Do you have a completed manuscript? Are you interested in submitting directly to a small publisher?
Well, hold your horses.
First, you must polish that manuscript to an eye-blinding
sparkle. Then compose a query. Not just any query but something to knock
that publisher off their feet. Wow them.
Our critique group, Unicorn Bell, is holding a query contest in August.
In the words of my good friend and mentor, Charity Bradford:
We are devoting most of August to queries: how to's,
examples, workshops and the query process in general. The last week of August
we will have three wonderful guest judges reading all polished queries for
FINISHED manuscripts.
Krystal Wade from Curiosity Quills
Nancy Bell from MuseItUp Publishing
Amy Lichtenhan SapphireStar Publishing
If they like what they see, they may request pages and who knows where that may lead you?
There will be more info coming over the next few weeks, but we wanted to give you time to comb through that MS one more time. Maybe even get one more beta reader? Here's what these ladies said they are looking for right now.
Krystal--I love older mc's (18+)! I'd like to see some good dystopian, more male mc's too, and then of course anything scifi/fantasy/paranormal with something new and unusual.
Nancy--MuseItUp is looking for more dark fiction, horror, as we are light in that department. However, romance, historical romance, YA/MG from a male POV that will entice that sector. Of course, we are open to anything that is well written and crafted. We don't publish literary fiction or poetry.
Amy--We're especially interested in contemporary romance and paranormal romance at this time, although we are accepting submissions in all fiction categories.
