Contest!

[onyxhawke]

Write me a cover letter. Write me a really, really bad cover letter. Just make it plausible, and post it in a few days when I put up notice. Winner  as chosen by be (in the US and Canada only) will get a free paperback copy of any of Dave Freer's books written solo or in collaboration. All entries will be used on my LJ and other places as an example of how not too. Simply post the cover letter in comments and you're entered. Contest open to all adults and children with parental permission. 

Comments

[matapam.livejournal.com]

Dear Onyx,

"Crash!"

"Captain! The pirates are boarding!"

Thus begins my sizzling Space Scouts Adventure series.

I started this series as a teenager, and have recently revised it to reflect modern adult interests. As the ill-fated crew of Star Scout Team 59 are captured by Alien Pirates and sold into slavery on an Alien World, I explored their natural reactions and human relations both within their group and with the Alien race, the Grebox. As the Team studies the Alien Civilization from the inside, they realize that this decadent culture reflects modern human values, and only by reawakening the moral underpinnings of the Aliens can they ever hope to return home.

But don't think that this is a grim and dark novel of piracy and cruelty. The Story is sprinkled throughout with humorous bits, like when the Macho Captain Hannessy realizes that the voluptuous Alien Grebox are all males.

I used a lot of visual descriptions, but passed lightly over the details of the lesbian relationship between Navigator Vivian Nightshade and Scarlet D'Lamoure, but I could put in details if you feel it's important, given their crucial role in connecting emotionally and morally with the Alien Grebox.

Thanks Awfully for representing my Work.

Petra Hoff
(That's a pen name, so it will be shelved in the front of the SF section.)