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Fic proposal: Crowley vs the mint plant at the South Downs cottage (based on the infamous Mint Discourse post)

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This strikes me as something with the potential for anither “Crowley tried to inconvenience everyone else and instead inconvenienced himself” situation.

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“Who did this,” the demon demanded, digging into the earth with a pitch fork and turning up the soil in a vain effort to get at the roots. He could have just torched the lot, but fire tended to attract a lot of attention, and he was loathed to risk taking out the wisteria and climbing roses and other vines that clambered along the walls and over the decorative trellises, not when they were doing such a good job of spitefully devouring the house one brick at a time. “Who the heaven plants mint, in the ground.”

“Anathema says lawn culture is harmful to the environment,” Adam piped up from where he was sitting on the garden wall, absently playing with a stick that currently had Dog’s full attention. “She says it’s a product of class and cultural division started by the capitalist bourge…bour…by rich people who had no need to live off the land and use it as a form of status. And it’s killing the bees. Is it killing the bees?”

Of course, the witch. Crowley paused to glare at the former Anti-Christ over his shoulder.

“No,” he said at last, driving the fork back into the ground with the help of his boot and heaving over another layer of dirt. “Well, yes. Partly.”

“What’s the other part?”

“Pesticides,” Crowley muttered darkly, pausing to wipe at his brow, surveying the damage around him. “And global warming.”

“Did you cause that?”

“What?! No! I like the earth, why would I want to see it broiled to a crisp?”

“I dunno, you like lawns.”

“I do not like lawns! I just…it’s mint. It’s an invasive species. It’ll take over everything.” And Zira won’t let me shout at them… “See, look there, it’s throttling the delphiniums, and those poor hollyhocks… If she’d wanted to get rid of the grass should could have, I dunno, planted clover or something, dug it all up and made vegetable patches, but not mint. If she wanted to use mint as ground cover she should have protected the rest of the plants with some bedding and dug in some lining. This is just spiteful.”

“You sure know a lot about plants for a demon,” the boy said, throwing the stick and sending Dog rampaging after it through the geraniums. “Why is that?”

“I find it soothing!” the demon hissed between gritted teeth, all evidence to the contrary.

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Wait, I thought Mint was English?

thebibliosphere

Some mints are, but there’s also like 18 species of the damn thing and it’s got serious boundary and personal space issues.

In England you’ll find mentha growing naturally near lakes and other bodies of water and other cool, shady places, but they’re generally not a plant you want next to your house or in the ground you’re trying to cultivate unless it’s in a plant pot.

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Manuscript Wishlist

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Before we jump into how to query, let’s talk about finding the right agent and where to look for one. 

Yes, there are tons of websites out there that say they have the surefire way to find the right agent, but one size does NOT fit all in this situation. An agent is going to be the one who shops your book around to publishing houses, gets the deals started, and generally is a cheerleader for your book. You need to make sure you’re querying the absolute best people for that job. This is the #1 reason I loathe cold querying. It isn’t helpful and very rarely gives you a good idea of your marketability. Sure, the agent you query could have a stellar reputation, amazing clients, and be representing your exact genre, but if they aren’t looking for new manuscripts, you’re gonna come up empty every single time. 

This is where Manuscript Wishlist comes in. 

It’s a website dedicated to helping authors find agents that are looking for them. I’m honestly a little shocked to see how many authors do not know this even exists. Now, before I go any further, please do not go on there and see what people are looking for and try to write those things. Writing to market is a terrible idea. I promise. It shifts too quickly. By the time you’re finished and have something worthy of querying, more than likely the market has moved on completely and it’s flooded again. Seriously, do not do this! 

But I digress. 

MSWL is an amazing tool for writers that are ready to query. You go on there, click on ‘Find Agents & Editors’ and you’ll see a list of agents currently looking for manuscripts. You can even narrow it down by genre. 

When you click on their names, you’ll find something that looks like this: 

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It lists that she’s an agent right under her picture, the types of genres she’s interested in (ps. there are more, but I just clipped this section out so you could see what I was talking about), and then a link to her submission guidelines. Oh, and you can favorite the ones you like to go back and check out later. 

Most agent profiles look like this and underneath the genres, a lot of the time anyway, it’ll say things like “I’m looking for the next To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before” or whatever the case may be. They give you comp titles right on the page! 

I could seriously gush about this website forever, but I won’t. This is already pretty long, but one more thing before I sign off. 

They also have a new section that allows you to purchase consultations with some of the agents to get personalized feedback. I haven’t tried this feature just yet, but I do plan to check it out and report back when I have some time. Their main page will have events and info, so it’s definitely worth bookmarking!

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