STATION
FOSAAN
Dee Garretson
February 14, 2017
Month9Books
Paperback, eBook
Scientists and their families stationed
on the remote planet of Fosaan were promised a tropical vacation-like
experience. But Fosaan, devastated from an apocalyptic event nearly
three-hundred years ago, is full of lethal predators and dangerous terrain.
Earthers are forbidden to go beyond the
safety zone of their settlement and must not engage the remaining reclusive
Fosaanians, native to the planet. Sixteen-year-old Quinn Neen is about to do
both of those things.
During an unsanctioned exploration of
the planet, Quinn discovers a beautiful Fosaanian girl named Mira stealing food
from his family’s living unit. But before he can convince her to show him
around, scientists are taken captive, leaving Quinn and the other young
Earthers at the mercy of space raiders.
Quinn must go from renegade to leader
and convince Mira to become an ally in a fight against an enemy whose very
existence threatens their lives and the future of Earthers stuck on Fosaan and
at home.
STATION FOSAAN is THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND
meets STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF KHAN.
How I got my publishing deal...
Hi Melanie,
Thanks so much for hosting me on
your blog.
The agent question is always a hard
one for me to answer because as in all things publishing, it’s complicated!
I got my first agent in a very
traditional way, a cold query after many years of writing and querying, and
with a manuscript that was not my first book. I’m a slow learner. It took me a
long time to learn to write well enough to have something good enough to put
out there. That agent sold my first two books. I wanted to write a science
fiction story next, the one that eventually became STATION FOSAAN. The agent
wasn’t interested in representing science fiction at the time, and because of
that and some additional factors, we decided it was best to ‘part ways’ in
publishing speak. I went ahead and wrote
an early version of the story as a middle grade.
I signed with my next agent because
another writer who was repped by her recommended me. She submitted the middle
grade version of STATION FOSAAN to a few places, but the editors’ comments were
that it was bordering on YA, and some aspects were too violent for middle
grade. Before I could rewrite it, the agent left the business. I did rewrite it
as YA and ended up submitting it myself to Month9 before I found my current
agent. To find her, I cold queried with another middle grade manuscript which
is now under submission. So I guess if there is a moral of my story it is to be
flexible, and as many people say, remember publishing is a marathon, not a
sprint! STATION FOSAAN is being published seven years after I started the first
chapter.
Dee Garretson writes for many different
age groups, from chapter books to middle grade to young adult to adult fiction.
She lives in Ohio with her family, and in true writer fashion, has cat
companions who oversee her daily word count. When she’s not writing, she loves
to travel, watch old movies, and attempt various kinds of drawing, painting and
other artistic pursuits.
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