My great friend, David Nicol has completed a novel that I have read through and it is AMAZING! It centers on an American marrying into a Scottish family in the 1970’s. What My Big Fat Greek Wedding did for Greek Families, or what Polish Wedding did for Poles, this book succeeds in accomplishing for the Scottish. It is an amazingly funny, uplifting, and dramatic glimpse into the lives of real people living real lives. I could just read about their adventures forever. This is David’s first novel and he needs an agent and publisher who want to get rich off a wonderful new talent. Please give him a chance, and read his manuscript. Below is his picture and a query letter:
Dear,
I am seeking representation for Mac and June: Love In The Time Of Oil, my completed commercial fiction novel, set in 1970’s Aberdeen, Scotland.
When twenty-three-year-old American, Mac Wagner, falls for June Meldrum in an Aberdeen dancehall, he discovers that love in a strange land (Scotland) – and the quirky family that accompanies her, are a revelation for his feelings. Shackled by childhood issues of unloving parents, Mac finds that love comes in many guises, not least in the form of June’s grumpy Grandpa, a man with hidden talents, secrets, and a wicked tongue.
Along the way, Mac falls in love not only with June, but with the whole, raucous Meldrum family. June’s mother, Bessie, discovers a lump in her breast, her Aunt Peggy has a torrid affair with a young Italian waiter, and Grandpa reveals a family secret to Mac that only the old man knows about. Mac is forced by the oil company he works for to choose between a promotion back in the States, and termination. Unwilling to pile more pressure on the Meldrums while June’s mother awaits her fate, and the family deals with Peggy’s infidelity, he keeps this work predicament to himself, confiding only in the old man he has come to love and respect.
Mac And June is the feel-good tale of a young man’s introduction to Scotland and her people. Through humor and good-natured banter, the story immerses us in a different time and place.
While intended for a mainstream audience, the book contains adult language, irreverent humor, as well as pervasive drinking and smoking.
I have been published in Twisted History, an anthology of short stories. My work has also appeared twice in Palo Verde Pages, an Arizona literary magazine. I am a native of Scotland, but have lived in the USA for over twenty years.
The first five pages of text are pasted below. Thank you for taking the time to consider my work. I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
James David Nicol
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