A cry for help, I need connected people Options

[Sessy]

So I have written a book.

The first book in a trilogy. 2 years of work. about 3 hours of work a day. 7 months of writing. 4 months of editing. 513 pages.

100% of my soul.

Now the problem arises -- No one wants it D:

I would really love to get my series published and start my career, but getting a literary agent is SO HARD. I've submitted some queries, but it doesn't look like it's happening... perhaps because I don't have a recommendation or any credentials.

So I need help. If anyone out there knows any literary agents who are looking to represent new writers (fantasy for young adults my genre) can you please let me know?

I'm willing to work as hard as I can to get published.

If they are interested in hearing a synopsis, here's my most recent one:

The Angel of Elydria – Synopsis

I have written a 221,573-word fantasy novel intended for young adult readers which is the first in a series of three books. It is entitled The Angel of Elydria, and I hope you might consider it.
The Angel of Elydria is a story of Penelope Fairfax, a young college student, who is swept off alongside her Literature professor to a bewitching world where she will uncover the secrets of a shattered angel, a clandestine plot woven by the deity who rules the world of Elydria, and her most haunting memory.

When Penny Fairfax names one rainy day in October as the strangest day of her life because she awoke from a terrifyingly vivid dream, caught sight of her Literature professor secretly performing a magical spell, and was approached by a stage illusionist who mysteriously knew her name, she had no idea how much more bizarre it was about to get.
After retreating home while attempting to cast the confusing events from the day out of her mind, she encounters a disturbing monster that attempts to tear her to pieces. When it seems all hope is lost, she is rescued by her professor. As her professor tries to magically transport them to safety, he mistakenly pulls them into another world.

Penny and her professor are then forced to brave the ferocious danger of the world of Elydria in hopes of finding a way home. Along the way they are reunited with the stage illusionist, who approaches them with the task of finding a witch called Della, a mission sent by an angel from earth who claims to know Penny. Along the way, the three of them meet a popular celebrity with a heart-breaking past and a terrifying power, and a world-weary crafter of magical tools. All the while Penny struggles with an ever-increasing stream of eerie nightmares and her own crippling cowardice. By the end she overcomes her fear, finds Della and listens the witch’s shocking answers to so many of questions that plague her, and thwarts an attempt to steal the names and souls of hundreds of innocent citizens that was set into motion by Elydria’s creator and his wicked accomplices.

The Dawn Mirror trilogy could be called a modern day retelling of the myth of Osiris, Isis and Horus with a dark fantasy twist.

If you have any critiques for or have noticed an error in this synopsis, please don't hesitate to tell me! I need all the help I can get D:

[Sessy]

Thanks for the encouragement guys! :>

I suppose I'll self-publish if I still keep getting rejected D: I've been looking into that more and more... it doesn't seem like such a bad idea-- just SOOO expensive!

I have heard it's harder to get series picked up then it is to get a single book. Maybe you could rewrite the ending to make it work so it could be stand alone book as well as a possible series...? Please don't kill me for saying that. I know how hard rewrites are

Ahhh, if only! I have heard how difficult it is to sell a series, but this is a full-length series type book. It was death to try and trim the first one down to 500-ish pages! Plus I've already planned out the entirety of the second and third books in very exact detail (the second will be called Eden Undone and the third will be Nelvirna Sleeps) and first ends with SO much unsaid it would be impossible to try and sum everything up. They are each gonna be big, fat books as it is hehe

If you guys are interested in seeing some more stuff from my book, here's some artwork I've done:

Cover art

Character set #1

Penny and Hector (the Lit. professor)

Annette (the celebrity) and her cousin Gavin, both central characters


Art by others:

Colored chibis by Paper sting

Penny chibi by Sisterbelldandy


Thanks again for the kind words <3