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Dallas Rose 🌹

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Dallas Rose 🌹 @dallasrosebooks.bsky.social · 23d

Coming soon to the #querying trenches: LEARNING FOR YOU, an adult contemporary romance complete at 90k words about two new high school English teachers competing for a single spot in their department due to impending budget cuts.

#agentsguide #agentguide #writingcommunity #amquerying

Cover page for agent guide featuring book title (Learning For You) as well as line art drawings of a book stack with flowers, and a couple leaning on one another

The Pitch:

Due to budget cuts, new high school teacher Jules Clark’s dream job is in jeopardy before it’s even begun. With each department set to get rid of a new teacher, Jules must compete with the annoying(ly handsome) former lawyer, Adrian Pierce, to keep her place. Where she finds herself in over her head, he seems to breeze through it all. He also pops up everywhere, from heated encounters in the copy room to a tension-filled work karaoke league, culminating in an assignment to collaborate on a joint teaching unit.

As they spend more time together, Jules realizes she and Adrian have more in common than she realized, including a simmering chemistry that becoems impossible to ignore. She eventually lets Adrian in, but worries that with one job and two of them, things can only end in disaster. As December looms closer, old fears of not being good enough consume Jules. If she lets them take over, she could lose it all—not only her job, but also the love that’s right in front of her.

Tropes and Vibes:

💜 Golden retriever love interest
💜 Workplace rivals to lovers
💜 Karaoke league shenanigans
💜 Complicated family dynamics
💜 Forced proximity/collaboration
💜 Strong female friendship

With the academic setting and workplace rivalry seen in You Between The Lines by Katie Naymon, One on One by Jamie Harrow, and The Make-Up Test by Jenny L. Howe

Moodboard for the project, featuring hazy yellow images of a school, desks, bookshelf, a blonde woman studying, a silhouette of a couple kissing, and a cute dachshund.

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Dallas Rose 🌹 @dallasrosebooks.bsky.social · 3h

Okay cool, so as long as it looks “right” within QM (i.e. not a block of text) then it’ll go to you that way, it sounds like? Phew!! 😅

Dallas Rose 🌹 @dallasrosebooks.bsky.social · 3h

Hmmm do you know how we can tell if the line breaks are correct? Because when I paste something in with regular line breaks, sometimes QM makes it look like there’s WAY too much space in between, so I take them out… but now I’m scared I’ve done the wrong thing??? 😬

Dallas Rose 🌹 @dallasrosebooks.bsky.social · 3h

It goes through 9pm EST! So four more editors to go I believe ☺️

Dallas Rose 🌹 @dallasrosebooks.bsky.social · 14d

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Dallas Rose 🌹 @dallasrosebooks.bsky.social · 15d

Can’t wait to see this one on my shelves!! 💜

Dallas Rose 🌹 @dallasrosebooks.bsky.social · 16d

thank you!! he is secretly my favorite too 😂

Dallas Rose 🌹 @dallasrosebooks.bsky.social · 16d

Wait this sounds amazing, and I love your graphics!!

Dallas Rose 🌹 @dallasrosebooks.bsky.social · 16d

Agh thank you!!! 💜

Dallas Rose 🌹 @dallasrosebooks.bsky.social · 16d

a man in a suit and tie is talking to another man who is saying give me it

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is talking to another man who is saying give me it

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Dallas Rose 🌹 @dallasrosebooks.bsky.social · 16d

Ooh I love this idea!!

Dallas Rose 🌹 @dallasrosebooks.bsky.social · 16d

a cartoon character from the emperor 's new groove is making an ok sign with his hands .

ALT: a cartoon character from the emperor 's new groove is making an ok sign with his hands .

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Dallas Rose 🌹 @dallasrosebooks.bsky.social · 16d

😭😭😭

Dallas Rose 🌹 @dallasrosebooks.bsky.social · 16d

YOU BETWEEN THE LINES x KATHERINE CENTER = LEARNING FOR YOU

☀️ Golden retriever LI
💞 Rivals to lovers
🎤 Karaoke league (only one microphone 😏)
❤️‍🩹 Complicated family issues
👕 Punny shirts
✍️ Forced proximity/collaboration
👯‍♀️ Strong female friendship
🐶 Peanut the overweight dachshund

#DVPit #A #CR #ND

Dallas Rose 🌹 @dallasrosebooks.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you!! I didn’t think I’d use all 6 but figured I might as well throw as many hats into the ring as possible!!

Dallas Rose 🌹 @dallasrosebooks.bsky.social · 16d

YOU BETWEEN THE LINES x KATHERINE CENTER

New high school English teacher Jules’s dream job is in jeopardy before it's even begun, thanks to impending budget cuts. She must compete with her annoying(ly handsome) rival to keep her place in the department—and avoid falling for him.

#DVpit #A #CR #ND

Hazy moodboard with school themed images like a woman studying, a school, bookshelves, as well as rumpled bedsheets and a karaoke microphone… plus a cute dog!

Dallas Rose 🌹 @dallasrosebooks.bsky.social · 16d

AL is my favorite 😍 🥰

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Dallas Rose 🌹 @dallasrosebooks.bsky.social · 16d

YOU BETWEEN THE LINES x KATHERINE CENTER

Due to budget cuts, English teacher Jules’s dream job is in jeopardy before it's even begun. With each department set to lose one new hire, she must compete with her annoying(ly handsome) rival to keep her place—and avoid falling for him.

#DVpit #A #CR #ND