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Mainly Sci Fi, some fantasy. Short stories, novellas, and novels, YA and adult

December 9, 2018 No Comments

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Mainly Sci Fi, some fantasy. Short stories, novellas, and novels, YA and adult
Hello! My name is
Kate Swed
Young Adult
Science Fiction Soft Sci Fi
Last Modified: Feb 17, 2019 @ 6:25 pm
About Me

Hi! I write science fiction and fantasy for YA and adult readers. I’m actively seeking an agent for my YA sci fi novel, which involves tourism to other universes, and I’m planning to go indie with a trilogy of sci fi/space opera novellas in 2019. I’ve had short stories published in the Young Explorers Adventure Guide Vol 5, Daily Science Fiction, Electric Spec, and others.

I’m stay-at-home mom to an almost-3-year-old boy and cat mom to two silly felines. I like hiking and visiting historical sites. And taking ghost tours. I love ghost tours.

 

 

Love to Read

Anything speculative. I love it. I have pretty wide tastes. Some of my favorite authors are Heidi Heilig, Leigh Bardugo, Amie Kaufman (with any combo of authors!),  Dhonielle Clayton, Marie Lu, Laini Taylor, and Victoria/V.E. Schwab.

I love superheroes, ghosts, dystopian (yes, still, if you’re writing dystopian come at me), apocalyptic, space, and cool magic systems.

Hard No's

Stories containing sexual assault or child death aren’t for me.

Timezone
Americas - Eastern
Experience
I've written a lot, I'm actively seeking an agent
Critique Styles
Back-and-forth Discussion
Blunt Truth
Editorial Letter
Positive Gushing
Sandwich Critique
Track Changes in Document
Whole MS Reads
Critique Strengths
Big Picture
Dialogue
Pacing
Plot
Time Commitment
Monthly, Intermittant (ie. when you have something to share)
Life Stages
Flexible Schedule, Parent (Young Kids)
Preferred Contact Style
Email
Approximate Location
New York
Around the Web
http://katesheeranswed.com
About the Work In Progress
Details About/Query First Page Other Projects
Working Title
Parting Shadows (or the sequel...depending on when this happens)
Age Category
Young Adult
Genres
Science Fiction, Soft Sci Fi
Type of Project
Novel/Novella
Tags
assassins, retelling, space opera
Seeking Critique Styles & Strengths
Blunt Truth
Editorial Letter
Line Edits
Sandwich Critique
Track Changes in Document
Whole MS Reads
Characters
Description
Interiority
Pacing
Worldbuilding
About the WIP (Query)

This is a rough elevator pitch:

An assassin raised by a heartsick artificial intelligence enrolls in her star system’s elite preparatory academy to take on her first target: a politician-in-training whose radical anti-A.I. sentiments threaten to destroy everything she’s ever known.

First Page

If the projects sound interesting, I’d love to exchange samples individually.

Other Projects

So Parting Shadows is the first in a trilogy of space opera novellas that’s actually intended for an adult audience, but stands on the line between YA and adult. The second book has a cyborg. The third has pirates. It’s good stuff.

Here’s the elevator pitch for the YA novel I’m querying right now:

When the first guided tour to another universe vanishes, seventeen-year-old tech whiz Frankie Hartiger sets out to rescue her parents with only her nemesis for a companion–but the transport malfunctions, landing them in a dying world.

 

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