From: John Coe (206)-███-████
To: Esther Candace (206)-███-████
January 3, 2008, 8:27 p.m.
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What kind of toppings on pizza?
Oh, God, I wish you were here. It's really not the same alone. The rolling green hills are simply gorgeous. I think you'd love it here. I know you're a stay-at-home kind of girl, but you have a great appreciation for nature's beauty. Our first meeting yesterday really went well, I think. The top brass are surprisingly fun-loving. I could swear one of the board members was eating chocolate under the table. I'll be home in a week and a half, so don't miss me too much. I'll make sure to buy some souvenir for you.
Dearest Father,
I know you do not approve of my choice in a husband but Donovan loves me and I love him. He is a great man and he has a good job. He will be able to provide for us and our children, should we have any. I only wish you would give us your blessing, Papa. I am leaving tonight and we are running away. We are to be married in a month at cousin Seville's house. If it is not too much trouble I would like you to be there, but not if you are going to continue as you have been the past few weeks. Donovan and I are happy together. I do not understand why you would jeopardize your only daughter's happiness for your own hopes and dreams. I must live my life, and you cannot live through me.
My name is Samantha Jonas (no, I'm not related to the Jonas brothers) and I am writing from Annapolis in Maryland. Maybe you know it. It is a very nice place. Sometimes the weather is bad but usualy its a great place to live. I am in the ninth grade and I want to tell you thank you very much for doing what you do and fighting the good fight for those of us who can't. I hope you and your friendss stay safe.
Dear Ryan,
As per your request, I am enclosing the first five chapters of the manuscript for my book, Carts and Kings. I am also including in this query letter a brief summary blurb of the entire book. In the start, Geoff Dartman is a foulmouthed athletic high school senior. On the brink of graduation, he is approached at home by a strange man in a suit. This man declares Geoff to be the long-lost king of an ancient underground civilization, which has come to be known as Atlantis. Geoff, not wanting to take the responsibility, declines. However, Agent Fletcher, the only name that the man is known by, employs all force possible to retrieve Geoff. He is forced to go on a long and arduous trek all around the world in order to escape Agent Fletcher and clear his name of the crime of murdering his parents - an act carried out, of course, by Agent Fletcher in an attempt to coax Geoff into coming with him. After three months of running, Geoff is cornered, but decides to commit suicide - better to die on his terms than theirs.
I hope you will decide to accept my book.