Let me ask YOU a question. Is having your character loosely based on a catholic saint REALLY vital to understanding the premise of the novel? I think it truly depends upon which market you are attempting to sell the book to. Will the readers to whom you are marketing the book be offended or even interested? Can you market the story without referencing the religious aspect and, most importantly, can the character be presented within the context of the premise without the religious background?
I don't think you are likely to turn off an agent unless that agent represents a market wholly unsuitable for a religious/catholic character. Finally, I wouldn't suggest mentioning it simply because the editors probably just don't care, as long as it doesn't affect the bottom line. Again, however, it truly does depend on who you are marketing the story to, I would think. Certainly it wouldn't matter one way or another if you were marketing such a story to Wizards of the Coast.
Ask yourself what you would do if you worked for the company you were querying and you received such a letter.
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Date: 2007-05-06 06:15 am (UTC)I don't think you are likely to turn off an agent unless that agent represents a market wholly unsuitable for a religious/catholic character. Finally, I wouldn't suggest mentioning it simply because the editors probably just don't care, as long as it doesn't affect the bottom line. Again, however, it truly does depend on who you are marketing the story to, I would think. Certainly it wouldn't matter one way or another if you were marketing such a story to Wizards of the Coast.
Ask yourself what you would do if you worked for the company you were querying and you received such a letter.
Does any of the make sense?