Well I took out and dusted down my novel, and struggled through a re-draft of my covering letter and then reached for my stack of Writers' News magazines to find the next potential publisher.
As it happens in this months issue which I received this week (oddly dated April 2009), there was one on page 3 - Snowbooks, who even better, only accept e-mail submissions. That meant there was absolutely no recourse to my usual delaying tactic of having to print out copy and find an envelope. I had a browse around the site, www.snowbooks.com and it looks interesting. A quick google search (I always do this) showed up no negative reports about them, so I composed a blurb and a bio, carefully read, re-read and checked the submission guidlines and hit the 'Send' button.
Interestingly I read the rejection letter before I sent it, as they publish it on the website, so I'm not even worried about what it might say!
Now I feel much better about myself, but I'm not going to stop there, because I know that there are many more possibilities in my stack of magazines, and bookmarks that I've been saving up until I'd finished the latest draft, which I've now done.
In case you are interested, this is what I came up with for the blurb and the bio:
Blurb:
Roxy Harker is a single mother, a recovering drug addict and a vampire. Thrust into a shadowy London underworld controlled by immortal beings, Roxy has to come to terms with her need for blood while raising her two year old daughter, Claudia.
She becomes caught up in an ancient feud which threatens the future of humanity itself, and only Roxy can stand in the way of the coming Darkness.
Author bio:
Bryan Vaughan has been telling tales for over thirty years, and learned to craft stories playing Dungeons and Dragons and other, darker roleplaying games. He has become increasingly drawn to horror writing, seeking what it is to be afraid and the slow realisation that however bad things may appear, they can always get worse! Roxy has been haunting him since university at London ten years ago, so he finally sat down and started typing. This is her story.
I like the attitude - 'however bad things may appear, they can only get worse!' And as for exposing yourself again (we won't mention the words retreat or hole) The more you expose yourself the better I say!!! Good luck with getting your book published. Julie.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for this post and the link I have added it to favourites and will see what happens with my first exposure. If unsuccessful then I will email these.
Thanks for the lovely post and good luck.
Best wishes
Fee
I could almost see Julie blushing again, when she saw this post!
ReplyDeleteI had to go and lie down in a darkened room when I read the title! I've just had to explain to poor Fee about the whole Bryan and my hole farce. She had no idea what it was all about and was too afraid to ask!!! I dread to think what was going through her mind! She was relieved to hear it was about seat belts.
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