Hello!!

I finally put together the first draft of a query letter for my first novel and was hoping to get any advice/input/thoughts from any of you! 

Kendra is captured by the whimsical beauty of the lithe dancers onstage before her.  Even at the tender age of five, as she sat in the audience, entranced by the ballerinas of the New York City Ballet, she could feel them calling.  While many would have assumed that dancing was simply in her blood, and expected the precocious child to follow in her mother's footsteps, that is not what attracted Kendra.  She found that time stood still as she performed onstage; the troubles of her life seemed to slip away, and for those few precious moments she was free of all burdens--weightless. 

Abandoned by her mother in order to pursue her own career, our young dancer is raised by her loving grandmother who, while silently reluctant to let her granddaughter enter the very world that was the demise of her own daughter, continues to be a pillar of support to Kendra even as her own health fails.  Amid the struggles of passing from adolescence into adulthood, Kendra must further cope with the cruel strives of the dance subculture.  With the ultimate dreams of becoming the next great prima ballerina, Kendra is pegged as the girl to hate by her contemporaries, the crux of her aging and subsequently retired mother's jealousy, and left naively navigating the best she can.

As her career looks promising, she is taken under the wing of her coach and mentor, but inner demons of guilt, insecurity, and doubt continue to eat away at her.  The doors of opportunity that begin to open up, may be shut inadvertently by her own hand. 

'Dancing in the Dark' is a 57,000 word manuscript depicting a young dancer's journey to becoming a prima ballerina in her own right.  She must step out from the shadows set by her mother's illustrious career, and find the confidence to stand on her own.  Wrought with inner turmoil, fueled by passive-aggressive competitors, and pressed with the rigors of training, will Kendra fulfill the dream she is chasing, or will she be left just outside the spotlight?

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Thanks you guys!

Runnerchick*  :)