A Writer's Love

This is my pitch for my novel:


Prince Conell De Caprise’ secret childish mistake leads to his parents’ death, leaving him broken and unworthy of the past Kings of Ezasu. The regent queen whom he trusted eventually betrays and imprisons him, making him bitter and angry with God.

On the day before his execution, seventeen year old Conell and his two companions escape her prison.  They reluctantly take with them a teenage girl who claims a strange medallion brought her to Ezasu. Despite the urges from his two friends to reclaim his throne, Conell leads his small band to the safety of the Southern boarders. His guilt over his parents’ death and fear of the Queen drives him. But it isn’t Conell that the Regent Queen and her demon lover long to capture. The medallion had been hidden for years and now that it has resurfaced, it will either destroy them or they enslave the girl in order to harness the medallion’s power and rule all of Ezasu and beyond.  As the queen’s demon pursues the group, Conell realizes in order to save the girl and his friends, he must face his guilt filled secret and his fear of the queen, while trusting a God he hates.  If he doesn’t, than the girl will become the demon’s slave and once again, he will lose his loved ones.

The PRINCE’S SECRET is a character driven YA Christian fantasy for 13 year olds and up and is completed at 59,000 words. It is also the first book in a series of three. The first chapter of my story is posted on my website, KimKouski.com. I have also included below my query the first ten pages of my manuscript.

I have taken extensive writing classes under PATRICIA HICKMAN, University of North Carolina writing professor and award winning author of PAINTED DRESSES and LAND OF FAR HORIZONS SERIES. I have also attended workshops with Wheaton College professor and writer NICOLE MAZZARELLA, author of THIS HEAVY SILENCE and with DIANE EBLE, writer, teacher and publishing coach. I have also taken writing classes via Writersdigest.com and through Lindenwood University. I am also working with a fencing teacher who is directing me through the fight scenes in the book. I have a BA in Marketing from Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri and I am willing to use my marketing skills to promote my novel.