev edits and has received one partial request for its query package, but not much additional interest. 

I'm hoping to find someone in a similar position to exchange critiques with. 

YA-NA dark fantasy novel: Where Saints and Devils Feast. 

Pitch: A cursed princess and an anarchist pariah team up to stop a long-dead saint from starting a holy war, risking their own souls and even humanity in the process.

It is a second-world, steam-tech world (although the tech is very much not the focus) built largely around a culture of Faustian bargains.

My favorite book of all time is Seanan McGuire's Middlegame; my favorite series are the Locked Tomb series and the October Daye series; McGuire, Muir, Leigh Bardugo, Sir Pratchett, Aliette de Bodard, Holly Black, K.D. Edwards, T. Kingfisher, Tamora Pierce, Yuki Urushibara, and Max Gladstone are some of my favorite authors.

I like to read fantasy, although I'm pretty broad about it. I have been previously published for short fiction and poetry.

I prefer messaging/email/some text-based medium for communication, just because it's easier to schedule. I tend to be a little shy but also a little blunt, but always with kindness--and I tend to be silly/humorous, but not in a mean way. The way I analyze and process things is very much via lighthearted play.

If this sounds like a good fit for you, please let me know; I look forward to giving working together a shot!

-Hesper (they/them)

[Hesper Valentine]

I should add here that I neglected to mention a word count (98,000 words) and that I am not looking for paid readers at this time. 

[d e l t a]

Hi Hesper, I love the sound of this! I'm also a fan of the Locked Tomb series and enjoy dark fantasy :)

My current wip is a Queer Romantic (m-m) space fantasy that is a sci-fi tournament for the Holy Grail (adult plot-driven with slowburn and some spice that probably gets into some similar religious overtones) approx 100k. I am currently doing my final rewrites to fix plot holes so I am a little behind where you are at. But if this sounds like something you might be interested in, I would be happy to exchange first chapters to see how it goes. I have also been previously published in short fiction and poetry, and have some brief experience with query packages. I'm neurodivergent so messaging works better for me too (fyi i'm an international so my timezone is more-than-likely reversed)

Look forward to hearing what you think,

-Delta Caelum [she/they] @deltacaelum on ig and bluesky

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